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BEDE GRIFFITHS

I know that Great Person of the brightness of the sun beyond the darkness.
Only by knowing him one goes beyond death.
There is no other way to go.
— Svetasvatara Upanishad

What's New

Audio Links

 Bede Griffiths: 'The Function of a Mantra'. Audio Clip 8:32 min. WCCM Series.

 Bruno Barnhart: 'Our Hunger for Wisdom'. NCR podcast.

 Pascaline Coff: 'Riches of Interreligious Dialogue'. NCR podcast.

Spiritual Tours

Dr. Meath Conlan's Diverse Journeys website features upcoming spiritual tours to Shantivanam and other ashrams in South India.

Dr. Conlan is available for Bede Griffiths Workshops and guest-speaking. Email:drconlan@diversejourneys.net

Purpose 

The Bede Grifflths Association was founded to promote the renewal of contemplative life in the contemporary church and world. This renewal requires, in Fr. Bede's words "a marriage of contemplation and action."

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Activities

Promoting the awareness and practice of contemplative prayer...

by helping people to dispose themselves to receive the grace of contemplation which, Fr. Bede believed, is offered to everyone. Contemplative practice and experience will, in turn, nurture a spirit of peace and compassion among the peoples of the earth.

Continuing the pioneering work of Father Bede...

in the area of interreligiious dialogue. This too, he understood, is crucial for the peace of the world and the future of our global family.

Disseminating Fr. Bede's vision in various ways...

Through making available the books, articles and recordings of Bede and other spiritual teachers, through retreats and contemplative prayer groups, through operation of the Bede Griffiths website and publication of The Golden String bulletin.

Furthering the ongoing life of Shantivanam...

Fr. Bede's Ashram in Southern India, and supporting the Ashram’s projects on behalf of the poor in the surrounding villages. The life of the spirit – contemplative life –must be integrated, Bede taught, with the social and economic life of the larger human community.

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