List of Teachers, Gurus, Masters, Realizers, Confessors

I no longer maintain a list of teachers on this site. My old list is located here, however it is no longer maintained, so links may not be working.

I recommend the following lists of teachers:

The Best Lists for Living Teachers

Ramana and Other Advaita - Pristine. The original list of teachers. A sacred place on the internet. Stop here and pay your respects before going elsewhere.

Sarlo's Guru Rating Service - Rich with teacher listings, ratings, opinions, and supported by a very active email forum.

Strictly Spiritual - Includes ratings of gurus and teachers; actively kept up. Good message board. Informative articles.

Satsang Worldwide - Access living teachers by clicking on a map of the world. Very well done site.

Some Teachers of Advaita - Fine, carefully constructed list of teachers with brief commentary, photos, quotations. Other useful related materials.

Germaine's Tapestry - Beautifully and carefully constructed lists of teachers from all times and traditions.

Erica Molnar's list - Interesting. Includes people from popular culture, musicians, literary figures.

The Thai Forest Traditions - Several recent important teachers not mentioned on other lists of teachers.

Spiritual Giants - List of several dozen living spiritual teachers with brief commentary and quotations.

Satsang.nl Links - Good list of many teachers with related material.

When I Awoke - Good reports about half a dozen living teachers.

Living Satsang - Several dozen teachers listed with supportive material.

Connection List - Pretty good basic list of teachers in German with photos.

Mystics Masters - A barebones list of a few dozen teachers spanning the centuries, including living gurus.

Scott Shaw's List - List of several dozen teachers with photos and numerous supportive links.

Lists that do not appear to be kept up to date

The Gatekeep List of Spiritual Teachers - Very long list which does not appear to be kept up to date.

Dinu-Stefan Teodorescu's site - Rambling site that does not appear to be kept up. Like an unmowed lawn in which interesting things are bound to be discovered.

Spiritual Biographies - Longish list of books, with brief commentary or excerpts, about spiritual figures over the years and centuries, but no links to further information.

Lists of teachers and masters from long ago

Arunachala Saints - List of several saints from over the centuries.

The Master List of Masters - List of Zen masters that lived centuries ago.

Before Hui-Neng: The Five Previous Chinese Patriarchs - More people from centuries ago.

Female Buddhas and Bodhisattvas - 32 historical figures, including graphics, supportive material.

Who's Who in the History of Mysticism - Figures in Western mysticism up to about 1700.

Biographies of Saints - Hindu saints from centuries ago.

Likenesses to Adi Da - Interesting presentation of great sages from over the centuries.

Zen Lineages - Zen teachers through the centuries.