abstract:Arnaud Desjardins (June 18, 1925 – August 10, 2011) was a producer at the Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française from 1952 to 1974, and was one of the first high profile practitioners of Eastern religion in France. He worked on television documentaries with many spiritual traditions unknown to Europeans at the time, including Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism, Zen, and Sufism from Afghanistan.