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The retreat was to be under the direction of the Very Venerable Thrangu Rinpoche, a close dharma brother of Trungpa Rinpoche and one of the foremost teachers in the Kagyü lineage.
Reginald A. Ray • Secret of the Vajra World
Paramahansa Yogananada
Philip Carr-Gomm • Seek Teachings Everywhere: Combining Druid Spirituality with Other Traditions
Thus self-investigation – in which the mind gives up attending to second and third persons and instead attends to its source – is the correct self-surrender!
Sri Sadhu Om • The Path of Sri Ramana
was in this spirit that we invited such visitors to the Academy as D. T. Suzuki, Swami Ramdas (a bubbling bhaktiyogi), G. P. Malalasekera, the Bikkhu Pannananda from Thailand, the Zen master Asahina Sogen from Kamakura, the Thera (Elder) Dharmawara from Cambodia, and Ruth Sasaki, who entranced the whole student body with her formal and definitive l
... See moreAlan Watts • In My Own Way: An Autobiography
Significantly, neither Muruganar nor Sadhu Om claimed the role of guru, understanding from direct experience that no intermediary was needed between Ramana and his devotees. ‘Not only did they not regard themselves to be the guru of anyone, but they also actively discouraged others from doing so, saying that if we sincerely wish to practise the tea
... See moreRamana Maharshi, Sandra Derksen, • Ramana Maharshi's Who Am I?
Among many others, I draw on the ideas of two spiritual teachers I should mention. One is my friend Douglas Harding, whose unique and inimitable approach sheds light on the Self as Consciousness, which is pure Kashmir Shaivism. The other is the enigmatic 20th-century teacher G. I. Gurdjieff. I met his teachings in my earliest days as a spiritual se
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