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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.

All teachers

Only teachers documented as living; whoever has no documented dates stays under “Everyone”.

Modern Advaita

  • Gangaji
    • Living, age 83–84
    • Ashland, Oregon, USA

    For people who want to connect non-duality with emotional honesty and questions of relationship.

  • Ganga Mira
    • Living, age 78–79
    • Near Aljezur, Algarve, Portugal

    For people drawn to direct self-enquiry in the Papaji line who like short, plain answers and informal meetings.

  • Eckhart Tolle
    • Living, age 78
    • Vancouver, Canada

    For readers who want an easily readable approach to presence and to everyday conflicts, without ties to a tradition.

  • Karl Renz
    • Living, age 72–73

    For people familiar with non-dual ideas who are at ease with a blunt, humorous and paradoxical style and are not looking for a practice.

  • Mooji
    • Living, age 72
    • Monte Sahaja, Alentejo, Portugal

    For people looking for an accessible, conversational entry into self-inquiry in the tradition of Ramana Maharshi and Papaji, who are at ease with devotional language.

  • Rupert Spira
    • Living, age 66
    • Devon, United Kingdom

    For people who want a calm, carefully argued way into non-dual understanding through their own experience and meditation, and who are at ease with long, reflective talks.

  • Adyashanti
    • Living, age 63–64
    • Retired
    • Eastern Sierra, California, USA

    For readers who want a short written guide to meditation and inquiry that also asks for honesty and responsibility in everyday life.

  • Roger Castillo
    • Living, age 52–53
    • Perth, Western Australia

    For people who want to examine nonduality through clear concepts and concrete questions about everyday life.

  • Billy Doyle
    • Living
    • London, United Kingdom

    For people who practise yoga and are interested in non-dual self-enquiry. His online classes ask for some earlier experience of yoga or of this approach.

  • Francis Lucille
    • Living
    • Temecula, California, USA

    For people who enjoy careful, reasoned dialogue about awareness and happiness, and who are interested in Jean Klein's direct path, including its work with the body.

  • Isaac Shapiro
    • Living
    • Byron Shire, New South Wales, Australia

    For people who want to look closely at their own bodily experience and resistance, in quiet meetings and retreats rather than through doctrine.

  • Mukti
    • Living
    • California, USA

    For people who want to combine silent meditation with self-inquiry and an approach through the body.

  • Neelam
    • Living
    • Near Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

    For people drawn to self-enquiry in the line of Ramana Maharshi and Papaji who want to include the body and difficult experience in that enquiry.

  • For people drawn to a bodily, listening approach to non-duality. His website advises people with a psychiatric history or in psychological treatment against this practice.

Bhakti and devotion

  • Mata Amritanandamayi (Amma)
    • Living, age 72–73
    • Amritapuri, Kerala, India

    For people who want devotion and practical service together and do not mind large gatherings. Her words mostly reach English readers in translation from Malayalam.

  • Mother Meera
    • Living, age 65
    • Schaumburg, Balduinstein, Germany

    For people drawn to silent devotion and a personal blessing, whatever their faith. There are no talks or courses; Darshan requires registration.

Buddhist paths

  • Tenzin Gyatso (14th Dalai Lama)
    • Living, age 91
    • Dharamsala, India

    For people who want to explore compassion and Buddhist philosophy. This approach belongs to Tibetan Buddhism.

  • Jack Kornfield
    • Living, age 81
    • Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, California, USA

    For readers and meditators who want an introduction in plain language to Buddhist mindfulness practice and its teachings on the heart, with a view to daily life. He is a Buddhist teacher, not an Advaita teacher.

  • Byron Katie
    • Living
    • Ojai, California, USA

    For people who want a simple written method to question their own stressful thoughts.

  • Keith Kavanagh
    • Living
    • Ireland

    For people who study A Course in Miracles, or want to begin, and want to apply its forgiveness practice in daily life.

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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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