Teachers of non-dual paths
What each teaching is about, who it is meant for, where one can start, and the sources that document it.
A first selection
Chosen by the editors as a place to begin, not a ranking. Everyone also appears in the full list below.
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Ramana Maharshi
1879–1950
Modern Advaita
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Mooji
Living, age 72
Modern Advaita
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Thich Nhat Hanh
1926–2022
Buddhist paths
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Eckhart Tolle
Living, age 78
Modern Advaita
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Adyashanti
Living, age 63–64
Modern Advaita
All teachers
Only teachers documented as living; whoever has no documented dates stays under “Everyone”. In the trees their teachers stay visible, pale.
A lineage follows documented personal teacher relationships, from teacher to student. Who has no such documented relationship here stands under “No documented lineage”; that says nothing about them. See the lineage map
Ramana Maharshi
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Gangaji
- Living, age 83–84
- Ashland, Oregon, USA
- Modern Advaita
Student of H. W. L. Poonja Met Soham
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Ganga Mira
- Living, age 78–79
- Near Aljezur, Algarve, Portugal
- Modern Advaita
Student of H. W. L. Poonja
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Mooji
- Living, age 72
- Monte Sahaja, Alentejo, Portugal
- Modern Advaita
Student of H. W. L. Poonja Met Sri Nannagaru
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Isaac Shapiro
- Living
- Byron Shire, New South Wales, Australia
- Modern Advaita
Student of H. W. L. Poonja Influenced by Byron Katie
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Neelam
- Living
- Near Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
- Modern Advaita
Student of H. W. L. Poonja Influenced by Ramana Maharshi
Jean Klein
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Billy Doyle
- Living
- London, United Kingdom
- Modern Advaita
Student of Jean Klein Translated or edited works of Jean Klein
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Francis Lucille
- Living
- Temecula, California, USA
- Modern Advaita
Student of Jean Klein Teacher of Rupert Spira
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Rupert Spira
- Living, age 66
- Devon, United Kingdom
- Modern Advaita
Student of Francis Lucille Influenced by Sri Atmananda Krishna Menon, Robert Adams
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Éric Baret
- Living
- Modern Advaita
Student of Jean Klein
Siddharameshwar Maharaj
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Roger Castillo
- Living, age 52–53
- Perth, Western Australia
- Modern Advaita
Student of Ramesh Balsekar Influenced by Ramana Maharshi, Nisargadatta Maharaj
Adyashanti
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Adyashanti
- Living, age 63–64
- Retired
- Eastern Sierra, California, USA
- Modern Advaita
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Mukti
- Living
- California, USA
- Modern Advaita
Student of Adyashanti Authorised to teach by Adyashanti Influenced by Paramahansa Yogananda
No documented lineage
As far as our sources document it: no teacher relationship with another profile here.
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Tenzin Gyatso (14th Dalai Lama)
- Living, age 91
- Dharamsala, India
- Buddhist paths
Friends with Thich Nhat Hanh
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Jack Kornfield
- Living, age 81
- Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, California, USA
- Buddhist paths
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Eckhart Tolle
- Living, age 78
- Vancouver, Canada
- Modern Advaita
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Karl Renz
- Living, age 72–73
- Modern Advaita
Met Ramesh Balsekar
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Mata Amritanandamayi (Amma)
- Living, age 72–73
- Amritapuri, Kerala, India
- Bhakti and devotion
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Mother Meera
- Living, age 65
- Schaumburg, Balduinstein, Germany
- Bhakti and devotion
Influenced by Sri Aurobindo, Mirra Alfassa
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Byron Katie
- Living
- Ojai, California, USA
- Related paths
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Keith Kavanagh
- Living
- Ireland
- Related paths
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Lineage map
Every teacher described here as a circle, with the documented lines between them: teachers and students, meetings and influences.
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