Four spiritual guides, four classic
texts—timeless wisdom for our complicated
world
introduced by one of today's great teachers of spirituality.
Krishna, Buddha, Jesus, Ramakrishna: four
of the world's most interesting and challenging spiritual
masters. The core of their most important
teachings—along with annotations from expert scholars and
introductions from Andrew Harvey, one of the great spiritual
thinkers of our time—now are all in one beautiful volume.
A Walk with Four Spiritual Guides contains selections from four classic
texts: Bhagavad Gita (Krishna) • Dhammapada (Buddha)
• The Gospel of Thomas (Jesus) • Selections from the
Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (Ramakrishna)
The selections focus on the inspiring
themes of devotion and selfless action; serenity and the mind;
mysticism and the individual's search for answers; and the
direct path to the Divine. Andrew Harvey's warm and
personal introduction to each guide offers his own experiences
of learning from their wisdom.
“I am very grateful for Andrew Harvey and the way he so generously, and naturally, takes us on his pilgrimage to full awareness. This book is full of his longing. Andrew is a brilliant guide to these texts, of course, but not just that. He has great clarity about this desperate and glorious time we’re in (‘the hour of God’), so that this book, so nourishing for the inner life, also has a practical grasp on the urgent necessity of transformation.”
—Coleman Barks, translator and poet, Rumi: The Book of Love
“This is a luminous, uplifting look at the shared wisdom and harmony inherent in different spiritual traditions. To read A Walk with Four Spiritual Guides is to experience kinship with all peoples everywhere. At a moment in history when religious tensions are at a fever pitch, this realization is more important than ever before.”
—Larry Dossey, MD, author of Healing Beyond the Body,
Reinventing Medicine, and Healing Words
“A stunning, accessible book that opens the door to four rich world traditions through four inspiring guides. Each had the courage to see clearly who they were and the times in which they lived. Their response to the call of the Divine is unique yet universal and will strike a chord in our hungry minds and our seeking hearts.”
—Lauren Artress, author of Walking a Sacred Path: Rediscovering the Labyrinth as a Spiritual Tool, and Canon for Special Ministries
at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
