STRIPPING THE GURUS
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EAST VS. WEST


MAJOR SPIRITUAL LEADERS COVERED
IN ANY DEPTH, IN STRIPPING THE GURUS


EASTERN FIGURES

  1. Ramakrishna
  2. Vivekananda
  3. Krishnamurti
  4. Satchidananda
  5. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
  6. Upasani Baba
  7. Meher Baba
  8. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
  9. Sai Baba
  10. Nityananda
  11. Aurobindo
  12. Ramana Maharshi
  13. Idries Shah
  14. Swami Rama
  15. Yogi Bhajan
  16. Chinmoy
  17. Prabhupada (Hare Krishnas)
  18. Neem Karoli Baba
  19. Muktananda
  20. Chögyam Trungpa
  21. Shunryu Suzuki
  22. Dalai Lama
  23. Yogi Amrit Desai
  24. Kalu Rinpoche
  25. Penor Rinpoche
  26. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
  27. Sivananda
  28. Paramahansa Yogananda
  29. Bikram Choudhury
  30. Anandamoyi Ma
  31. Mata Amritanandamayi

WESTERN FIGURES

  1. H. P. Blavatsky
  2. Charles Leadbeater
  3. Rudolf Steiner
  4. Gurdjieff
  5. L. Ron Hubbard
  6. Werner Erhard
  7. Ram Dass
  8. Bhagavan Das
  9. Joya
  10. Richard Baker
  11. Adi Da
  12. Saniel Bonder
  13. Andrew Cohen
  14. Chetanananda
  15. Carlos Castaneda
  16. Ken Wilber (pandit)
  17. Jetsunma
  18. Osel Tendzin
  19. Ole Nydahl
  20. Elizabeth Clare Prophet
  21. Eileen Caddy (Findhorn)
  22. Ayn Rand
  23. Daya Mata (SRF)
  24. Tara Mata (SRF)
  25. Norman Paulsen
  26. J. Donald Walters, a.k.a. Kriyananda
  27. Roy Eugene Davis
  28. Paul Twitchell (Eckankar)

28/(28+31) = 47% Western (i.e., born in the West)