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Chinmauananda |
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India |
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20 Century and Up |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObfDcj9ElxY |
| Website : |
http://www.chinmayamission.com/ |
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Description-Bio :
Swami Chinmayananda was one of the 20th century's most world-renowned and revered exponents of Vedanta, the foundation of Hindu religion and culture
Description-Teaching :
His teachings were based on the authority of the Vedas and his direct experience. They were highly appreciated, and the number of devotees eager to learn from Swami Chinmayananda's highly dynamic, logical, and witty discourses increased rapidly. An inspired band of devotees thus formed 'Chinmaya Mission' in 1953.
From pulpits and platforms throughout India and around the world, Swami Chinmayananda taught the tens of thousands who came to listen and learn. By the time he left his physical form and attained mahasamadhi on August 3, 1993, Gurudev, as Swami Chinmayananda came to be known among his followers, had conducted 576 jnana yajnas as well as countless family spiritual camps, traversing hundreds of thousands of miles, crisscrossing the globe, and transforming millions of lives directly and indirectly.
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Andrew Cohen |
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United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcL9gqFSXWw |
| Website : |
http://www.andrewcohen.org/ |
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Description-Bio :
Andrew Cohen (1955) was born in New York. He is an author, magazine writer, musician, and founder of international nonprofit organization known as EnlightenNext. EnlightenNext is dedicated to secure the positive direction of the humanity's future.
Description-Teaching :
According to Cohen, when human beings choose to live as the Authentic Self, they can realize their inseparability from the universe and thereby discover a purpose for living that transcends egoism.
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Eli Jaxon-Bear |
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United States |
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20 Century and Up |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siqXHiYc_Is |
| Website : |
http://www.leelacommunity.org/ |
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Eli Jaxon-Bear was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1947. He is a disciple of Sri H.W.L. Poonja, whom he met in 1990, in India. His wife Toni also accepted Sri H.W.L. Poonja as guru, who gave her name "Gangaji". He dedicates his life to passing on the transmission of his Sri H.W.L. Poonja. He has written several books as well.
Description-Teaching :
Highly involved in sharing his unique psychological insights, among the people from around the world, in support of self realization.
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Florian Tathagata |
| Country : |
Germany |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwRsSLibCRE |
| Website : |
http://www.tathagata.de/index.php?lang=en |
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Description-Bio :
Born in Germany (1956), Florian Tathagata, is a follower of Advaita tradition and spiritual teacher. Isaac Shapiro is Tathagata's teacher and friend. He is always interested in supporting the people to recognize the truth of awareness.
Description-Teaching :
Following Advaita tradition, he is helping all those who are interested to understand who they really are and to live as an embodiment of truth in everyday life.
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Francis Lucille |
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United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8Z_ANCFtz4 |
| Website : |
http://www.francislucille.com/ |
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Description-Bio :
Francis Lucille, spiritual teacher, was born in France in 1944 AD. He is a disciple of Jean Klein. His main themes of practices are: non-duality, Advaita, Zen Buddhism, Sufism, Taoism, meditation, yoga, enlightenment, self-realization. Having trained as physicist and mathematician, he works as a scientist and diplomat.
Description-Teaching :
Francis Lucille is dedicated to transmit the ancient teaching of nonduality, the common ground of Advaita Vedanta, Ch'an Buddhism, Zen,Taoism and Sufism.
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Gangaji |
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United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWTuSM6zJ_A |
| Website : |
http://www.gangaji.org/index.php?modules=content&op=about |
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Description-Bio :
Merle Antoinette is known as Gangaji, which is the name given by her guru Sri H.W.L. Poonja. Gangaji (1942), author, teacher, and speaker, lives in Ashland, OR with her husband, Eli Jaxon-Bear. She, sometimes with her husband, helps the people find the true fulfillment and self realization.
Description-Teaching :
"The most sublime truth of all
has never been stated or written or sung.
Not because it is far away and can not be reached,
but because it is so intimately close,
closer than anything that can be spoken.
It is alive as the stillness in the core of your being
too close to be described, too close to be objectified,
too close to be known in the usual way of knowledge.
The truth of who you are is yours already.
It is already present..."
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Gina Lake |
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United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JxDc1S5-GQ |
| Website : |
http://www.radicalhappiness.com/ |
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Description-Bio :
Gina Lake has been helping people understand their spiritual lessons and life purpose for over 20 years. She holds a master's degree in counseling psychology. She has authored several books including Radical Happiness, Anatomy of Desire, Return to Essence, and Getting Free. She lives in Sedona, Arizona with her husband.
Description-Teaching :
Notice how much enjoyment is already possible in the simple things in your life. The more you notice how much you enjoy little things, the more you will realize that it doesn't get any better, really. You always only have this moment, and every moment has an equal potential for enjoyment, no matter what is happening. Enjoying life is really a matter of choosing to not want something other than what you've got. When you stop desiring something more or better, you can begin to enjoy what you have right now.
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Jeff Foster |
| Country : |
United Kingdom |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YuFr3obDqs |
| Website : |
http://www.lifewithoutacentre.com/ |
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Description-Bio :
Jeff Foster spreads the message of nonduality. He strongly believes that the truth is always free, so he is independent of any affiliation with any teacher, lineage or spiritual path. Jeff and his wife, Amy, live in Brighton, England. He is involved in offering meetings and retreats in the UK and around the world.
Description-Teaching :
"The word 'nonduality' points to the non-existence of separation.
The illusion of separation is at the root of all suffering.
In reality, there are no separate objects or people.
No 'inside' separate from 'outside'. No 'we' separate from 'you'.
No 'seeker' separate from what is sought."
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Joan Tollifson |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQBMn4AY0Kw |
| Website : |
http://www.joantollifson.com |
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Description-Bio :
Joan Tollifson who belongs to no formal tradition or lineage, has an affinity with Advaita and Zen. She writes and talks about non-duality. She has been pointing to what is beyond doubt or belief. She has authored two books.
Description-Teaching :
Thought divides it up into seer and seen, self and other, mind and body, form and emptiness, relative and absolute, spiritual and unspiritual, enlightenment and delusion. By the way that it labels, divides and describes, conceptual thought creates a mirage world (like a dream or a movie) that seems completely believable and real.
