Ashrams, Ancient and Modern: Their Aims and Ideals

By Savarirayan Jesudason

What is an Ashram? This question has been put me very often. I have not always been able to give a ready reply to such a question. lt is not easy. In the first place so many "Ashrams" both Hindu and Christian have recently sprung up in our country with apparently no common fundamental basis or objective. Visitors going round Ashrams find themselves often confused.Hence this little book with an honest effort to investigate the Ashram movement historically from the earliest times until now and see what light there is available to know what Ashram ideals were in ancient times and how they were worked out in practice. But this is no easy task and I do not possess the necessary preliminary qualifications to undertake such a Echolarly research. My friend Mr. P. Chenchi ah, Chief Justice, Pudukotah has been a great help to me in this study. I would nothave ventured into it without his help. I am also grateful for the able, comprehensive and, thought-provoking introduction he has written. Thanks are also due to the Rev. E. Savarirayan of Vellore for his assistance in reading the proofs and seeing the book through the press.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1648170099
• ISBN13: 9781648170096
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: First Fruits Press
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.2" x 8.0"