Spiritual Teachers

	Swami Chetanananda An American meditation master and abbot of The Movement Center, Swami Chetanananda serves as spiritual teacher, mentor, and beloved guide to students throughout the world. Born and educated in the Midwest, he trained under Swami Rudrananda until Rudi passed away in 1973. He was initiated... (more)
	Swami Rudrananda (Rudi) Swami Rudrananda (Rudi) was born in New York City in 1928. A student of various spiritual teachings since his youth, he was himself a teacher for thousands of followers in the United States and Europe before he died in 1973. Rudi met Nityananda in Ganeshpuri, India, in 1958... (more)
	Bhagavan Nityananda Born at the turn of the 20th century near Calicut, India, Nityananda has been recognized by thousands as an avadhut, a rare and gifted being of profound yogic power and capacity. By the time he took mahasamadhi in 1961...(more)
	Lama Tsering Wangdu Rinpoche Lama Tsering Wangdu Rinpoche was born in 1936 in the village of Langkor in West Dingri, Tibet. West Dingri was the area where the great Indian mahasiddha Padampa Sangye stayed when he cameto Tibet to transmit teaching on Shi-je, or pacification of suffering. Rinpoche is a lineage holder...(more)
	Swami Shankarananda Swami Shankarananda, Australia’s leading meditation teacher, is the director of the Shiva School of Meditation, Melbourne. He is the author of the best-selling book Happy for No Good Reason, and Consciousness is Everything. Swami Shankarananda is recognized as one of the world’s most articulate spokesmen of the new spirituality...(more)