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John Wheeler |
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United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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http://thenaturalstate.org/ |
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Description-Bio :
John Wheeler works as a technical writer at a company. His spiritual search ended in 2003, when he met "Sailor" Bob Adamson, who pointed out our nature of non-conceptual being or awareness and the absence of the limited self we imagine ourselves to be. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Description-Teaching :
All the clarity and obscurations, whatever might be present, are still registered in the doubtless presence of awareness that takes in both. The metaphor of the sun is apt. From the position of the sun, there is no rising and setting at all. The seeming coming and going of clarity is only generated by a bit of focus on the changing content. Your being is the changeless sun of pure awareness. That is even what is letting you know that obscuration is present!
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Katie Davis |
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United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVSPmkIzsCc |
| Website : |
http://www.katiedavis.org/ |
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Description-Bio :
Katie Davis, the author of "Awake Joy: The Essence of Enlightenment.", was born in the USA and is a Graduate degree holder. Katie travels worldwide to spread the message of causeless joy through awakening. Without practices or teachers, she radically and spontaneously awakened in 1986. She is married to Sundance Burke, who awakened in 1982.
Description-Teaching :
She began teaching in 1999, after spending many years integrating the spiritual realization. Sundance and Katie have been sharing the message of conscious freedom and causeless joy since 1999 in talks in spiritual gatherings, satsang, satsang intensives, silent retreats and private consultations. Both of them honor all non-dual teachings that point to the essential Truth of who you really are.
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Laura Katleman-Prue |
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United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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http://www.skinnythinking.com/ |
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Description-Bio :
Laura Katleman-Prue, the author of Skinny Thinking, completed graduate studies in Marketing at Boston College and in Psychology at Lesley College. She is also a graduate of the Theravision Institute in Transpersonal Psychology. She has been practicing meditation for more than 20 years. She lives with her husband and daughter in Boston, Massachusetts.
Description-Teaching :
She suggests to:
- Learn to make wise food and eating choices
- Permanently change the way you eat and think about food
- End your weight struggle forever
- Free yourself from food worries and create a happier life
- Learn to accept your body
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Mooji |
| Country : |
United Kingdom |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pS_wPeDxDQ |
| Website : |
http://mooji.org |
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Anthony Paul Moo-Young (1954), a direct disciple of Sri Harilal Poonja, is known as Mooji. He was born in Port Antonio, Jamaica and has been conducting satsangs in the UK and Ireland. He has worked as a street portrait artist, a painter, a stained glass artist, and as a teacher. He is open to meeting sincere seekers of truth, irrespective of their background. He travels regularly to Ireland, Wales, Italy and India to conduct satsangs and retreats.
Description-Teaching :
Mooji has been sharing satsang, since 1999, with the many truth seekers who visit him, from all over the world. There is an energy that radiates from Mooji's presence. While teaching he utilizes his direct, clear, compassionate and often humorous style.
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Neelam |
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United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-FBH054qz0 |
| Website : |
http://www.neelam.org |
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Neelam, a direct disciple of H. W. L. Poonja, is a native of Poland. Since 1996, she has been giving Satsang internationaly. She is popularly known for her simplicity, skillful discrimination, and intuitive insight.
Description-Teaching :
You are free - naturally! In a moment of silence you can taste and recognise yourSelf: the limitless boundless being that you are. Happiness, joy, peace and beauty are the qualities of your natural being.
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Nirmala |
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United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__-_aZMOkuo |
| Website : |
http://www.endless-satsang.com/nirmala.htm |
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Nirmala, a genuine and authentic spiritual teacher, experienced a profound spiritual awakening in India. His spiritual seeking ended when he met his teacher, Neelam. He has been offering satsang and Nondual Spiritual Mentoring with his teacher's blessings. Nirmala lives in Sedona, Arizona with his wife and children.
Description-Teaching :
A very simple but useful definition for ego is the tendency to fixate, or grasp, either by trying to hold on to something that was here or by grasping after something that isn't here. What I am calling the ego is the movement within consciousness to do that. This tendency to grasp is the source of all suffering.
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Pamela Wilson |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_fl14XA_3Y |
| Website : |
http://www.pamelasatsang.com/ |
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Description-Bio :
Pamela Wilson, who speaks the Truth of advaita, is a disciple of Robert Adams, H W L Poonja, and Neelam. She has been teaching in the tradition of Ramana Maharshi. She has traveled widely in the United States, Canada and Europe, holding satsang and giving private sessions. She lives near Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Description-Teaching :
What mind? Can you find it? It's like what they say about the Mafia. You know, they call it 'organised crime'. Everybody says 'Well, it's not that organised!'. So we see this grand title to a bundle of thoughts; we call it mind. We make it an object, and then we think it's a big deal, because there's a universal agreement that we all have them.
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Ramana Maharshi, Sri |
| Country : |
India |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvIlhN0frdY |
| Website : |
http://www.arunachala-ramana.org/ |
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Sri Ramana Maharshi (1879 - 1950), probably the most famous Indian sage of the twentieth century, attained liberation at the age of 16. He was named Venkataraman Iyer at birth. Ramana Maharshi taught a method called self-inquiry, a meditation technique for attaining enlightenment.
Description-Teaching :
What is essential in any sadhana (practice) is to try to bring back the running mind and fix it on one thing only. Why then should it not be brought back and fixed in Self-attention? That alone is Self-enquiry (atma-vicara). That is all that is to be done!
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Ramesh Balsekar |
| Country : |
India |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9XbcyaJlTo |
| Website : |
http://www.rameshbalsekar.com/ |
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Ramesh S. Balsekar (1917 - 2009), a commerce graduate from the University of London, was a disciple of the late Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, a renowned Advaita master. He was drawn to Advaita, particularly the teachings of Ramana Maharshi and Wei Wu Wei, from early childhood. He was president of a nationalized bank. He has authored over 20 books.
Description-Teaching :
Truth or Reality is itself a concept. When you are in the truth or in deep sleep, which is only a pale reflection of the real, in that state of deep sleep is the Truth. And in that Truth there is no experience. In the waking state, the state of deep sleep is a concept. In deep sleep it is the Truth. But the moment you think of Reality, the moment you think Subject, the moment you think of the Absolute, the moment you think of the Truth, it is a concept. It is only when the thinking totally stops that Truth exists.
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Richard Lang |
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United Kingdom |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_eFMTXDSIc |
| Website : |
http://www.headless.org/Contact/richard-lang.htm |
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Description-Bio :
Richard Lang is coordinator of the Shollond Trust, the UK charity, set up in 1996, which shares the pioneering and original Headless Way experiments devised by Douglas Harding. He first saw who he really was when he attended a workshop with Douglas Harding in 1970. The books authored by Richard include "Seeing Who You Really Are" and "Open to the Source - Selected Teachings of Douglas Harding".
