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Adyashanti

March 21, 2017gururating 62 Comments
Adyashanti

GURU RATING: 4 / 5 (GREAT) Adyashanti is a spiritual guru from California. He teaches an introspective approach to enlightenment which calls for radical honesty. With his technique, each thought is deeply examined as thoroughly as possible. As thoughts are gradually… Continue Reading →

Advaita, Alive, American, Great, Modern, Self-inquiry, Wealthy, Zen

Mother Meera

March 18, 2017gururating 36 Comments
Mother Meera

GURU RATING: 2 / 5 (QUESTIONABLE) Mother Meera is a spiritual guru who claims to be the living embodiment of the Divine Mother. She’s known for her silent darshans where she “unknots” one’s subtle energetic body and floods devotees with divine light. This… Continue Reading →

Alive, Avatar, Bakthi, Controversial, German, Indian, Questionable

Sri Prem Baba

March 18, 2017gururating 37 Comments

GURU RATING: 1 / 5 (AVOID) Sri Prem Baba is a Brazilian spiritual guru (he refers to himself as a master) who operates in a traditional Indian style, but also incorporates other approaches. His teachings are a mixture of psychological… Continue Reading →

Avoid, Brazil, Group Work, Modern, Shaman, Traditional, Wealthy

Doreen Virtue

March 17, 2017gururating 9 Comments
Doreen Virtue

GURU RATING: 2 / 5 (QUESTIONABLE) Doreen Virtue is a prolific spiritual author with dozens of books to her name, mostly dealing with Angels. Rather than a spiritually enlightened guru, she’s considered to be a teacher, counsellor or seer to some. Virtue… Continue Reading →

Alive, American, card decks, Christian, New Age, Psychic, Questionable, Wealthy

Eckhart Tolle

March 16, 2017gururating 33 Comments
Eckhart Tolle

GURU RATING: 4 / 5 (GREAT) Eckhart Tolle is a spiritual guru who unexpectedly discovered his true nature after years of crippling depression. It got so bad that he wondered whether he could continue living with himself. This created a psychological… Continue Reading →

Advaita, Alive, Excellent, German, Modern, Wealthy

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

March 16, 2017gururating 9 Comments
sri sri ravi shankar

GURU RATING: 2 / 5 (QUESTIONABLE) — NET WORTH: 150 MILLION. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is a spiritual guru known for his Yoga breathing techniques as well as his peace initiatives. He is the founder of the Art of Living Foundation… Continue Reading →

Adequate, Alive, Breathing, Indian, Wealthy, Yoga

Pema Chödrön

March 6, 2017gururating 10 Comments
Pema Chödrön

GURU RATING: 3 / 5 (ADEQUATE) Pema Chödrön is a Buddhist nun within the Tibetan contemplative tradition. She helps run and teaches at a monastery in Nova Scotia, Canada. It was the first of its kind in the Western world.… Continue Reading →

Adequate, Alive, American, Buddhism, Canada, Nun, Tibet

Gangaji

March 4, 2017gururating 37 Comments
Gangaji

GURU RATING: 2 / 5 (QUESTIONABLE) Gangaji is a neo-Advaita guru that teaches the self-inquiry method of realizing your true nature, much akin to Ramana Maharshi and her own guru, Papaji. She was one of many Westerners authorized to teach by the… Continue Reading →

Advaita, Alive, American, Papaji, Questionable, Self-inquiry, Wealthy

Aziz Kristof a.k.a. Anadi

March 4, 2017gururating 25 Comments
Aziz Kristof (Anadi)

GURU RATING: 3 / 5 (ADEQUATE) Aziz Kristof (a.k.a. Anadi) is a Polish guru known for his teachings (in English) about the various states of spiritual enlightenment or consciousness. His expression veers on the intellectual but resonates with a distinct poetic quality… Continue Reading →

Advaita, Alive, Great, Modern, Polish

Mooji

March 4, 2017gururating 251 Comments
Mooji

GURU RATING: 2 / 5 (QUESTIONABLE) Mooji is a well-known guru who teaches the lazy person’s way to spiritual enlightenment (his words). His approach is to help you realize that you are already enlightened. That is the whole of his teaching.… Continue Reading →

