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The Making of a Teacher
''The Making of a Teacher'' is a spiritual biography of Eknath Easwaran (1910-1999). Written by Tim and Carol Flinders, the book was originally published in the United States in 1989. Adopting an oral history approach, the book recounts numerous conversations with Easwaran that describe his childhood, career as a professor of English literature, spiritual awakening, and service as a spiritual teacher in the United States. The book also profiles his current way of life, and relationship with his grandmother, his spiritual teacher. An Indian edition was published in 2002. The book has been reviewed in newspapers,〔 name=behal02/>〔 name=htoday89/>〔 name=helms89/>〔 name=ibw96/>
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==Background==
In 1989, Eknath Easwaran had been teaching meditation in the US for more than 25 years. A former professor of English literature in India, Easwaran had in 1968 taught perhaps the first credit course on meditation at a major US university ''(pictured, below right)''. He had also published many spiritual books, had founded a meditation center, hosted numerous meditation retreats, given thousands of talks, and served as spiritual teacher to thousands of students. According to the Flinders, themselves longtime students, many people whose lives had been affected by Easwaran wanted to know more about him. "Who'' is he?' they ask, through letters, at retreats, and at his Tuesday night talks. 'What is he really like? And how did he get to be that way?'"〔Tim Flinders & Carol Flinders (1989), ''The Making of a Teacher''.〕 In ''The Making of a Teacher'', published in 1989, the Flinders' aim was
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