My Wild and Crazy Ride to Here and Now, with Amma, the Hugging Saint
by Ram Das Batchelder
Recommended by Russell Brand
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Rising in Love tells the story of the author's extraordinary spiritual awakening in America (which included meeting an angel), his discovery of Amma (the living Guru known in the West as the Hugging Saint), and the 27 amazing years he has spent in quest of Enlightenment as Amma's devotee, most of that time in India. The book is a multifaceted diam...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books.
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Russell Brand
“Beautiful book I'm reading by an adorable, devoted lunatic about the incomparable Amma”
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