A Walk with Four Spiritual Guides: Krishna, Buddha, Jesus, and Ramakrishna

by Andrew Harvey

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, 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 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.

Genres: Philosophy, Religion, Spirituality

176 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Andrew Harvey is an author, religious scholar and teacher of mystic traditions, known primarily for his popular nonfiction books on spiritual or mystical themes, beginning with his 1983 A Journey in Ladakh.

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Reviews

[Craig Bergland · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fine introduction to these four great religious teachers. Although not exhaustive, and you could hardly expect a book of this length to be exhaustive, it does provide a solid introduction to each teacher. If the book has a weakness, it is that it looks at each of the teachers through only one work. For the Buddha, it is the Dharmapada; for Krishna, the Gita; for Jesus it is the Gospel of Thomas; and for Ramakrishna, the epic Gospel of Ramakrishna. With the exception of the latter, the material used represents a small segment of available possibilities. Nevertheless, for a brief introduction the selected material serves well.

[Brandon · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the most inspirational reads I have ever done. Not only does it succinctly lay out the universality behind the philosophies of four different religions of today but also lead me through a series of self reflection throughout. Jesus's life is being presented with a whole new light, far from the generic - and at times dubious - gesture. A definite must read to ALL who wants some insights in life - and those who don't, perhaps you may gain your only ones having read this. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

[Karin · Rating 2 out of 5]

A brief introduction to the Bhagavad Gita, Dhammapaddha, Gospel of Thomas and Gospel of Shri Ramakrishna. Not a very necessary or helpful book as it touches very lightly on all of these writings. Better to read the actual works with a good commentary.