Fr. Hans Zollner SJ is originally from Germany. He belongs to the German Province of the Society of Jesus. He is currently professor in the Gregorian University in Rome. In 2010, he wrote a book called “Chisea e pedofilia Una ferita aperta” in Italian. This book has been transland into English with the title “Church and the Abuse of Minors”

This spiritual guide and author was, even as a young man, intrigued by the mysteries of life. At the age of 18, he experienced a profound awakening and transformation while traveling alone through the US. Realizing the essential oneness of all life, he returned home and lived contentedly as a hermit for some years. The writings that eventually became the book 'Living as God', emerged as he began sharing this ever deepening sense of unity with those around him.

Books from this author - Living As God

Shri Parmanand Aggarwal, Secretary and Office-In-Charge of Certificate, Diploma & Advanced Courses of Kaivalyadhama (Mumbai), is a highly Knowledgeable and experienced teacher of Yoga in all its facets. Having completed his graduation from Delhi University, Shri Aggarwal attained proficiency in yogic knowledge from Vishwayatan Yogeshram, Katra (J & K) under the renowed Swami Dhirendra. Brahmachari and from Kaivalyadhama (Lonavla). Along with Yoga, he studied the complementary subjects of Ayurveda, Naturopathy and Homoeopathy. During the last 35 years, Shri Aggarwal has been teaching Yoga and has conducted several workshops and comps in India and abroad catering to health and healing through Yoga. He has been instrumental creating a creadible platform for his fellow Yoga followers through a number of National and International Seminars and Conference on Yoga. A revered teacher and guide to his innumerable students, shri Aggarwal has brought about a marked change in the lives of a host of renowned personalities and celebrities from all walks of life through Yoga.

Paul Brunton’s story is the perfect example of the radical transformation that spirituality underwent in the 20th century. At the beginning of that century, when PB was but two years old, spirituality—even in far-off India—was exclusively the domain of nationalistic, myopic religions, rarely willing to entertain dialogue with other faiths, much less attend to the spiritual lives of women and other second class citizens. Since then we’ve seen a huge awakening in the West, first to Hinduism, then Buddhism, and most recently to Tibetan Buddhism. At the same time there has been a commensurate adaption of Western technology to the cultures of the East.

Nowadays, truly ecumenical conferences abound, while eclectic and independent spiritual teachers, guides, gurus, and coaches are no further away than our phone books. Even while the West was first looking to the East for mysticism, it began to discover that even its own primary religion—science—was unstable, intangible, and deeply interlocked with the consciousness of the observer. And of course in these lattermost years, the Internet has created an entirely new level of interchange, information access, and inspiration.

Peter Berking lives in Vienna, VIrginia, USA. He is a learning technology consultant. He was captivated by a picture of Ramana in 1974, but didn't become a serious devotee until 1986, after starting to read Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi. In 2002, he made his way to Sri Ramanasramam, and has been going there every year for as much time as he can spare. He is an ardent practitioner of Giripradakshina, especially on the Inner Path, and has written another book with Muktha Manu called A Guide to Giripradakshina. Another central part of his practice is daily singing of Ramana's devotional hymns to Arunachala, the Stuti Panchakam.

Pravin Gandhi studied Engineering in India and USA, and is a software marketing professional, living in Mumbai. From pursuing a techy profession to pursuing fine thoughts and interests; learning about the Quantum world to learning the piano; traveling to offbeat places to gathering rich experience of places and people; blogging about all of the above; and now writing a book of short stories in his latest initiative, Pravin Gandhi is a Left-brain and a Right-brain person at the same time, driven by a desire to be, to do, something different, something new, at any time.

Prem Saran, a senior member of the Indian Administrative Service, is currently on study leave, working on "Gender, Personhood and Hedonism as Core Themes in Nepalese Tantrism" for his Ph.D. in Anthropology at the University of California, USA. A versatile scholar, holding an M.A. (Anthropology) from the University of California, an M.A. (South Asia Regional Studies) from the University of Pennsylvania, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, and a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, he carries on "the intellectual tradition" of the Indian civil services.

Now in his early forties, Saran was born in Kerala, is married to an Assamese, and is himself an initiated follower of the Tantric cult.

Prof. P. George Victor (born: 1953), Professor of Philosophy, and Founder Director, Centre for Religious Studies, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam has been teaching Sankara Vedanta, and Western Philosophy for the post-graduate students for more than two decades. He has participated in many seminars in India and abroad. He has organized the 'First National Seminar on Teaching Philosophy in India' in association with the editors of Teaching Philosophy journal, USA sponsored by ICPR during March 1998. His major published works include 'Social Philosophy of Vedanta', 'Life and Teachings of Adi Sankaracarya' and 'Moral Science'.

Books from this author - Life And Teachings Of Adi Sankaracarya, Studies In Vedanta Essays In Honour Of Professor

Professor V. Kutumba Sastry (1950) is currently Vice-Chancellor, Rashtriya Samskrit Samsthan, New Delhi. He is a well-known Vedic scholar. His areas of interest include philosophy in general and Advaita Vedanta and Sanskrit poetics in particular. His publications include monographs, anthologies, and research papers on Advaita Vedanta. He is the recipient of several prestigious awards from several State Governments in India as well as one from the Windsor University, Canada for promoting Sanskrit studies. Recently he has been elected as the President of International Association of Sanskrit Studies, Paris. Professor Sastry travelled widely to spread the message of the Vedas and the Advaita Vedanta in countries such as U.S.A., England, Kazakhstan, Finland, Thailand, and Scotland.