Masters on my path

I feel obligated to mention the names of the masters that have influenced my spiritual path in one way or the other, including guiding me into it; ofcourse, as much I can recall as of now! Apart from my gurus, Adi Shankara, Bhagawan Ramana and Bhagawan Sridhara Swami Maharaj, they are:
  • Srila Prabhupada (ISKCON): Phase of 1997-99, when I began my so-called journey. I left the ISKCON following due to many a reason, suffice it to say that I am an advaitin.
  • Sathya Sai Baba (Puttaparthi): 1997/98 onwards
  • Swami Vivekananda: 1997/98 onwards
  • Sri Govindagiri (Bangalore): Session 2001
  • Ramakrishna Paramhamsa: 2001 onwards
  • Swami Sivananda (DLS, Rishikesh): 2001 onwards
  • Swami Chandrasekharendra Saraswati(Kanchi paramacharya): 2001 onwards
  • Nisargadatta Maharaj: 2002 onwards
  • Poonja Maharaj (Papaji, Lucknow): 2003 onwards
  • Ghabri-ji: 2003 onwards
  • Dattatreya: 2003/04 onwards
  • Swami Paramananda Bharathi(Sringeri Shankara Mutt, Bangalore): Session 2005/06 onwards
  • Swami Nithyananda (Tiruvannamalai/Bangalore): Session 2005
  • Swami Atmaswarupananda (DLS, Rishikesh): YVFA 54, 2006
  • Swami Purnabodhananda (DLS, Rishikesh): YVFA 54, 2006
  • Swami Atmananda (Rishikesh): Sessions 2006
  • Garibdas-ji (Rishikesh): Session 2006 onwards
  • Anandamayi Ma: 2006 onwards
  • Sant Jnaneshwar: 2006 onwards
  • All humans, animals, trees, etc... factually, the entire nature!: always.
aano bhadraa kRtavo yantu vishwataaH

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Aha:-)

Many Guru's indeed :-)

You are right in a way thogh.....there are a lot of lessons to be learnt from everyone we encounter in life...:-)

Advaitavedanti said...

Absolutely; the thing we often miss in mundane activities of *living* is that nature is filled with clues of the mysteries of one's own self!

That teaching makes everything, be it insentient too, our guru!