Web sites for currently living teachers of Advaita who have published material and/or who hold satsangs for spiritual seekers.
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  • Arjuna
    The Living Essence Foundation - details of schedules; transcripts of dialogues; books and tapes.
  • David Hargrove
    Atlanta Advaita Talks (at Decatur, Georgia) - Class calendar, message board and a few quotations.
  • Katie Davis
    Spirituality, Advaita Vedanta, current teacher and author of 'Awake Joy: The Essence of Enlightenment' provides free videos, published articles on Advaita and enlightenment, details of Advaita satsang events and free newsletters.
  • John Sherman
    The River Ganga Foundation supports the work of John Sherman to develop and teach the self-inquiry method of Ramana Maharshi.
  • Surya
    Brief biography in English with link back to the main (Dutch) pages containing full details of Satsang, Meditation, Reiki and Schedules.
  • Umi
    Umi Foundation - Events calendar; questions and answers on a variety of topics; books and CDs.
  • Francis Lucille
    The tradition of Jean Klein (as influenced by Atmananda Krishna Menon) is carried on by Francis Lucille. This web site contains details of his retreats, and extracts from dialogues and tapes, videos and CDs which may be purchased.
  • Gangaji
    There are on-line audio clips, videos, and extracts from meetings, together with details of retreats and intensives and books to be purchased. There is also a listing of satsang video broadcasts on cable TV around the US.
  • Tony Parsons
    There are extracts from his books and meetings, including several in audio. Also, details of talks (around the UK and in Amsterdam, Munich and Paris) and retreats in Wales.
  • Ramesh Balsekar and Wayne Liquorman
    The Advaita Fellowship - main entry in Advaita category.
  • Satyam Nadeen
    Influenced by Osho. Details of satsangs, including week-long intensives at the Pura Vida retreat in Costa Rica, books and tapes, and excerpts from a newsletter 'Living in Freedom', which has resumed publication.
  • Isaac Shapiro
    A student of Sri Poonja, the site contains biographical information, pictures, interview, letters, poems, audio clips, book extracts and links. There is a schedule of satsangs and retreats throughout the US, Australia and Europe.
  • Pamela Wilson
    disciple of Robert Adams, H W L Poonja and Neelam. The site has biographical information, schedule of satsangs and weekend retreats and tapes may be purchased. A book of satsang extracts 'On Being a Mountain' is due out in 2003.
  • Burt Harding - The Awareness Foundation
    A teacher of Advaita Vedanta in the lineage of Ramana Maharshi, based on direct experience of awakening. He reminds people of what they already know in their hearts. Biography, book, tapes, schedule.
  • Swami Prabuddhananda
    A teacher of Sanskrit, Vedanta and Yoga philosophy who has taught extensively in India, now teaching in New York.
  • Swami Virajeshwara
    A scientist now living and teaching (Sivananda lineage) in Hamsa Ashramam in Anusoni, a village 60kms from Bangalore, India.
  • Metta Zetty
    Awakening Into Awareness - Non-dual thoughts and letters on a vast range of topics, together with mailing lists, and tapes, and details of forthcoming events.
  • Sundance Burke
    Spirituality, Advaita Vedanta, current teacher and author of 'Free Spirit: A Guide to Enlightened Being' provides free videos, articles on Advaita and enlightenment, details of Advaita satsang events and free newsletters.
  • Ramesh Balsekar
    The official web site. Brief biography, details of books and on-line ordering, photos and details of satsangs and seminars. There is a daily satsang at his residence in Bombay, India.
  • Andrew Cohen
    The official site, containing details of his teaching and of the magazine 'What is Enlightenment'; schedules of retreats etc., articles, audio and video clips.
  • Brian Qara
    Disciple of Gangaji, in the lineage of Ramana Maharshi and influenced by Osho. Satsang schedule, meeting excerpts, audio clips, writings, and letters of awakening.
  • Swami Virajeshwara
    Scientist's search for Truth. Information about this teacher and his gurus; several essays; details about the Hamsa Ashram and events; publications and photo gallery.
  • Jon Bernie
    Details of satsangs, meditation retreats and extracts from the teachings of this student of Adyashanti. Based in San Francisco.
  • Mooji
    Disciple of Sri Poonja conducting satsangs in the UK and Ireland. This site contains dialogues, a brief biography, pictures and a schedule of satsangs and retreats.
  • Chuck Hillig
    A consulting marriage and family therapist in California and author of several acclaimed books on enlightenement. He is also a professional speaker and may be booked for a number of presentations, that can be scheduled for 30 mins or 1/2 day duration.
  • Roger Linden
    Teaches in London and Southern England. Includes a short essay, a biography and a diary of meetings.
  • Greg Goode
    Greg is a Doctor of Western philosophy as well as a self-realised teacher of Advaita and Buddhism and is equally at home with all approaches. He is a qualified Philosophical Counsellor in New York, where he also holds satsangs.
  • Catherine Ingram
    Details of retreats, extracts from dialogues (including several RealAudio files), and tapes and CDs to buy.
