Bede Griffiths, born Alan Richard Griffiths and also known by the end of his life as Swami Dayananda, meaning bliss of compassion, was a British Catholic priest and Benedictine monk who lived from 1906 to 1993. He lived in ashrams in South India, became a noted missionary, and was part of the Christian Ashram Movement.
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Bede Griffiths OSB Cam (17 December 1906 – 13 May 1993), born Alan Richard Griffiths and also known by the end of his life as Swami Dayananda ("bliss of compassion"), was a British Catholic priest and Benedictine monk who lived in ashrams in South India and became a noted missionary.
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Bede Griffiths OSB Cam, born Alan Richard Griffiths and also known by the end of his life as Swami Dayananda, was a British Catholic priest and Benedictine monk.
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Bede Griffiths OSB Cam (17 December 1906-13 May 1993), born Alan Richard Griffiths and also known by the end of his life as Swami Dayananda ("bliss of compassion"), was a British Catholic priest and Benedictine monk who lived in ashrams in South India and became a noted missionary.
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was a British Catholic priest and Benedictine monk who lived in ashrams in S
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