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Robert Adams |
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United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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http://www.robertadamsinfinityinstitute.org/ |
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Description-Bio :
Robert Adams, one of the original illumined American masters, introduced True Gentle Advaita to the West. He is an internationally renowned, much loved mystic and teacher. He has contributed to both literature and music; in his early life, he was a poet, artist and musician. He has authored several books throughout his forty years of teaching life.
Description-Teaching :
You do not just sit in silence, you enter into a personal ecstatic experience of God, of unimaginable beauty, of joy beyond description. But you must do the work to get there. The lessons are the deep inner teaching.
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Sri Nisargadatha Maharaj |
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India |
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20 Century and Up |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisargadatta_Maharaj |
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Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897 - 1981), born Maruti Shivrampant Kambli, was an Indian spiritual teacher and philosopher of Advaita. He is considered the most famous teacher of Advaita since Ramana Maharshi. He married in 1924 and had three children. The English translation of his book, I Am That, gave him a worldwide fame and Western devotees.
Description-Teaching :
"My Guru ordered me to attend to the sense 'I am' and to give
attention to nothing else. I just obeyed. I did not follow any
particular course of breathing, or meditation, or study of
scriptures. Whatever happened, I would turn away my attention from it
and remain with the sense 'I am', it may look too simple, even crude.
My only reason for doing it was that my Guru told me so. Yet it
worked! Obedience is a powerful solvent of all desires and fears."
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Stephen Wingate |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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http://www.openfilm.com/videos/the_end_of_suffering_enlightenment_stephen_wingate/ |
| Website : |
http://livinginpeace-thenaturalstate.com |
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Description-Bio :
Stephen Wingate has been hosting talks since 2005. He communicates the message of non-duality which is the essential revelation of mystics and the ancient spiritual. He intends to demystify the teachings of non-duality, and inspire the direct realization of oneness by all who are touched by them.
Description-Teaching :
There are no real problems. Even when you are in the depths of sorrow, tears flowing, your heart clenched tight, drowning in despair and sadness-is there really a problem? There are no real problems. Everything is welcome and free to arise in you. You are the love in which everything arises. You are that which is aware of all that arises. You are not a separate person who can suffer. There is no separate person, there is only consciousness. There is only consciousness, and consciousness is love. Everything arises in this love that you are.
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Stuart Schwartz |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5Pgs_SZg1w |
| Website : |
http://www.satsangwithstuart.com |
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Description-Bio :
Stuart Schwartz loves the Silence and vision is radically "non dual". Stuart attended satsang with Robert Adams, an American jnani, in the late 1990s. Stuart often speaks of the strength of Robert's presence and is most grateful to Robert and his guru, the revered Ramana Maharshi, the sage of Arunachala.
Description-Teaching :
"You are truth, beauty and love.
Satsang dissolves thoughts and beliefs obscuring this reality."
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Sundance Burke |
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United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFm-RChbUac |
| Website : |
http://www.sundanceburke.org |
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Description-Bio :
Sundance Burke, born Donald Russell Burke III, is a graduate of the University of Washington and the Gonzaga School of Law. He experienced a profound spiritual awakening in 1982. He has been offering spiritual teachings and Advaita satsang since 1999. Both Sundance and his wife, Katie Davis, studied the works of Advaita Vedanta, ancient scriptures, the works of traditional sages and contemporary teachers.
Description-Teaching :
Our essential Presence does not need to be understood any more than the smile of a child, the beauty of a flower, or the splendor of a sunset. The nature of such encounters is self-evident and the intellect does not serve to enhance such moments. In fact, if you bring thinking to a sunset, you are likely to miss its sacredness and beauty altogether. Without thinking, you are taken in. With thinking, you are seeking entrance.
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Zetty, Metta |
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United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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http://www.awakening.net/ |
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Description-Bio :
Metta Zetty, a spiritual teacher, experienced a sudden, stunning insight into the nondual nature of Reality. She provides mentoring services and shares her experiences through web-based resources free of cost.
Description-Teaching :
Life is our opportunity to recognize and understand that, at a fundamental and essential level, we are inseparable from Reality.
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Andrew Olendzki |
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United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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http://www.dharma.org/bcbs/Pages/AndrewOlendzki.html |
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Description-Bio :
Andrew Olendzki is a PhD holder. He has studied at Lancaster University in England, at Harvard and at the University of Sri Lanka. He is the editor of 'Insight Journal'. He serves as an Executive Director of the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies (BCBS) in Barre, MA.
Description-Teaching :
He has contributed to the publication of various chapters and articles on mindfulness and Buddhist psychology. He is very much interested in the integration of academic study and meditation practice, and in the application of Buddhist teachings to the challenges of the modern world.
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Andersen, Susan Myoyu |
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United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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http://www.greatplainszen.org/roshi |
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Description-Bio :
Born on 02 Jan, 1951, Susan Myoyu Andersen is an ordained Zen Buddhist priest, who serves as the spiritual director of Great Plains Zen Center. She has two children. She studied Zen at the Zen Center of Los Angeles. She also helps children with developmental disabilities, serving as occupational therapist.
Description-Teaching :
Zen teacher. Guiding teacher of the Great Plains Zen Center (GPZC) with communities in northwest Chicago and southern Wisconsin.
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Ajahn Sundara |
| Country : |
France |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2792ndKJnRw |
| Website : |
http://www.saranaloka.org/ajahns/ajahn_sundara.html |
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Born in France, in 1946, studied dance and worked as contemporary dancer and teacher in her early thirties. She is inspired by the teaching of Krishnamurti, and Influenced and ordained by Ajahn Sumedho. In England, at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, she contributed to the establishment of nuns community and teaching.
Description-Teaching :
She has contributed teachings and lead meditation retreats in North America and Europe.
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Pema Chodron |
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Canada |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7qFi52FX1Q |
| Website : |
http://www.pemachodronfoundation.org/ |
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Description-Bio :
Pema Chodron (1936), known formerly as Deirdre Blomfield-Brown, is a Buddhist monastic since 1974. She is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley. She was ordained a Buddhist nun in 1981. She is a student of Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche She has authored several books, of which "When Things Fall Apart" and "The Places That Scare You" are the best-selling.
Description-Teaching :
Pema Chodron has contributed to the teachings on compassion and meditation in the Shambhala lineage of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. She is highly interested to apply Buddhist teachings in everyday life. She is currently involved in teaching in the United States and Canada.
