Wayne Teasdale

Teasdale spent 10 years as a Trappist monk at St. Joseph’s Abbey in Massachusetts, under the direction of Abott Thomas Keating, founder of the centering prayer movement; he then travelled to India to study at Bede Griffiths's Benedictine ashram. Teasdale served on the board of trustees of the Parliament of the World's Religions; He held an M.A. in philosophy from St. Joseph College and a Ph.D. in theology from Fordham University. ==Publications==

Books • Essays in Mysticism: Explorations into Contemplative Experience, Foreword by George A. Maloney (Liturgical Publications/Sunday Publications 1982) • Towards a Christian Vedanta: The Encounter of Hinduism and Christianity according to Bede Griffiths (Asian Trading Corporation 1987) Developed from his dissertation at Fordham University. • The Mystic Heart: Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World’s Religions, Foreword by the Dalai Lama, Preface by Beatrice Bruleau (New World Library 1999) • A Monk in the World: Cultivating a Spiritual Life, Foreword by Ken Wilber (New World Library 2002) • Bede Griffiths: An Introduction to his Interspiritual Thought, Foreword by Bede Griffiths (Skylight Paths Publishing 2003) • Catholicism in Dialogue: Conversations across the Traditions (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2004) • The Mystic Hours: A Daybook of Inspirational Wisdom and Devotion (New World Library 2004) Editor • ''The Community of Religions: Voices and Images of the Parliament of the World's Religions'', editor, with George Cairns (Continuum International Publishing Group 1996) • Awakening the Spirit, Inspiring the Soul: 30 Stories of Interspiritual Discovery in the Community of Faiths, editor, with Martha Howard, Foreword by Joan Borysenko (Skylight Paths Publishing 2004) ==References==