It is common to demand entry into Enlightenment through someone else. This renders it needful to make clear that NOBODY, not even the best of gurus, can bestow final and lasting realization--a glimpse is the most he can possibly pass on and there are not many with that capacity. Even in such cases, his disciples must work diligently and win it themselves. (source)

Abhishiktananda, Swami
Acharya S
Acharyaji (Anatole Ruslanov)
ad-Darqawi, al-'Arabi
Adhyatmananda
Adi Da Samraj, Avatar
Adnan Sarhan
Adwetanand ji, Param Hans Dayal Sri
Adyashanti
Aghoreshwar
Aitken, Anne
Aitken, Robert
Aïvanhov, Omraam Mikhaël
Ajahn Chah
Ajahn Sumedho
Akram Vignani
Al Alawi
Alcalde, Augusto
Al-Junayd
Almaas, A.H.
Ama Samy
Amber Terrell
Ammachi
Ammal, Nadadur Sri
Anagarika Govinda
Ananda
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Anandajay
Anandamayi Ma
Anandamurti, Shrii Shrii
Andersen, Susan Myoyu
Annada Thakur
Annamalai, Swami
AnShin Thomas, Claude
Anubuddha, Dan McKee
Arjuna, Nick Ardagh
Atisha
Atmananda, Sri
Aurobindo, Sri

Baal Shem Tov
Baba Faqir Chand
Babaji
Babaji Nagaraj, Mahavatar
Bailey, Alice
Bair, Puran
Balmer, Harry
Balsekar, Ramesh S
Barendrecht, Jan
Barnett, Michael
Bauls, The
Bear, Eli Jaxon
Bedi, Baba
Bentov, Itzhak
Berger, Mieke
Beru Khyentse
Bhagat Hans Raj Ji
Bhava
Blake, William
Blavatsky, Madame H. P. (Helena Petrovna)
Bhikshuni Nandabala (ZenNun)
Bob, Sailor
Bobrow, Joseph
Bodhidharma
Bodian, Stephan
Boehme, Jacob
Bolleter, Ross
Bonder, Saniel
Boo, Tserin Zarin
Boorstein,Sylvia
Brown Hedgpeth, Nancy
Brunton, Paul
Buddha, Gautama
Bunardzic, Alex
Burkett, Greg

Campbell, R.J.
Cannon, M.C. (Master Charles)
Castaneda, Carlos
Chagdud Tulku
Chandrasekhara Bharati Mahaswami
Chao-chou Ts'ung-shen
Charlton, Hilda
Chatral
Chien-chih Seng-ts'an
Ch'ing yauan Wei-hsin
Chinul
Chitrabhanu, Gurudev Shree
Chiyono: Mugai Nyodai
Chögyam Trungpa
Chökyi Nyima
Chong An Sunim
Chowaney, Nonin
Chozen Bays, Jan
Chris and Emma
Chuang-tzu
Clair, Linda
Cohen, Andrew
Collier Re, Elle
Coppens, Tenkei
Course in Miracles, A

Dadaji
Dagyab Kyabgön
Dahl-Madsen, Shanti Kristian
Daido Loori, John
Daitetsu Norm Randolph
Dalai Lama
Damiani, Anthony
Darrell, Larry
Darshan Singh, Sant
Dattatreya
Daumal, Rene
David
David, John
Davidson, Let
Davis, Katie
Dawa Chhodak
Dayananda Saraswati
De Acosta, Mercedes
De Mello, Anthony
Dechen Yeshe Wangmo
Dede, Suleyman
Denison, Ruth
Denko Mokudo Zenji
Desjardins, Arnaud
Deunov, Peter
Devamarg
Dhatarattha, King
Dilgo Khyentse
Divyanand
Dogen Zenji
Dolano
Douno, Master Deinsa
Downey, Heila
Dreaver, Jim
Drupka Kunley
Druwang Konchok Norbu
Duerden, Tim
Dudjom
Dudley, John
Duffy, Jack
Durgamayi, Sri Ma
Dwa, Carlos
Dzogchen Ponlop, The
Dzongsar Khyentse

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Eckhart, Meister
Eilmer of Malmesbury
Eknath Easwaran
Eliade, Mircea
Ellis, Jeffrey
Elysha
Enomiya-Lassalle, Hugo
Ensheim, Father