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Ajahn Amaro |
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United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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http://www.abhayagiri.org/index.php/main/community_member/302/ |
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Description-Bio :
He was born Jeremy Horner in Kent, UK. He was educated at Lancing and Bedford College. After completing degree in psychology and physiology, in 1978 he went to Thailand as a tourist. There at the monastery of Wat Pah Nanachat, the impact of Ajahn Chah & Ajahn Sumedho on his life was that much that he took the profession as a theravadin bhikkhu of Buddhist order.
Description-Teaching :
Theravada Buddhism.
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Ajahn Sumedho |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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http://www.amaravati.org/abm/english/lp.html |
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Ajahn Sumedho was born on 07/27/1934 in Seattle, WA, USA. Following his four years services as medic, he completed his BA in Far Eastern Studies. He holds MA in South Asiam Studies. He is the disciple of Ajahn Chah, Thai meditation master. He has served as the abbot at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.
Description-Teaching :
He is very practical and simple in teaching Thai Forest Tradition. He always favors taking the things as they are. He holds good command over communication and attracts the attention with his remarkable sense of humor.
"With mindfulness we can concentrate when it is appropriate to do so and not concentrate when it is appropriate not to do so"
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Arlene Lueck |
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United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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Arlene Lueck is a charismatic long-term resident and priest with the San Francisco Zen Center. She currently lives with her husband Daigan, where she is the head of maintenance. In November 2005, she received Dharma Transmission from Norman Fischer. She has served as the Green Gulch Director.
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Ayya Tathaaloka |
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United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBSVagFSy_c |
| Website : |
http://www.dhammawiki.com/index.php?title=Ayya_Tathaaloka |
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Description-Bio :
American born Ayya Tathaaloka (1968) is a Residential Teacher at San Francisco East Bay Bodhi House and Co-founder of the Aranya Bodhi Awakening Forest Hermitage on the Sonoma Coast, Northern California. She is a member of the Buddhist Women's Monastic Sangha with a background in Zen and Theravadan Buddhism.
Description-Teaching :
She was involved in opening the first Theravadan Buddhist women's monastic retreat residence in Northern California, Dhammadharini Vihara, where she serves as Abbess.
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Beth Goldring |
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United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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http://www.audiodharma.org/talks/BethGoldring.html |
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Description-Bio :
Ordained in 1995, Beth Goldring, American Buddhist nun and founding director of Brahmavihara, which is a project serving the AIDS patients and their family. This project was started in 2000, where the death rate was virtually 100%, as there was no availability of proper medicines.
Description-Teaching :
Her dedicated team is caring for the sick and dying people. The team can help many of them with Reiki body work in addition to the medical care.
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Bhante Sujive |
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Malaysia |
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20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
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| Website : |
http://www.sujiva.wz.cz/english/teacher_eng.html |
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Description-Bio :
Bhante Sujiva, a Malaysian Chinese, is a well-known Theravadin monk who has been teaching Vipassana retreats since the early eighties. In 1984, Bhante Sujiva began teaching meditation in Santisukharama Hermitage in Kota Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia. Since 1995, Bhante Sujiva, started teaching internationally, as well.
Description-Teaching :
The Buddhist teachings, with special emphasis on meditation, especially Vipassana Meditation.
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Boo, Tserin Zarin |
| Country : |
Mongolia |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxlpbXoBGBw |
| Website : |
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/bodhisattva/tz-boo.html |
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Description-Bio :
Born in Buryatia, Tserin Zarin Boo started practicing Buddhist doctrine at the age of 8 only. He started serving as Shaman at the age of 14, when he got his first initiation. He was imprisoned twice in 1973 and 1985 for his service as Shaman. He has 13 initiations.
Description-Teaching :
Tserin Zarin Boo is one of the most powerful Shamans in Mongolia, and is famous for his wisdom and strong shamanic skills.
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Boorstein, Sylvia |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
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| Website : |
http://www.sylviaboorstein.com/ |
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Description-Bio :
Sylvia Boorstein is a Buddhist teacher and has been teaching Since 1985. She holds Ph.D in Psychology. She teaches both vipassana and metta meditation. Sylvia Boorstein leads retreats throughout the United States. She has written several books.
Description-Teaching :
She has taught a weekly Wednesday morning meditation class at Spirit Rock for 15 years.
"When the mind is clear, behavior is always impecable."
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Buddhadasa |
| Country : |
Thailand |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgw97YTOriw |
| Website : |
http://www.buddhanet.net/budasa.htm |
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Description-Bio :
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu (1906 - 1993) was ascetic-philosopher and the leading reformer of Thai Buddhism. He was one of the first monks to express clear notions of ecological laws found in the Buddhist texts. He founded Suan Mokkh, a forest hermitage. As a social activist, he became a great inspiration for a certain circle of Thai social activists and artists, in the 1960s.
Description-Teaching :
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu tried to explain the nature of Nature and blend his own brand of learning with the forest meditation tradition. He brought his own creative, colloquial approach to his talks in order to make Buddhism more alive.
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Bunardzic, Alex |
| Country : |
Canada |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
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| Website : |
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/bodhisattva/alexb.html |
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Description-Bio :
Strongly attracted to drawing and painting, he tried his hand to it. Once his desire to learn art was satisfied he started learning music. He studied Biology and Ecology. He also developed his interest in Philosophy of Science and in Linguistics, Eastern philosophies, and Sanskrit.
Description-Teaching :
The experience of Enlightenment may be incommunicable, but the "finger pointing to the moon" may, in some circumstances, make all the difference in the world.
It is impossible to say what Reality is for a very simple reason: there is nothing else.
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Christopher Titmus |
| Country : |
United Kingdom |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOiiZWTgrA0 |
| Website : |
http://www.christophertitmuss.org/ |
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Description-Bio :
A campaigner for peace and other global issues, Christopher Titmus, lives in Devon, England. As an author, he has written fourteen books on spirituality. He is involved in giving retreats, participating in pilgrimages and leading Dharma gatherings.
Description-Teaching :
Teaching of Awakening and Insight Meditation around the world. He is especially known for his teachings and inquiry into emptiness and liberation. He had been speaking and writing on social and political matters.
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David Chadwick |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
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| Website : |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Chadwick_(writer) |
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Description-Bio :
David Chadwick, grew up in Texas was born in 1945. He started studying Zen as a student of Shunryu in Suzuki in 1966. In 1971, he was ordained as a Buddhist priest. He is an author of several books.
Description-Teaching :
"We have long-term leases, so it isn't something we could change overnight. But it's certainly something that we will have a discussion about."
