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Swami Rama Tirtha also known as Swami Ram, was an Indian teacher of the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta. He was among the first notable teachers of Hinduism to lecture in the United States, travelling there in 1902, preceded by Swami Vivekananda in 1893 and followed by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1920.…


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I only recently discovered the works of Swami Rama Tirtha, who sits between Swami Vivekananda and Sri Paramahansa Yogananda vis-a-vis the yogis who came to America to tell us what was what. It's the first volume in a book of talks about Vedanta, all of which hit the mark.

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