Philip Goldberg has been studying India’s spiritual traditions for more than 45 years, as a practitioner, teacher and writer. He is an Interfaith Minister, a skilled speaker who has lectured throughout the country and in India, and the author of numerous books. His most recent book, American Veda: From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation, How Indian Spirituality Changed the West, was named one of the top ten religion books of 2010 by Huffington Post and the American Library Association. He blogs regularly on the Huffington Post and Elephant Journal.