Mary lePage
Mary Hebard LePage (22 February 1879 – 7 August 1962) who wrote an account of his visit to America.
Biography
Lepage was initiated by Abhedananda in December 1908, at the Berkshire Ashram,
Tujunga,[2] where Abhedananda visited them twice before leaving America in 1921.[2] In 1923, the LePages homesteaded 640 acres in Jumpier Hills, California, which they named "Abhedananda Acres".[2] There, LePage's sons printed on a hand press hymns written by Abhedananda,[2] which were later regularly sung at Ramakrishna Centres around the world.[2]
LePage began writing a book about Abhedananda at "Abhedananda Acres"; her first draft, and years of records, were burned in a house fire there in 1943.[2] She subsequently rewrote it "largely from memory and inspiration",[2] and it was published in 1947 as An Apostle of Monism.[2][3][4][6] It was republished, in 1951 and later editions, as Swami Abhedananda in America. It has been described by one writer as "an intimate and firsthand account of Abhedananda's eventful stay in the West by one of his most ardent disciples",[2] and by another as "partisan, defending the swami at every point, while dismissing his opponents."[4]
Works
- An Apostle of Monism: an authentic account of the activities of Swami Abhedananda in America
- Swami Abhedananda in America
References
- ^ California, U.S., Death Index, 1940–1997
- ^ ISBN 9788175053342. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ ISBN 9780892810635. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ ISBN 9780253113887. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ ISBN 9780226854588. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ISBN 9788171020577. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
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