Re: Salinger and Eastern Religions

citycabn (citycabn@gateway.net)
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 08:25:49 -0700

Matt,

I did know about the Ranchan but haven't located a copy.  (Actually, way
back in the Middle Ages I took a class from him on JDS, though at that time
he hadn't written the book.  That was my one and only exposure to the
subject matter.)  Never heard of the Kurian:  good to know.   Isn't there
some dissertation on this subject by I believe an Indian woman?  (I think
Alsen in his unsatisfactory volume mentioned her.)

And a belated thanks:  I appreciated your response--"Advices"--to my manic
posts in January.

Glad you are back.

--Bruce

-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Kozusko <mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu>
To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu <bananafish@lists.nyu.edu>
Date: Monday, September 20, 1999 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: Salinger and Eastern Religions


> citycabn wrote:
>
>> Look, I know next to nothing re the subject line, but would venture to
say
>> we are in the dark re the exact chronology of JDS's
>> involvement--for lack of a better word--with Eastern Religions.
>
>One of the two JDS/Vedanta books has a great account of JDS's probable
>progress from casual interest to intense participation in matters
>eastern.  I'm still unpacking books and don't know which one.
>_Adventures in Vedanta_ (Som P. Ranchan) and _A Religious Response to
>[something in JDS]_ (Elizabeth N. Kurian).  I remember surprising
>detail--palpable names and dates I'd never seen anywhere else...
>
>
>
>--
>Matt Kozusko    mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu
>