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George Gurdjieff

February 19, 2026gururatings 1 Comment

GURU RATING: 5 / 5 (EXCELLENT) What if there were a guru who spent his entire life traveling the world in search of the most advanced, secret spiritual teachings? That’s George Gurdjieff (1872-1949). Born in Armenia, Gurdjieff was fluent in… Continue Reading →

Christian, Deceased, enneagram, European, Excellent, Kabala, Knowledge, Sufism, Tibet

Adi Da Samraj

December 21, 2021gururatings 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, Deceased, drugs, Muktananda, private island, Questionable, Sex, Shakti, Siddha yoga, Wealthy

Ramana Maharshi

March 3, 2017gururating 13 Comments
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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

U.G. Krishnamurti

February 7, 2017gururating 29 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
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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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