Yeats and Indian philosophy

Abstract

Reading Yeats' works - whether in prose or in verse - one is constantly aware of the poet's deep interest in Indian philosophy. There are frequent references to Hinduism, Buddhism, the Upanishads, and Vedic philosophy in all his works and letters, particularly in his Autobiographies. his essays, his poems, and A Vision. He maintained a friendship with many notable Indians, among them monks, poets, philosophers, professors, students and writers.