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Diana Winston |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
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| Website : |
http://www.wide-awake.org/about.html |
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Description-Bio :
Diana Winston (1966) is a mindfulness teacher, Buddhist practitioner, and published author. She is founder of the Buddhist Alliance for Social Engagement (BASE), the first Buddhist volunteer service organization, a kind of urban Buddhist peace corps. She served as the Associate Director of Buddhist Peace Fellowship in Berkeley California. She is also a member of the Think Sangha.
Description-Teaching :
She is on the Teacher's Council at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and teaches meditation and engaged Buddhism nationally. Since 1993, she has been teaching teenagers to meditate through classes, retreats, school visits, and more.
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Ensheim, Father |
| Country : |
Germany |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
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| Website : |
http://www.geocities.com/the_wanderling/ensheim.html |
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Description-Bio :
Father Ensheim, greatly knowledgeable and open-minded person, is a Benedictine monk. Although he is French he speaks German fluently.
Description-Teaching :
Father Ensheim taught philosophy for a number of years.
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Frank Ostaseski |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUIiQSp64uE |
| Website : |
http://www.audiodharma.org/talks/FrankOstaseski.html |
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Description-Bio :
Frank Ostaseski, the Co-Founding Director and Guiding Teacher of the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco, the first Buddhist hospice in America, is the former Spiritual Advisor at the Esalen Institute. He is Founder and Director of Metta Institute. He has introduced thousands in the U.S. and Europe to the practices of mindful and compassionate care of the dying. He has devoted many years of his life to Buddhist practice.
Description-Teaching :
Frank teaches Buddhist retreats internationally. He also leads workshops on mindful and compassionate care of the dying and Buddhist practice.
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Gil Fronsdal |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0wWPOUGbjg |
| Website : |
http://www.audiodharma.org/talks-gil.html |
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Description-Bio :
Gil Fronsdal, who has been practicing Zen and Vipassana since 1975, is a Buddhist teacher. Jack Kornfield trained Gil as a Vipassana teacher. Gil was ordained as Soto Zen priest in 1982. He holds PhD in Buddhist Studies and is one of the well-known American Buddhists.
Description-Teaching :
Dharma talks on meditation and Buddhism.
"More than being present,
notice what is happening in the present
every thing happening in the present
is a possible subject for meditation"
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Mary Grace Orr |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
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| Website : |
http://www.spiritrock.org/display.asp?catid=4&pageid=42&scatid=8 |
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Description-Bio :
Mary Grace Orr, a meditation practitioner and teacher, has practiced Vipassana since 1983. Jack Kornfield trained her to teach Vipassana. She has been the Guiding Teacher of Vipassana Santa Cruz since 1989. Mary Grace Orr serves as the Vice President of the Spirit Rock Board of Directors.
Description-Teaching :
Mary Grace Orr teaches classes and retreats throughout the United States. She is the guiding teacher of Vipassana Santa Cruz.
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Ines Freedman |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
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| Website : |
http://www.audiodharma.org/talks/InesFreedman.html |
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Description-Bio :
Ines Freedman, a meditation teacher at Insight Meditation Center, is a retired chiropractor. For over 20 years, she has been practicing mindfulness meditation. She lives in California, with her husband, Bruce. She is on the IMC Chaplaincy council board of directors.
Description-Teaching :
She serves as a Director and teacher of the Audiodharma Online Meditation Course.
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Jack Kornfield |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIVNAVwinMo |
| Website : |
http://www.jackkornfield.org/index/about |
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Description-Bio :
Jack Kornfield, a Buddhist monk, is one of the leading Buddhist teachers in America. He is trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India and Burma. He studied under the Buddhist master Ven. Ajahn Chah. He holds a PhD in clinical psychology. He authored several books, some of which have been translated into 20 languages.
Description-Teaching :
Jack Kornfield has been teaching meditation internationally since 1974, and is one of the key teachers to introduce Theravada Buddhist practice to the West. His practice has been focused on bringing great Eastern spiritual teachings in an accessible way for the West. His works have been an inspirational force to the Western students of Buddhism
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John Travis |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
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| Website : |
http://www.mtstream.org/teacher.html |
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Description-Bio :
John M. Travis, the founder and guiding teacher of Mountain Stream Meditation Center, has been a student of vipassana meditation since 1969. He has spent many years with recognized Asian Buddhist masters. He was ordained and given Dharma transmission in the vipassana tradition of Mahasi Sayadaw and Achaan Chaa. He travels extensively and leads retreats all over the United States.
Description-Teaching :
His work and teaching have been very important in the growth and development of Buddhism and meditation. He has been teaching at a weekly sitting in Nevada City, CA, since 1986.
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Jon Kabat-Zinn |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nwwKbM_vJc |
| Website : |
http://www.mindfulnesscds.com/author.html |
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Description-Bio :
Jon Kabat-Zinn is a scientist, writer, and mindfulness meditation teacher. He is professor of medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is the founder and former director of world-renowned Stress Reduction Clinic. He received his doctorate in molecular biology from MIT in 1971. He is dedicated to bringing mindfulness into the mainstream of medicine and society.
Description-Teaching :
Jon Kabat-Zinn has trained groups of judges, CEOs and business leaders, lawyers, clergy in mindfulness. His meditation courses are helping thousands handle illness stress, anger and addiction.
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Joseph Goldstein |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1099853386257692151# |
| Website : |
http://www.dharma.org/ims/joseph_goldstein.html |
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Description-Bio :
Joseph Goldstein (1944), an American vipassana teacher, has been leading insight and lovingkindness meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. He is a co-founder and guiding teacher of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts. He first became interested in Buddhism when he entered the Peace Corps as a volunteer in Thailand in 1965. He is a Graduate from Columbia University.
Description-Teaching :
I have two main aims in teachings. The first is to spread the dharma as widely as possible, offering it to as many different people as I can. The second is to teach a smaller number of people over sustained periods of time. This in-depth teaching engages my tremendous love for intensive, long-term meditation practice, where people can immerse themselves in the retreat experience and see how it transforms their understanding.
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Lee Lipp |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
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| Website : |
http://www.audiodharma.org/talks/LeeLipp.html |
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Description-Bio :
Lee Lipp, ordained at San Francisco Zen Center in 1999, has been practicing Zen and Vipassana since 1991. She has been a member of Thich Nhat Hanh's Order of Interbeing. She holds a PhD.
Description-Teaching :
She has taught in psychology graduate programs for 16 years. She serves as a Outreach Coordinator at San Francisco Zen Center. She has led Transforming Depression and Anxiety classes in venues including Insight Meditation Society, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Zen Hospice Project, San Francisco Zen Center, Tassajara Mountain Center.
