Alan Richard "Bede" Griffiths (17 December 1906 – 13 May 1993), also known as Swami Dayananda (Bliss of Compassion), was a British-born Benedictine monk and mystic who lived in ashrams in South India. He was born at Walton-on-Thames, England and studied literature at Oxford University under C. S. Lewis, who became a lifelong friend. In December, 1932, Griffiths joined the Benedictine monastery of Prinknash Abbey near Gloucester, where he was ordained to the priesthood in 1940. In 1958 he helped establish Kurisumala Ashram (Mountain of the Cross) in India, a Syriac rite monastery in Kerala. In 1968 he moved to Shantivanam (Forest of Peace) Ashram in Tamil Nadu. Griffiths wrote twelve books on Hindu-Christian dialogue. Griffiths' form of Vedanta-inspired Christianity is called Wisdom Christianity. Articles from Bede Griffith coming soon.