Returning to Gaia
I returned to Berkeley after forty days in Italy — so good being with the wonderful monks and nuns I lived with for more than thirty years — and now I want to pick up... More »
I returned to Berkeley after forty days in Italy — so good being with the wonderful monks and nuns I lived with for more than thirty years — and now I want to pick up... More »
At the monastery of San Gregorio al Celio in Rome, from where I departed for most of my retreats at the ashram, Shantivanam, in Tamil Nadu. The Ashram Diary is circulating among readers here, in... More »
I'm reading a few pages near the beginning of my Ashram Diary (London: O Books, 2009; ISBN 978-1-84694-161-0). I hope you enjoy it!
It has taken years for me to find the voice I needed to express what India has meant to me. Now I have extracted — from the first few years of the journal I kept... More »
Answering my greetings to the brothers and sisters at Shantivanam, for the feast of Thomas the Apostle, Brother Martin wrote this sweet e-mail: Dear Fr.Thomas, peace be with you. thank you very much for your... More »
I offer this blog to share my ongoing experience of connection with Saccidananda Ashram in South India and with the three prophetic ones who initiated it — Jules Monchanin (Swami Parama-Arubi-Ananda), Henri Le Saux (Swami... More »