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swami vivekananda in chicago, september 1893. swami vivekananda is one of the most popular spiritual teacher from 19th century. his talks are inspirational and motivating for today’s youth. in his talks, vivekananda focused on higher values of life like fearlessness, truthfulness and on vedanta, meditation and also on realizing the ultimate goal of life that is […]

nisargadatta maharaj (photo from wikipedia, by chraviteja) nisargadatta maharaj (17 april 1897 – 8 september 1981) was a popular advaita guru from mumbai, india. he belonged to the inchagiri sampradaya, a lineage of teachers from the navnath sampradaya and lingayat shaivism. his guru siddharameshwar maharaj was the head of the inchegiri branch of the navnath sampradaya. nisargadatta maharaj talks […]

shirdi sai baba was a enlightened mystic from shirdi village in maharashtra. he is equally revered by hindus and muslims. his samadhi temple in shirdi is one of the most popular and visited spiritual place in maharashtra. sai baba main message was of love, helping people, charity, universal brotherhood, contentment, forgiveness, living a detached life […]

poonjaji (papaji) (photo from wikipedia by aki) poonjaji (13 oct 1910 – 6 sep 1997) also lovingly called as “papaji” was born in india. poonja ji was a disciple of ramana maharshi and nephew of swami rama tirtha. he was a popular spiritual teacher during nineties. in his teachings he gave emphasis to devotion and self inquiry meditation […]

statue of socrates in front of the academy of athens (photo from wikipedia by eugenio hansen) socrates (469 bc – 399 bc) was a greek athenian philosopher and mystic. socrates is considered as one of the founders of western philosophy. only reliable source for socrates sayings is mainly from the accounts of later classical writers, […]