Passionately committed to a synthetic approach in understanding reality, Bede conceived of a collaboration among science, mysticism, and faith, and this was a synthesis he discerned from his contemplative awareness and his study of mysticism (particularly Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, and Sufi) in concert with his deep faith. . , . Bede's vision was essentially an approach based on an integrative insight: that reality is one, and so all forms of knowing must somehow converge on the one truth, the oneness of reality itself in consciousness.

This unified experience of knowing overcomes what I call epistemological schizophrenia, the problem of scientific thought dominating, or even excluding, other forms of knowing, such as intuition, mystical and religious knowledge, aesthetic experience, interpersonal love, and poetic imagination. . , . Bede's contribution exceeds his integral interest in areas of culture, knowldge, creativity, and faith.

Wayne Teasdale, Bede Griffiths