About the Book: Guru to the World
From the Wolfson History Prizewinning author of The Man on Devils Island, the
definitive biography of Vivekananda, the Indian monk who shaped the intellectual
and spiritual history of both East and West. Few thinkers have had so enduring
an impact on both Eastern and Western life as Swami Vivekananda, the Indian monk
who inspired the likes of Freud, Gandhi, and Tagore. Blending science, religion,
and politics, Vivekananda introduced Westerners to yoga and the universalist
school of Hinduism called Vedanta. His teachings fostered a more tolerant form
of mainstream spirituality in Europe and North America and forever changed the
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