Bede Griffiths

Bede Griffiths born Alan Richard Griffiths and also known by the end of his life as Swami Dayananda (“bliss of compassion”), 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.

Date of birth:
17th December, 1906
Date of death:
13th May, 1993
"It is no longer a question of a Christian going about to convert others to the faith, but of each one being ready to listen to the other and so to grow together in mutual understanding."
― Bede Griffiths
Topic(s): Faith
"Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But what is the self? The self is the principle of reason and responsibility in us. It is the root of freedom, it is what makes us men."
― Bede Griffiths
Topic(s): Freedom
"I think the Mother is gradually revealing itself to me and taking over. But it is not the Mother alone. It is the Mother and the Father, the male and the female, sort of gradually having their marriage."
― Bede Griffiths
Topic(s): Marriage

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