Agehananda Bharati

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.

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

External links

Biography

* [http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/moynihan/programs/sac/funding/bharati/index.asp Brief academic biography] at the homepage of the [http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/moynihan/default.html Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs]
* [http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/abcde/bharati_agehananda.html Agehananda Bharati, 1923-1991] by Shauna Arth, 2003, the [http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/ Anthropology Biography Web]

Bibliography and book review

* [http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/moynihan/programs/sac/funding/bharati/Publications.htm Selected Publications of Prof. Agehananda Bharati] at the homepage of the Maxwell School of Syracuse University
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,914606,00.html Review of "The Light at the Center"] by Brad Darrach, Time Magazine September 13, 1976

Articles available online

* [http://www.dc-international.org/index.php?view=article&catid=143&id=337 "Fictitious Tibet: The Origin and Persistence of Rampaism"] , an article published in Tibet Society Bulletin (Bloomington, Ind.), Vol. 7, 1974
* [http://www.csp.org/chrestomathy/light_at.html Excerpts from "The Light at the Center"] on LSD and zero-experiences