The Art of Spiritual Life offers us an intimate glimpse into the history, artistic process, spiritual guidance, and esoteric secrets behind some of the most celebrated works of devotional art in contemporary Gauya Vaiava culture. Soulstirring and deeply inspiring, this long-awaited memoir simultaneously takes us on the author's own journey, as an artist and spiritual practitioner, over a span of more than half a centurystarting in Tompkins Square Park, New York City, where she first met her spiritual master, rla Prabhupda, in September 1966.
The Art of Spiritual Life is much more than a book about art. In making art a personal expression of devotion and in sharing her journey with us, rla Prabhupda's earliest and most prolific artist shows us how spiritual life is itself an art. It's difficult not to be deeply moved by the author's honesty, courage, humility, and devotion. I have been waiting with anticipation for this memoir for many years; and once I started reading it, I couldn't put it down.