Agehananda Bharati

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Agehananda Bharati (अगेहानन्द भारती) (Vienna, April 20, 1923 – New York, May 14, 1991) was the monastic name of Leopold Fischer, professor of Anthropology at Syracuse University for over 30 years. He was a respected academic Sanskritist, a prolific writer on religious subjects, and a Hindu monk in the Dasanami Sannyasi order.

Contents 1 Works 2 External links 2.1 Biography 2.2 Bibliography and book review 2.3 Articles available online

[edit] Works

• The Tantric tradition. London : Rider, 1966.
• The Light at the Center: Context and Pretext of Modern Mysticism. Santa Barbara, CA : Ross-Erikson. 1976.
• The Ochre Robe : An Autobiography. Second Revised Edition, with New Epilog. Santa Barbara, CA : Ross-Erikson, 1980. ISBN 0-915520-28-1

[edit] External links

[edit] Biography

• Brief academic biography at the homepage of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
• Agehananda Bharati, 1923-1991 by Shauna Arth, 2003, the Anthropology Biography Web

[edit] Bibliography and book review

• Selected Publications of Prof. Agehananda Bharati at the homepage of the Maxwell School of Syracuse University
• Review of The Light at the Center by Brad Darrach, Time Magazine September 13, 1976

[edit] Articles available online

• Fictitious Tibet: The Origin and Persistence of Rampaism, an article published in Tibet Society Bulletin (Bloomington, Ind.), Vol. 7, 1974
• Excerpts from The Light at the Center on LSD and zero-experiences