  • Madhukar
    Disciple of Sri Poonja. Site contains schedule of retreats around the world, letters, meeting excerpts, articles and interviews (some in German).
  • Jivanjili
    One in None Sacha Center. Articles, dialogues, and quotations, from this disciple of ShantiMayi, whose teaching accords special significance to the Gayatri Mantra.
  • Robert P. Meizer
    A compilation of several hundred of his short comments on nondualist topics. ('Lineage' Nisargadatta Maharaj - Bob Adamson - John Wheeler - Bobby Meizer.)
  • Karl Renz
    Interview and autobiography; details of schedule; paintings and photographs.
  • Premananda
    Writings, short stories, interview and poetry of Premananda, aka John David, influenced by Sri Poonja, Ramana Maharshi and Osho. Also edited talks (Real Player) and schedule of satsangs.
  • Wolfgang Bernard
    Platonic dialogue style e-mail teaching based on the principles of nonduality common to Advaita Vedanta, Zen, and Sufism.
  • Dasarath
    A disciple of Sri Poonja, Dasarath Davidson founded the organization 'WisdomWork' where he provides courses on leadership skills, stress management etc. but satsangs in the tradition of Papaji and Ramana Maharshi are also arranged.
  • Bodhi Avasa
    Lives in Wales in the UK but holds satsangs in Europe, US and Canada. Details of these together with essays, poems and letters. Videos and CD-ROMs may also be purchased.
  • Éric Baret
    Influenced by Jean Klein and Kashmir Shaivism. Gives talks in Europe and Canada. Site contains details of these together with extracts from dialogues.
  • OM C. Parkin
    A disciple of Gangaji,OM contributes regular articles to the twice-yearly 'Advaita Journal' (only in German at present) and has retreats in Europe. The Java-powered site includes a number of interviews, articles and responses to questions.
  • Timothy Schoorel
    A disciple of Osho, later influenced by Alexander Smit, he gives satsangs principally in the Netherlands. The website contains the complete electronic transcript of his book 'The 7 Principles of Freedom'.
  • Stuart Schwartz
    A disciple of Robert Adams, Stuart gives satsang in New York and Boston as well as personal sessions. The site contains details of these, an interview, notes and endorsements. CDs of satsangs may be purchased.
  • Nirmala
    Satsang schedule (US and Canada). Free e-books of satsang transcripts and non-dual poetry. This student of Neelam and Adyashanti points to the Heart, the truest source of wisdom.
  • David Waldman
    Teaching in the tradition of Ramana Maharshi, satsangs and retreats are offered in Oregon, USA. Brief biographies and excerpts from satsangs provided; CDs, tapes and videos may be purchased.
  • Peter & Pearl Sumner
    Counselling and spiritual teaching at Fremantle, Perth, Australia, based upon Eckhart Tolle's 'The Power of Now'. Fees apply for all aspects. Free daily quotes from enlightened teachers available by email.
  • Aja
    Aja Thomas, aka Aja Acharya, founded the Atma Institute in Portland, Oregon, where he teaches traditional Advaita along with Sanskrit; author of the book: 'In This Moment! - Teachings on the Nature of Consciousness'. The site offers some of his writings, along with details of schedules and special weekend courses.
  • 'Sailor' Bob Adamson
    Details of meetings (in Melbourne, Australia). His book and CDs may be purchased and there are reviews, extracts and transcripts from meetings and emails. 'Sailor' Bob is a disciple of Nisargadatta Maharaj.
  • Adyashanti
    Details of satsangs and retreats, extracts from teachings and books for sale.
  • Nathan Gill
    Nathan is a teacher of Neo-Advaita in London. Brief biography and details of forthcoming meetings. The full text of his booklet 'Clarity', explaining his enlightenment (non-)experience may be downloaded.
  • Mokshananda
    A disciple of Gurumayi and Adyashanti, he teaches, together with Marlies Cocheret at Free Water Sangha in Santa Cruz CA.
  • Marlies Cocheret
    A disciple of Osho and Adyashanti, she teaches, together with Mokshananda at Free Water Sangha in Santa Cruz CA.
  • Stephen Wingate
    Hosts talks (in Arlington, Massachusetts, USA) on nonduality in the tradition of Nisargadatta Maharaj, "Sailor" Bob Adamson, and John Wheeler. Provides essays, poems, and dialogues. Correspondence and dialogues are invited.
  • John Wheeler
    Talks on non-duality in the tradition of Nisargadatta Maharaj and Bob Adamson. Based at Santa Cruz, California.
  • Richard Sylvester
    Influenced by Tony Parsons and now teaching in the UK. Includes an edited transcript of an interview and extracts from his forthcoming book "I Hope You Die Soon - Words About Non-duality And Liberation" which will be published by Non-duality Press in early 2006.
  • Jean-Pierre Gomez
    A disciple of 'Sailor' Bob Adamson, giving talks in Sedona, Arizona. There are lots of dialogues at his website, including a free e-book.
