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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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