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Loch Kelly |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsVImg6imX8 |
| Website : |
http://www.lochkelly.org/ |
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Description-Bio :
Loch Kelly, the founder of the Natural Wakefulness Center, is a graduate of Columbia University. He has studied Buddhist meditation and the non-dual traditions of Dzogchen. He was involved in establishing homeless shelters and community lunch programs. He lives in New York with his wife. He offers daylongs, retreats, individual sessions and evenings of inquiry.
Description-Teaching :
Loch was once invited to teach meditation by Mingyur Rinpoche. Loch shares the Dharma and teaches the direct path to assist in the realization and full embodiment of our true nature. Loch now offers Evenings of Inquiry and Retreats and gives pointing-out instruction.
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Pa Auk Sayadaw |
| Country : |
Myanmar |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4291631051369279136# |
| Website : |
http://www.audiodharma.org/talks/PaAukSayadaw.html |
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Description-Bio :
Pa-Auk Sayadaw (1934) is the abbot and principal teacher at Pa-Auk Forest Monastery. He received the higher ordination as a bhikkhu, at the age of twenty. He passed the Dhammacariya examination in 1956. For several years he made forest dwelling as his primary practice and lived a very simple life, devoting his time to meditation and study of the Pali Texts. The Sayadaw speaks fluent English.
Description-Teaching :
He has been teaching meditation to foreign monks, nuns, and lay practitioners since 1983. He has lectured and led retreats outside of Myanmar since 1997. He teaches with an aim to bring the practitioner towards Liberation as quickly and efficiently as possible.
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Reverend Heng Sure |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Mva5tkD7A |
| Website : |
http://www.audiodharma.org/talks/ReverendHengSure.html |
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Description-Bio :
Reverend Heng Sure (1949), ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1976, was born in Toledo, Ohio. He is also an accomplished musician and guitarist. Rev. Sure ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1976. He holds an M.A. in Oriental Languages and Ph.D. from the Graduate Theological Union. He is almost best-known for his pilgrimage, which took over two years to complete, for the sake of world peace.
Description-Teaching :
Reverend Heng Sure has been serving as Director of the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery and teaches at the Institute for World Religions. Heng Sure also gives lectures in many parts of the world on various subjects, such as the sutras and veganism.
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Ronna Kabatznick |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
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| Website : |
http://www.tcme.org/board/r_kabatznick.htm |
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Description-Bio :
Ronna Kabatznick, a social psychologist, holds BA from Hampshire and PhD from the City University of New York. She has been practicing meditation since 1985. She has authored "The Zen of Eating: Ancient Answers to Modern Weight Problems". She offers private practice focused on helping people with depression, weight and relationship issues.
Description-Teaching :
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Sayadaw U Tejaniya |
| Country : |
Myanmar |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=15378328 |
| Website : |
http://www.audiodharma.org/talks/SayadawUTejaniya.html |
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Description-Bio :
Sayadaw U Tejaniya, a permanent monk since 1996, started practicing and studying dhamma with his teacher the late Shwe Oo Min Sayadaw. He began his Buddhist training when he was thirteen years old. He has authored several articles and books. His teaching style is considered to be accessible and true to the traditional teachings of the Buddha.
Description-Teaching :
Natural awareness is recognizing everything that’s happening without using a lot of effort. You need to watch all day long, but you can’t be concentrating all day long. Meditation is for all the time - now, always, everywhere - not just to enjoy a stay in the forest on retreat.
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Sharda Rogell |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
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| Website : |
http://www.audiodharma.org/talks/ShardaRogell.html |
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Description-Bio :
Sharda Rogell, a teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, began meditating in 1976 and teaching worldwide in 1985. The non-dual teachings of Advaita Vedanta and the Dzogchen teachings in the Tibetan tradition have also influenced her.
Description-Teaching :
My focus in teaching is to provide the support that students need to turn their life to the dharma, to truth, and to find ways to come out of their pain and suffering. The retreat experience is an invaluable aid to this exploration; however, what matters more is how one integrates this understanding into everyday life.
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Sharon Salzberg |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6401896320203355759# |
| Website : |
http://www.sharonsalzberg.com/ |
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Description-Bio :
Sharon Salzberg (1952), a teacher of Asian meditation practices, is the founder of Insight Meditation Society, founded in 974. Sharon and Joseph Goldstein founded the Forest Refuge, a long-term retreat center, in 1998. She is a featured speaker and teacher at a wide variety of events. Vipassana and brahmavihara meditations are the main focus of her teaching.
Description-Teaching :
Any ordinary favor we do for someone or any compassionate reaching out may seem to be going nowhere at first, but may be planting a seed we can't see right now. Sometimes we need to just do the best we can and then trust in an unfolding we can't design or ordain.
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Stephen Batchelor |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29opspG2-p0 |
| Website : |
http://www.stephenbatchelor.org/stephenbio.html |
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Description-Bio :
Stephen Batchelor (1953), a contemporary Buddhist teacher, has authored many books relating to Buddhism. He was born in Dundee, Scotland. He has led meditation retreats throughout the world. To him, Buddhism is a constantly evolving culture of awakening rather than a religious system.
Description-Teaching :
He considers the doctrines of karma and rebirth to be features of ancient Indian civilization. Stephen's writings, translations and teachings witness his critical exploration of Buddhism's role in the modern world.
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Swami Premodaya |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
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| Website : |
http://www.thebodhicenter.net/ |
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Description-Bio :
Bodhisattva Shree Swami Premodaya, a spiritual teacher, holds a Master's Degree in Psychology. He works directly with all who are ready and willing to take the next step in finding themselves. His family immigrated to the US in 1953. Having started a career in clinical psychology in 1978, he has worked with all levels of mental illness and conscious growth. He lives in California.
Description-Teaching :
"Truth, self-realization, inner peace, the end of all suffering--these are entirely available to you, in any and every moment.
But are you available, to them?"
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Tara Brach |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-yF9EMkE88 |
| Website : |
http://www.tarabrach.com/index.html |
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Description-Bio :
Tara Brach (1953), the founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, is a leading western teacher of Buddhist meditation, emotional healing and spiritual awakening. She holds a PhD. For over thirty-five years she has been practicing and teaching meditation. She leads Buddhist meditation retreats at centers throughout North America. She is the author of Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha.
Description-Teaching :
A pervasive but often invisible source of suffering in our culture is self-aversion. We are a busy culture, and we move through our life feeling anxious and dissatisfied, but not fully conscious of how we neglect or judge our inner experience. We suffer from a lack of belonging: to our own bodies, to each other and to the earth. When we practice Buddhist meditation, we learn how to listen deeply and hold our life tenderly.