  • James Braha
    A disciple of Bob Adamson and author of a book - "Living Reality" - on his experience of 5 weeks spent with Bob discussing non-duality. James teaches near Sarasota in Florida.
  • Neelam
    Sri Poonja lineage. There are details of her retreats, principally in California.
  • Norman Scrimshaw
    A disciple of Adyashanti (whose influences are Zen as well as Advaita), based in Campton, New Hampshire. There are details of satsangs and retreats, audio and video clips and a little written material.
  • Surya
    Brief biography in English with link back to the main (Dutch) pages containing full details of Satsang, Meditation, Reiki and Schedules.
  • V.V.Brahmam
    Advaita teacher, founder and president of the Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi Ashram, Tadpatri, Andhra Pradesh, India. Site features many hours of audio and video recordings of satsang and several texts.
  • Philip Renard
    Influenced by a number of teachers but principally in the lineage of Atmananda Krishna Menon and Alexander Smit, he teaches in the Netherlands (Bilthoven) but his site has a parallel stream in English, where there are a number of articles, including a series on Ramana, Nisargadatta and Atmananda.
  • Unmani - Liza Hyde
    Neo-Advaita teacher based in London, UK; site contains brief extracts from her book, details of meetings and retreats and a few links.
  • John Greven
    Guided by Bob Adamson and John Wheeler, he is the author of 'Oneness' and 'Living in Silence'. There are a number of essays, extracts from the new book and endorsements, an audio file of talks and (pending) details of forthcoming talks (he is based in Enid, Oklahoma).
  • Lynda Cole
    Nondual therapy, group satsang, retreats based on teachings of Eckhart Tolle, Ramana Maharshi, Adyashanti; in Vancouver, North America, Europe; provides individual sessions in person or by phone.
  • Michael Prayag
    Influenced by Sri Poonja and based in Toronto, he offers his teaching without fee; provides private satsang by phone or is willing to travel if expenses are covered.
  • Annette Nibley
    a disciple of John Wheeler and Stephen Wingate. There is a large number of essays and dialogues on a wide range of topics. Regular meetings are held in Mill Valley, California and there are details of these and other, special events.
  • Felipe Oliveira
    a disciple of John Wheeler and Bob Adamson. There are numberous essays, which may be read on-line or downloaded as a PDF booklet. There is also a link to his poetry site.
  • Sheilan
    'The Infinite Living Teaching'. Influenced by Ramana Maharshi,Ramesh Balsekar and Wayne Liquorman, Sheilan teaches in the Seattle Washington area. The site contains some of her own articles and selected quotations from other sources.
  • Halina Pytlasinska
    Schedule of meetings; essays and interviews with other neo-Advaitin teachers.
  • Ramesh Balsekar
    Purchase CDs and DVDs of his daily talks.
  • Floyd Henderson
    arranges retreats one-on-one, for couples or for groups. Telephone sessions also available. Retreats are based in Texas.
  • Florian Tathagata
    A disciple of Isaac Shapiro. Includes a schedule of satsangs; retreats in Germany, India and Mallorca; details of books and CDs. Also downloads of mp3 files, video and articles. Note that many of these are in German.
  • Jeff Foster
    Life Without A Centre - writings, dialogues, meeting dates, book information, quotations from other writers.
  • Dr. Narendra Tuli
    Introductory and advanced Vedanta courses on the prasthAna traya with commentaries by Adi Shankaracharya. There are also details of his English translations of the Bhagavad Gita and Brahmasutra commentaries of Adi Shankaracharya and H.H. Swami Vidyananda Giri Ji Maharaj.
  • Nathan Spoon
    Nathan's background includes other traditions such as tantra, Kashmir Shaivism and Kundalini yoga but he now teaches Advaita at the Ganapati-Advaita Ashram in Charlotte, NC. His web log addresses such topics as practice and self-enquiry.
  • Randall Friend
    A disciple of "Sailor" Bob Adamson, Randall is now holding talks on Non-duality in 'Second Life', the on-line 3D virtual world - http://secondlife.com. This web log contains details of the meetings together with many essays on various topics in Advaita.
  • The White Guru
    Reported to be 'one of the few remaining direct disciples of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj', this teacher is based 'somewhere in the Kullu Valley'. There is an essay on 'Meditation', quotes from Nisargadatta, a 'visitor report', some photos and a contact form.
  • Joan Tollifson
    Teacher and writer in traditions of Advaita and Zen. Information about her books, details of meetings, an essay and list of recommended books.
  • Charlie Hayes
    Correspondence, Audios, Essays, Books and Links from Charlie Hayes, a former professional racing driver, who is influenced by the Navnath sampradAya. Charlie offers frequent meetings and personal consultations at his home in Enid, Oklahoma.
  • Rupert Spira
    a student of Francis Lucille, the website is entitled 'Contemplating the Nature of Experience' and provides details of meetings in Shropshire and London. A number of talks (meditations) may be downloaded or purchased on CD.
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