Bhakti Tirtha Swami vs. Abraham Joshua Heschel
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Bhakti Tirtha Swami
1950 – 2005
Bhakti Tirtha Swami, previously called John Favors and Toshombe Abdul and also known by the honorific Krishnapada, was a guru and governing body commissioner of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. He was the highest-ranking African American in ISKCON.
"By the mercy of the Lord, you have been given a guru, so your selflessness is simply a matter of serving your guru with more love and care. Give up all of your …"
Abraham Joshua Heschel
1907 – 1972
Abraham Joshua Heschel was a Polish-American rabbi and one of the leading Jewish theologians and Jewish philosophers of the 20th century. Heschel, a professor of Jewish mysticism at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, authored a number of widely read books on Jewish philosophy and was a leader in the U.S. civil rights movement.
"There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation. In the first way he sees in what surroun…"
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