Hindu Spirituality: How to Grasp the Divine?

Abstract

The interview of Andrew Schumann, the managing editor of Studia Humana, with Max Demtchenko

Max Demtchenko is an Associate Professor at the Moscow State Linguistic University. He has authored: Aspects of Hindu-Christian Dialogue in the Mid- Twentieth Century (according to Jules Monchanin’s and Henri Le Saux’ Experience), PhD thesis (Moscow, 2011) and The Path of Saccidānanda (Moscow, Ganga, 2008). He has also published the first Russian translation of Swāmī Abhishiktānanda’s Guru and Disciple (Moscow, Ganga, 2013). His current academic interest is in the field of North Indian rural bhakti movements with a special focus on Nānak-panths as well as on Rāma-rasika traditions’ poetry and practices.