{"id":125,"date":"2014-09-30T17:38:54","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T21:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/midst\/?page_id=125"},"modified":"2015-02-11T14:36:25","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T19:36:25","slug":"abhishiktananda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/midst\/abhishiktananda\/","title":{"rendered":"Abhishiktananda"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment133\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment133\" style=\"width: 355px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/Abishikananda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/Abishikananda.jpg\" alt=\"Abishikananda\" class=\"wp-image-133 \" height=\"257\" width=\"345\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L-R: Jim, Abhishiktananda, Barry, Rajpur, 1960s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ministers, priests, and other spiritual leaders within the many Christian communities in India visited the Retreat and Study Centre in Rajpur.\u00a0 One of the most important to Barry during the 15 years she and Jim supervised the center was Swami Abhishiktananda, a Catholic priest born in France in 1910, ordained as a Benedictine in 1935, who came to India in 1948.\u00a0 As Barry explains in these stories, Abhishiktananda\u00a0pursued interfaith dialogue and established the first \u201cSchool of Prayer\u201d in Rajpur.\u00a0 It was through her study with Abhishiktananda\u00a0that Barry began to practice meditation and contemplation and selected a mantra: dwell.<\/p>\n<p>Abhishiktananda: A Christian Sadhu<br \/>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-125-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_abishiktenanda_1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_abishiktenanda_1.mp3\">\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_abishiktenanda_1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Abhishiktananda: Camel\u2019s Hair Coat Story<br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-125-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_abishiktenanda_2_final_2_fixed.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_abishiktenanda_2_final_2_fixed.mp3\">\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_abishiktenanda_2_final_2_fixed.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Abhishiktananda: Tin Trunk<br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-125-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_abishiktenanda_3_final_2_fixed.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_abishiktenanda_3_final_2_fixed.mp3\">\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_abishiktenanda_3_final_2_fixed.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Abhishiktananda: They Put Him in His Black Benedictine Robes<br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-125-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_abishiktenanda_4_final_2_fixed.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_abishiktenanda_4_final_2_fixed.mp3\">\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_abishiktenanda_4_final_2_fixed.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Abhishiktananda: Meditation, Contemplation, Mantra<br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-125-5\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_abishiktenanda_5_final_2_fixed.mp3?_=5\" \/><a href=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_abishiktenanda_5_final_2_fixed.mp3\">\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_abishiktenanda_5_final_2_fixed.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/midst\/podcast\/\">here<\/a> to download the podcast for this segment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/midst\/stories-by-theme\/\">Back to Story by Theme<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/midst\/stories-by-theme\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/midst\/sanskritization\/\" title=\"Sanskritization\">&lt; 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