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Bede Griffiths OSB Cam , born Alan Richard Griffiths and also known by the end of his life as Swami Dayananda , was a British-born Benedictine monk and priest who lived in ashrams in South India and became a noted yogi. He became a leading thinker in the development of the dialogue between Christianity and Hinduism. Griffiths was a part of the Christian Ashram Movement. Wikipedia  

✵ 17. December 1906 – 13. May 1993
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“God had brought me to my knees and made me acknowledge my own nothingness, and out of that knowledge I had been reborn. I was no longer the centre of my life and therefore I could see God in everything.”

Bede Griffiths
Life , God , Knowledge

“In addition to being a Christian, I need to be a Hindu, a Buddhist, a Jainist, a Zoroastrian, a Sikh, a Muslim, and a Jew. Only then can I know the Truth and find the point of reconciliation in all religions.”

Bede Griffiths

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