Spiritual Teacher

🇮🇳Prem Rawat

Psychology

b. 1957

"Resolved that I, Jennifer H. Granholm, offer this certificate of tribute to Prem Rawat in honor of his exemplary career, life accomplishments, and many contributions to our citizens."

🇺🇸Richard Rohr

Literature

b. 1943

"Group-think is a substitute for God-think. The belief is that God is found only by our group. The next step is to establish that identification with our group as the only way to serve God."

🇻🇳Thích Nhất Hạnh

Literature

Engaged Buddhism

1926–2022

"Chanting from the heart: Buddhist ceremonies and daily practices"

🇺🇸Florence Scovel Shinn

Art

1871–1940

"Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way."

🇬🇧Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

Literature

Sufism

b. 1953

"Lover and Beloved" an article featured in ascent magazine."

🇮🇳Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad

Religion

1889–1965

"The first requirement to purifying the soul is that one continues to remove all evil and impure thoughts from the heart."

🇺🇸Flower A. Newhouse

Education

1909–1994

"As purity in motivation is matched by the will to penetrate the barriers that separate one from God, then the wonderful event takes place; one begins to know and see God."

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Religion

1917–2008

"One of the wise men I met in my life was the Maharishi. I always was impressed by his joy and I truly believe he knows where he is going."

🇺🇸Ram Dass

Literature

1931–2019

"We were exploring this inner realm of consciousness that we had been theorizing about all these years and suddenly we were traveling in and through and around it."