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Thanissaro Bhikkhu |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJKfEQAXmEM |
| Website : |
http://www.audiodharma.org/talks/ThanissaroBhikkhu.html |
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Description-Bio :
Thanissaro Bhikkhu (1949), born Geoffrey DeGraff, is an American Buddhist monk of the Thai forest kammatthana tradition. He converted to Buddhism in high school. He holds a graduate degree in European Intellectual History. He was ordained in 1976. He is a prolific writer and translator.
Description-Teaching :
Good will, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity are all qualities that can be developed with practice. To elevate them fully to the level of brahmavihara, however, requires the hard work of bringing real intelligence to your heart.
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Trudy Goodman |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D7yTkTcaV0 |
| Website : |
http://www.insightla.org/about/trudy.asp |
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Description-Bio :
Trudy Goodman, Founder, Executive Director and Guiding Teacher of InsightLA, has practiced Zen and Vipassana since 1974. Trudy has studied Buddhist meditation for 35 years, with Asian and Western teachers. She is the guiding teacher of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy in Cambridge, MA.
Description-Teaching :
Mindfulness is about balance: being aware of one’s own experience while being sensitive and attuned to our impact on others. In our lives, we are continually falling out of balance...
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Trungram Gyaltrul |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
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| Website : |
http://www.utbf.org/en/teachers/ |
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Description-Bio :
H.E. Trungrum Gyaltrul Rinpoche (1968), the first incarnate lama to obtain a PhD, represents a remarkable source of direct translation from the original Buddhist teachings. He holds PhD in Indo-Tibetan studies. He is the Founder and Director of United Trungram Buddhist Fellowship (UTBF), a non-profit organization. He is multilingual, fluent in Tibetan and English, familiar with Sanskrit, Chinese and a few other languages.
Description-Teaching :
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Vinny Ferraro |
| Country : |
United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
| Video : |
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6785922326305872791&ei=b-bnSupLi5zCA9m-mIIP&q=Vinny+Ferraro&hl=en&client=firefox-a# |
| Website : |
http://www.audiodharma.org/talks/VinnyFerraro.html |
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Description-Bio :
Vinny Ferraro, a mindfulness meditation practitioner and meditation instructor, has been practicing meditation since 1993. In 1998, he participated in the Zen Center Hospice Program in San Francisco. He is also the Teacher Training Director for a nationally-recognized transformational change organization, named Challenge Day. He lives in Oakland, California.
Description-Teaching :
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Milarepa |
| Country : |
China |
| Period : |
12 Century AD |
| Video : |
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| Website : |
http://www.cosmicharmony.com/Av/Milarepa/Milarepa.htm |
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Description-Bio :
Milarepa (1052 - 1135), one of Tibet's most famous yogis and poets, was born into the family of Mila-Dorje-Senge. The narrative of his life has a great impact on Tibetan culture. He expressed his realization of dharma through his poems and songs, which have been widely sung and studied in Tibet.
Description-Teaching :
All worldly pursuits have but the one unavoidable end, which is sorrow: acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births, in death. Knowing this, one should, from the very first, renounce acquisition and heaping up, and building, and meeting; and faithful to the commands of an eminent guru, set about realizing the Truth (which has no birth or death).
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Chao-chou Ts'ung-shen |
| Country : |
China |
| Period : |
09 Century AD |
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| Website : |
http://sped2work.tripod.com/chao-chou.html |
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Description-Bio :
Zhaozhou Congshen, known as Chao-chou Ts'ung-shen, was one of the renowned Zen masters of ancient China. At the age of 18 only, he had a profound experience of Enlightenment. The interesting fact is that he lived a life as long as 119 years. At an early age he was ordained as a monk. At the the age of 80, he started teaching a small group of monks and continued it for next 40 years.
Description-Teaching :
Chao-chou Ts'ung-shen was famous for his creative and spontaneous teaching methods. He is believed to be the greatest Chan master of Tang dynasty China.
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Bhikshuni Nandabala (ZenNun) |
| Country : |
China |
| Period : |
06 Century AD |
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Description-Bio :
Tsung-Ch'ih (early-mid 500s) was Bodhidharma's disciple. She is named as one of Bodhidharma's four Dharma heirs. One important and interestingly noticeable fact is that she was able to recite the whole of the Lotus Sutra, some say it was the Heart Sutra, word-for-word from memory.
Description-Teaching :
Realization of the Dharma.
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Bodhidharma |
| Country : |
China |
| Period : |
06 Century AD |
| Video : |
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| Website : |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhidharma |
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Description-Bio :
The undisputed founder of Zen Buddhism, Bodhidharma, was an India sage who lived during the early 5th century. Traditionally the credit of transmission of Zen to China goes to him. He is believed to be the son of South Indian Brahmin King.
Description-Teaching :
He is remembered as both a kalari master and as the "father of Han-Chinese Shaolin Fist".
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Buddha, Gautama |
| Country : |
India |
| Period : |
05 Century BC |
| Video : |
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| Website : |
http://www.crystalinks.com/buddha.html |
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Description-Bio :
Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha, a spiritual teacher, was born in the sixth century B.C. in Lumbini. Buddhists regard him as the Supreme Buddha of our age. Siddhartha Gautama was the son of King Suddhodana, and had three palaces built for him. He was married to Yasodhara, at the age of 16. Yasodhara gave birth to a child named Rahula. Siddhartha Gautama had no interest in material wealth, so he left his palace at the age of 29, with view to achieve his subjects.
Description-Teaching :
Buddha emphasized ethics and correct understanding. Buddha gave a detailed explanation of the chain of causes which lead to suffering and the means of deliverance from these sufferings. He said that it is not the gods, but the man is the arbiter of his own destiny.
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Devadatta |
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India |
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05 Century BC |
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http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhism/bud_lt28.htm |
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Description-Bio :
Devadatta, a cousin of Gautama Buddha, was a Buddhist monk. Devdatta is often said to have been jealous of Gautam Buddha's fame and greatness. He attempted to kill Gautam Buddha on several occasions.
Description-Teaching :
He taught five rules:
1. Monks should dwell all their lives in the forest,
2. They should accept no invitations to meals, but live entirely on alms obtained by begging,
3. They should wear only robes made of discarded rags and accept no robes from the laity,
4. They should dwell at the foot of a tree and not under a roof,
5. They should abstain completely from fish and flesh.
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Mahakashyapa |
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India |
| Period : |
05 Century BC |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mah%C4%81k%C4%81%C5%9Byapa |
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Description-Bio :
Mahakashyapa, the first patriarch, was born in Magadha in India. His personal name was Pippala. He was one of the principal disciples of Sakyamuni Buddha.
