“My parents' selfless affection and dedication nourished and prepared me to receive the love of my guru or spiritual father, Swami Prabhupada. My parents prepared the soil in which my guru sowed the seeds of his compassion.” SpiritualFatherParentCompassionPreparedAffectionSeedsSoilDedicationSelflessGuruSelfless Love Author:Radhanath Swami
“The abuse of power manifests with phony spiritual teachers and phony gurus who tell you how to run your life and what to wear and what to eat, all that sort of stuff. They abuse. People don't realize that, listen to them and ruin their lives.” PeopleRunningSpiritualStuffRealizingTeacherAbuseRuinsEnlightenedGuruPhonyAbuse Of PowerSpiritual Teachers Author:Frederick Lenz
“Phony gurus make themselves objects of adoration and worship. Real spiritual teachers aren't interested in adoration and worship. They like respect only because they realize respect will help the student.” RealHelpingSpiritualRealizingTeacherObjectsStudentsWorshipEnlightenedGuruAdorationPhonySpiritual Teachers Author:Frederick Lenz
“The hope is indeed that some will experience and believe: The purpose of a number of spiritual gurus is to demonstrate to God-fearing men faux spirituality.” MenBelieveSpiritualPurposeSpiritualityNumbersGuruFauxGod Fearing Man Book:Healology Source: Healology
“Today in the west the word 'guru' has come to mean someone who leads a cult, someone who deprives others of their intellectual or spiritual freedom and rips them off financially.” MeanTodaySpiritualBuddhismIntellectualWestCultRipGuruRamaSpiritual Freedom Author:Frederick Lenz
“The Wayshower is a compelling, multi-layered and complex spiritual journey about a guilt-ridden man searching to understand his connection to his guru J-R. Followers of the real-life guru, John-Roger, as well as a segment of new-thought seekers, will resonate with the messages and life lessons shared throughout.” MenWellsRealSpiritualJourneyLessonsMessagesConnectionsGuiltComplexesReal LifeFollowersLife LessonCompellingSeekersGuruNew ThoughtRogerSpiritual Journey Author:Arielle Ford
“Women come to me and would never tell a male guru the things that they tell me. to me and would never besiege the male guru with some of the things that I hear. And that is because mother is mother and that is the phenomenal thing, it's the most irreplaceable thing in the world because whether we're an earthly mother or a spiritual mother, a divine mother, and everyone is divine by the way, we all have the power of divinity, the power of full consciousness, whether we are awakened to the potential of it all is a different matter.” WorldWayDifferentMatterSpiritualMotherConsciousnessDivineMalesDivinityGuruAwakenedPhenomenalIrreplaceableDivine Mother Author:Maya Tiwari
“I have spiritual beliefs that I could literally go out and make an entire comedy routine about, and tour as some sort of spiritual guru, but it kind of goes against that [as] I actually believe the things, so I'm always kind of caught in the middle.” BelieveKindSpiritualBeliefComedyMiddleCaughtRoutineGuruSpiritual BeliefsCaught In The Middle Author:Jim Carrey