Christopher Isherwood: Girish Ghosh

Considered the Shakespeare of Bengal, Girish Chandra Ghosh was an acclaimed playwright, poet, actor and impresario. Fueled by genius and driven by appetite, his unconventional lifestyle shattered societal norms. But as his life came to crisis, he met Sri Ramakrishna and became an outstanding disciple. The interplay between guru and disciple recounted by Isherwood allows us to witness Sri Ramakrishna s large-hearted catholicity in full stride. The lecture was delivered at the Santa Barbara Vedanta Temple in December of 1975. It was introduced and ended with a chant by the Santa Barbara convent; however, the audio of these chants were too poor to be included in the CD.