Advaita, Alive, Christian, Papaji, Portugal, Questionable

Ramana Maharshi

March 3, 2017gururating 12 Comments
Ramana Maharshi guru

GURU RATING: 5 / 5 (EXCELLENT) Ramana Maharshi is sometimes considered to be the perfect guru, if such a thing is even possible. He lived a simple life of service and made himself available to seekers at all times of the… Continue Reading →

Ascetic, Deceased, Excellent, Indian, Self-inquiry, Traditional

Gurumayi

March 3, 2017gururatings 58 Comments
Gurumayi

GURU RATING: 1 / 5 (AVOID) Gurumayi is a Western woman of Indian descent, “whose identification with the supreme Self is uninterrupted.” She has been hounded by controversy ever since she won a power struggle with her brother, Swami Nityananda,… Continue Reading →

Alive, Avoid, Celebrities, Controversial, Indian, Sex, Siddha yoga, Wealthy

Amma

February 7, 2017gururating 30 Comments
Amma

GURU RATING: 3 / 5 (ADEQUATE) — NET WORTH: 273 MILLION. Mātā Amṛtānandamayī Devī (better known as Amma, or “mother”) is a guru known for her powerful hugs. They are reputed to have a deeply spiritual quality. Like many saints… Continue Reading →

Adequate, Alive, Bakthi, Controversial, Indian, Traditional, Wealthy

U.G. Krishnamurti

February 7, 2017gururating 27 Comments
U G KRISHNAMURTI

GURU RATING: 1 / 5 (AVOID) U.G. Krishnamurti (not to be confused with J. Krishnamurti) might be considered an anti-guru guru, or the type of guru that expresses his guruness by denouncing the very idea of gurus. Confused yet? He’d probably… Continue Reading →

Avoid, Controversial, Deceased, Indian, Modern, Theosophy

Rajneesh Ozen

February 7, 2017gururating 32 Comments
Rajneesh Ozen

GURU RATING: 2 / 5 (QUESTIONABLE) Swami Rajneesh is a guru who began his spiritual path as an Osho disciple (sannyasin). He rose to prominence after his book Tears of the Mystic Rose was published freely online. In it he… Continue Reading →

Alive, Artist, Indian, Mexico, Modern, Osho, Questionable, Sex, Theft, Wealthy

Marshall Vian Summers

February 7, 2017gururating 91 Comments
Marshall Vian Summers

GURU RATING: 4 / 5 (GREAT) Marshall Vian Summers has spent decades faithfully receiving, transcribing, sharing and teaching a great body of work which he claims is a New Message from God. More than a simple guru, he is claims… Continue Reading →

Alive, American, Colorado, Great, Messenger, Modern

Swami Nithyananda

February 7, 2017gururatings 4 Comments

GURU RATING: 1 / 5 (AVOID) Swami Nithyananda is a controversial guru from India who claims to be an avatar with siddhis (special powers) — the most realized spiritual state attainable by human beings. Nithyananda spent time training as a… Continue Reading →

Alive, Avoid, Bakthi, Controversial, Indian, Traditional, Wealthy

Adi Da Samraj

December 21, 2016gururatings Leave a Comment
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GURU RATING: 2/ 5 (QUESTIONABLE) Adi Da Samraj, born Franklin Albert Jones on November 3, 1939 on Long Island, New York was an American spiritual teacher, writer and museum curated artist. During his lifetime, he established a new religion called… Continue Reading →

American, Artist, Controversial, dead, drugs, Muktananda, private island, Questionable, Sex, Shakti, Siddha yoga, Wealthy
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SPOTTING A FAKE GURU

According to Paul Lenda from Wake Up World, there are 9 ways of spotting a fake guru.

The spiritual world is filled with charismatic frauds, so it’s important to be discerning.

These 9 rules are not definite by nature but should be used as a rough way to quickly assess the quality of a guru.

1. Charging a large amount of money.

2. Giving themselves fancy titles. Sri sri sri sri…

3. Inability to take criticism.

4. Overly focused on the end goal of spiritual enlightenment rather than the process of getting there.

5. Behaving hypocritically.

6. Focusing on fulfilling an egocentric desire.

7. Displaying spiritual materialism.

8. Behaving selfishly.

9. Promising a fast path to self-realization.

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