MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Yogeshananda, Swami (formerly Philip L. Griggs)
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1965, 1971
Volume: 8 item(s); 16 pg(s)
Scope and Content
Merton had written a preface to Dom Denys Rutledge's book, In Search of a Yogi. Philip Griggs disagreed with Rutledge's presupposition of the superiority of Christianity to other faiths. Merton explains that the wrote the book as a favor to his editor and publisher; however, that he does not agree with all of Rutledge's points either. Merton writes quite a long reply expressing the value he saw in Hindu writings.
Biography
Philip Griggs writes to Merton from Carmichael, California. He later joined the Ramakrishna Vedanta Center in London, England. Between his correspondence in 1965 and 1971, he had taken the name Swami Yogeshananda. He is now the director of the Vedanta Center of Atlanta.
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See one published letter from Merton to Philip Griggs (Swami Yogeshanda) in The Hidden Ground of Love, pp. 338-340.
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