) ▁are ▁influenced ▁by ▁H indu ▁reform er ▁Ram ▁Moh an ▁Roy ▁and ▁H indu ▁myst ics ▁Ram ak r ish na ▁and ▁Sw ami ▁V ive kan anda , ▁who ▁themselves ▁have ▁taken ▁over ▁western ▁not ions ▁of ▁universal ism . ▁They ▁regarded ▁H indu ism ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁token ▁of ▁this ▁per enn ial ▁philosophy . ▁This ▁notion ▁has ▁influenced ▁think ers ▁who ▁have ▁proposed ▁versions ▁of ▁the ▁per enn ial ▁philosophy ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century . ▁ ▁The ▁unity ▁of ▁all ▁relig ions ▁was ▁a ▁central ▁imp ulse ▁among ▁H indu ▁reform ers ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁who ▁in ▁turn ▁influenced ▁many ▁ 2 0 th - century ▁per enn ial ▁philosophy - type ▁think ers . ▁Key ▁figures ▁in ▁this ▁reform ing ▁movement ▁included ▁two ▁Beng ali ▁Bra hm ins . ▁Ram ▁Moh an ▁Roy , ▁a ▁phil os opher ▁and ▁the ▁founder ▁of ▁the ▁modern ising ▁Bra h mo ▁Sam aj ▁religious ▁organisation , ▁reason ed ▁that ▁the ▁divine ▁was ▁beyond ▁description ▁and ▁thus ▁that ▁no ▁religion ▁could ▁claim ▁a ▁mon opol y ▁in ▁their ▁understanding ▁of ▁it . ▁ ▁The ▁myst ic ▁Ram ak r ish na ' s ▁spiritual ▁ec st as ies ▁included ▁experien cing ▁the ▁sam eness ▁of ▁Christ , ▁Moh ammed ▁and ▁his ▁own ▁H indu ▁de ity . ▁Ram ak r ish na ' s ▁most ▁famous ▁dis ci ple , ▁Sw ami ▁V ive kan anda , ▁travel led ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁in