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X-WR-CALNAME:“A Yankee Yogi? Henry David Thoreau and Asian Philosophy” 
 - Krishnan Venkatesh
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DESCRIPTION:“To some extent\, and at rare intervals\, even I am a yogin.
 ”\n\nAny reader of Thoreau will have been struck by the quotations and a
 llusions to Chinese and Indian thinkers on almost every page of his major 
 works. He had read more Asian than Western philosophy\, and even wrote ess
 ays on Confucius and Buddhism\, as well as a translation (from French) of 
 part of the Mahabharata. His reading in the Eastern Classics was extensive
  and formidable. He was not alone in this: Emerson\, Bronson Alcott\, Whit
 man\, and other Transcendentalist writers were also fired up by Asian thou
 ght. They were preceded by Benjamin Franklin\, Thomas Jefferson\, and John
  Adams. In this lecture I will be exploring Thoreau's reading of Asian phi
 losophy: What exactly did he study\, how deeply did he understand these bo
 oks\, did they influence him\, can he be considered an American version of
  an Asian philosopher? I will also explore Thoreau's profound affinity wit
 h a body of work he could not possibly have known: the poet-recluses of Ch
 ina and Japan\, the Japanese poetic diarists\, and his peripatetic brother
  Matsuo Basho.  What is the significance of all this? \n\nIt will become e
 vident in this lecture that the presence of an Eastern Classics program in
  Santa Fe reflects an interest that is as American as....the Founding Fath
 ers and the Transcendentalists.
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LOCATION:Santa Fe Campus\, Great Hall
SUMMARY:“A Yankee Yogi? Henry David Thoreau and Asian Philosophy” - Kri
 shnan Venkatesh
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 u-and-asian-philosophy-krishnan-venkatesh
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