3 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Bengali Hindu mystic and priest of Kali who practiced and experienced multiple religious traditions (Hinduism, Islam, Christianity) and arrived at a perennialist conclusion: all paths lead to God.
Indian guru who claimed to be a divine avatar — producing objects from thin air (materialization) in front of millions of devotees — and who attracted tens of millions of followers worldwide despite also attracting significant accusations of fraud and sexual abuse.
Indian Hindu monk and philosopher who introduced Vedanta to the Western world at the 1893 Parliament of World's Religions and founded the Ramakrishna Mission — combining mysticism with social service.