On the Indian traditions as he came to know them from the inside, over ten years of Vedanta practice.
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American scholar of religion (1919–2016), born in Suzhou to Methodist missionary parents. His book The World's Religions has sold more than three million copies and taught a generation to read the traditions on their own terms. He practised what he wrote about: Vedanta under Swami Satprakashananda, Zen under Goto Zuigan, and Sufism, each for more than ten years.
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Classical Hindu philosophy of Self-inquiry into the nature of Atman and Brahman, transmitted through scripture, teacher lineages and rigorous study.
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