Philosopher
Swami Medhananda
Overview
Swami Medhananda (also known as Ayon Maharaj and formerly known as Ayon Roy) is an Indian-American author, philosopher, and monk of the Ramakrishna Order. He has written books on Vedanta Philosophy, several of which were published by Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press. He is fluent in English, German, and Bengali, and he has reading proficiency in Sanskrit, Pāli, and French.
He frequently gives lectures at the Hollywood and Santa Barbara Vedanta Temples, the Trabuco Ramakrishna Monastery, and the San Diego Vedanta Center. He has also given guest lectures at Harvard, UCLA, Mahamakut Buddhist University, Loyola Marymount University, University of Heidelberg, Boston College, University of Vienna, Ohio State University, Oxford University, University of Münster, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, and Princeton University.
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Philosophers who discussed Swami Medhananda
Ideas Swami Medhananda discusses
- Harvard University
- Ohio State University
- Philosophy of religion
- Sri Aurobindo
- Princeton University
- Humboldt University of Berlin
- University of Oxford
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Ramakrishna
- Swami Vivekananda
- Oxford University Press
- University of Vienna
- Panpsychism
- Hermeneutics
- Cambridge University Press
- Saul Smilansky
Place in the tradition
Part of Neo-Vedanta.