Swami Prabhavananda | |
|---|---|
 At the Santa Barbara Vedanta Temple | |
| Personal | |
| Born | 26 December 1893 |
| Died | 4 July 1976 (aged 82) Vedanta Temple, Vedanta Place, Hollywood |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Translator of the Bhagavad Gita (with Christopher Isherwood) and the Upanishads (with Fredrick Manchester), author of the Spiritual Heritage of India |
| Occupation | Monk, writer, and teacher |
| Organization | |
| Founder of | [[|Vedanta Society of Southern California]] |
| Religious career | |
| Guru | Swami Brahmananda |
Disciples | |
Swami Prabhavananda (December 26, 1893 – July 4, 1976) was an Indian philosopher, monk of the Ramakrishna Order, and religious teacher. He moved to America in 1923 to take up the role of assistant minister in the San Francisco Vedanta Society. In 1928 he was the minister of a small group in Portland, OR, but in 1930 he founded the Vedanta Society of Southern California. The Swami spent the rest of his life there, writing and collaborating with some of the most distinguished authors and intellectuals of the time, including Aldous Huxley, Christopher Isherwood, and Gerald Heard.[1]
- ^ Jackson, Carl (1994). Vedanta for the West. Indiana University Press. p. 116. ISBN 0-253-33098-X.