- Walther Eidlitz
Walther Eidlitz (1892 - 1976), also called "Vāmana dāsa". In pursuance of his interest in Indian
religion andphilosophy he had left his family inGermany in late 1930 and traveled toIndia in search ofGod . His wife loved him enough to honor his spiritual quest, the fruit of which he would share with her years later upon his return. As aJew from Germany he spent time in an internment camp inIndia during theSecond World War . [http://books.google.com/books?id=FV6_CLAnPqoC&q=Walter+Eidlitz.%E2%80%8E&dq=Walter+Eidlitz.%E2%80%8E&pgis=1] He has written about his spiritual journey in his book "Journey to Unknown India".ref"From India he merged from the myriad of India’s spiritual paths on the bhakti marg, the path of devotion as taught by Sri Chaitanya". [http://www.hinduwisdom.info/quotes381_400.htm]
He was initiated into
Gaudiya Vaishnavism byBhakti Hridaya Bon Swami.Bibliography
*"Journey to Unknown India" [http://www.amazon.ca/dp/1886069220] By Walther Eidlitz, 1957 "Walter-Verlag " 307 pages Original from the University of California Digitized Nov 27, 2007 [http://books.google.com/books?id=uDJHAAAAIAAJ&q=Vamana+Walter+Eidlitz.%E2%80%8E&dq=Vamana+Walter+Eidlitz.%E2%80%8E&pgis=1]
External links
* [http://www.sadananda.com/home/vamandas/index.html personal site]
* [http://www.sadananda.com/home/vamandas/pdf/dgve.pdf] "Unknown India" (150 pages)
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