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Maudgalyayana |
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India |
| Period : |
05 Century BC |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moggallana |
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Description-Bio :
Maudgalyayana, also known as Mahamaudgalyayana, was considered to have attained various supernatural powers. He was born in Brahman family. He had developed an ability to walk through walls and walk on the water. He was one of the Buddha Shakyamuni's closest, the second of the two foremost, disciples of Buddha.
Description-Teaching :
He helped deceased to get relieved from their sufferings by explaining them the cause of it. He was used to apply his supernatural powers while teaching his students so that they could attain positive and quick results.
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Shariputra |
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India |
| Period : |
05 Century BC |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sariputta |
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Description-Bio :
Shariputra was born in Rajagriha, the capital of the kingdom of Magadha. Shariputra and Maudgalyayana were lifelong friends. He was one of the ten great Arhat disciples of the Buddha who and was known for his great wisdom. When he was eight years old, he began studying with the Buddha, and in seven days he had penetrated the actual mark of all Dharmas, mastered all the Buddha’s teachings, and could defeat all the philosophers of India.
Description-Teaching :
Shariputra was awarded the title of "General of the Dharma". He often preached with the Buddha's approval. He is regarded as the founder of the Abhidharma tradition.
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Nagarjuna |
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India |
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03 Century AD |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagarjuna |
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Description-Bio :
Nagarjuna (150 - 250 CE), often referred to as the second Buddha, was an Indian philosopher. He was born in a Brahmin family in Andhra Pradesh, India. He is considered the First Patriarch, in the Jodo Shinshu branch of Buddhism. He was conversant with many of the Nikaya school philosophies.
Description-Teaching :
There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still. Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.
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Vasumitra |
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India |
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02 Century BC |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasumitra |
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Description-Bio :
Vasumitra, doctor of the Sarvastivada school of Buddhism, was the fourth King of the Sunga Dynasty of Northern India. Vasumitra's theory of temporality was accepted by the school in preference to the contending views of three other philosophers, Dharmatrata, Ghoṣaka, and Buddhadeva. It is believed that he was killed by Mitradeva.
Description-Teaching :
The Dharma which I have obtained is non-existent. If one recognizes the soil of the mind, leaving behind the existence and non-existence.
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Ashvagosha |
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India |
| Period : |
02 Century AD |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C5%9Bvagho%E1%B9%A3a |
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Description-Bio :
Born as Brahmin, in India, Ashvagosha, was an Indian philosopher and poet. He was converted to Buddhism upon losing an argument with Parshva. He is also believed to be the greatest Indian poet before Kalidasha and the first Sanskrit dramatist.
Description-Teaching :
"When one is rising, standing, walking, doing something, stopping, one should constantly concentrate one's mind on the act and the doing of it, not one ones' relation to the act or its character or value... One should simply practice concentration of the mind on the act itself, understanding it to be an expedient means for attaining tranquility of mind, realization, insight, and wisdom."
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John de Ruiter |
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Canada |
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20 Century and Up |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON0NMnwDIOg |
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http://collegeofintegratedphilosophy.com/Edmonton/index.html |
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Description-Bio :
John de Ruiter, a Canadian philosopher-teacher, was born on November 11, 1959. He is the founder of The Oasis Edmonton College of Integrated Philosophy, which is the center for John de Ruiter's teaching. His method, which is said to have been investigated by him, is primarily based on silence.
Description-Teaching :
A pure heart isn't unattainable or difficult, it's only difficult if you have value of something that isn't true. If you hang on to that value, such as mental or emotional patterns used for coping and controlling, then it's really difficult to have a pure heart, and the only reason it's difficult is because you don't want one. When there's purity of heart, it is incredibly clear because you're just simply, totally surrendering to what you actually know is true.
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Kurt Johnson |
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United States |
| Period : |
20 Century and Up |
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http://www.bcan.ws/ |
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Description-Bio :
Kurt Johnson, a PhD in evolutionary biology, devoted 14 years to the Christian monastic and religious life. He has been involved in research and writing at several major scientific institutions. His co-authored book "The Scientific Odyssey of a Literary Genius" was named "Top Ten Book in Science". He is the founder of InterSpiritual Dialogue. He fathers two children and lives in New York city.
Description-Teaching :
There is a happiness and joy that is not dependent on anything, that simply is what it is and arises spontaneously; this is inexplicable both to the mind and to the heart, yet that is the place from which we are drawn to engage...
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Swedenborg, Emanuel |
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Sweden |
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18 Century AD |
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http://www.swedenborg.com/page.asp?page_name=AboutSwedenborg |
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Description-Bio :
Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772), fluent in eleven languages, was a scientist, philosopher and spiritual explorer, mystic, and theologian. Emanuel Swedenborg was born in Stockholm. "Heaven and Hell" and "Earths in Universe" are the most popular among the books by him. The popularity of his writings is evident from the fact that his books have been translated into some thirty languages. He died in London at the age of eighty-four.
Description-Teaching :
Men live a moral life, either from regard to the Diving Being, or from regard to the opinion of the people in the world; and when a moral life is practiced out of regard to the Divine Being, it is a spiritual life. Both appear alike in their outward form; but in their inward, they are completely different. The one saves a man, but the other does not; for he that leads a moral life out of regard to the Divine Being is led by him, but he who does so from regard to the opinion of people in the world is led by himself.
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Francis of Assisi |
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Italy |
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13 Century AD |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06221a.htm |
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Description-Bio :
Saint Francis of Assisi (1182-1226), the patron saint of animals and ecology, was the founder of the Franciscan Order. Francis had a vision of Lord Jesus, and his life was dedicated to to the service of humanity.
Description-Teaching :
Lord, make me a vessel of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy
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Hildegard von Bingen |
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Germany |
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12 Century AD |
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http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/hildegarde.html |
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Description-Bio :
Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), a theology and visionary writer, had experienced visions from a very young age. She realized that her ability to have visions is a unique gift, so she did not share it with others, except Jutta. She was a remarkable woman, and was considered to be a first in many fields. She is probably best known today for her music.
Description-Teaching :
Listen: there was once a king sitting on his throne. Around Him stood great and wonderfully beautiful columns ornamented with ivory, bearing the banners of the king with great honor. Then it pleased the king to raise a small feather from the ground, and he commanded it to fly. The feather flew, not because of anything in itself but because the air bore it along. Thus am I, a feather on the breath of God.
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