Faraday, Ann
Fa-Tsang
Fa yen Wen I
Fitzsimmons, Becky
Fletcher, Charles Tenshin
Francis of Assisi
Frawley, Dr. David
Frédéric, Abbah
Fry, Ken

Gae Mun Sunim
Gampopa
Ganapathi Muni
Ganapati Sachchidananda Swamiji, Sri
Gangaji
Gaudapada
Gendun, Lama
Genmyo Smith, Elihu
Genno Pages, Catherine
Genpo
Gerchmez, Tim
Gilbert
Gill, Nathan
Glickman, Sandra
Gnanananda, Swami
Gobind Singh Ji
Golas, Thaddeus
Goldsmith, Joel S.
Goode, Greg
Gopalji
Gopi Krishna
Gopinath Kaviraj
Govinda, Lama Anagarika
Govindan, M
Graef, Sunyana
Gregg, Dr. Susan
Griffiths, Bede 
Groves, Linda
Gunaratana Nayaka Thera, Henepola
Gurumayi Chidvilasananda

Hae Kwang
Hague, Guy
Hakuin
Halifax, Joan
Hansen, Rene
Han-shan Te-ching
Hanuman
Harding, Burt
Harding, Douglas
Hari Dass
Hariharananda, Paramahansa
Harish Madhukar
Harkrishan Dev Ji, Siri Guru
Harnam Singh Ji Maharaj
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Harrison, Steven
Hartman, Wayne
Hawk, Pat
Hazur Baba Sawan Singh
Helminski, Camille
Helminski, Kabir
Heraclitos
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Hesse, Hermann
Hildegard von Bingen
Hillig, Chuck
Hixon, Lex
Hodges, David
Holy Mother Starlight Devi
Honore, Anders
Howard, Vernon
Hsu Yun
Hsuan Hua
Hui-K'o
Hui-neng
Hunt, Keven
Humphreys, Frank H.
Hyakujo

Ibn 'Arabi
Idries Shah
Il Lee
Inayat Khan, Hazrat
Ingerman, Sandra
Ingram, Catherine
Iron Grindstone Liu
Ishvara, Maitreya

Jacobson, Leonard
Jadunath Sinha
Jae Jah Noh
Jagat Singh Ji
Jesus
Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo
Ji Bong
Ji Kwang Dae Poep Sa Nim
Jigme, Lam
Jinendra Swami
Jinne Richardson, Janet
Jitsudo Ancheta, Alfred
Jnaneshvar
John-Roger
Johnson, Julian P.
Joko Beck, Charlotte
Jomo Sam'phel
Joshin Althouse, Robert
Joshu
Juan Matus, Don
Jyotirmayananda

Kabir
Kalindi
Kalu, Khayad Je
Kapleau, Philip
Karczewki, Raymond
Karma Samten Gyatso, Lama
Karma Shedrup Sengye, Lama
Karunamayi
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Katz, Jerry M.
Kay
Kaye, Les
Kazantzakis, Nikos
Keizan Jokin zenji
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Keshabãnanda ji
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Khema, Ayya
Khenchen Thrangu
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Kirpal Singh
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Kuan Yin
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Kwang Myong Sunim
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Lawrence
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Lieh-Tzu
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Lin Chi
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Luangpor Teean
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Lucille, Francis
Lungtog Tenpei Nyima

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Ma Tsu
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Morton, John
Mo-Shan Liao-Jan
Mu Shim Sunim
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Muzika, Ed
Myong Oh Sunim
Myotai Treace, Bonnie

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Nanak
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Narayan Tirth
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Neelam
Neem Karoli Baba
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Ngak'chang
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Nguyen, Van
Nightingale, Keith
Niranjanananda
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Nirmalananda
Nirodhananda
Nisargadatta Maharaj
Nityananda
Nityananda, Mahamandaleshwar
Noel
No-Me
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Nydahl, Hannah
Nydahl, Ole
Nyogen Yeo
Nyoshul Khenpo

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OM C. Parkin
Ongarananda, Sri La Sri
Osborne, Arthur
Oshana, Dave
Osho
Osorio, Julian
Otagawa, Kobun Chino
Otzi

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Pak Subuh
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Palmo, Sister Tenzin
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Parsons, Tony
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Pir Bhikan Shah
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Prahlad Chandra Brahmachari
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Purohit, Shri
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Rajinder Singh
Rama
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Ramakrishna, Sri
Ramana Maharshi, Sri
Ramananda
Ramana Yukio
Ram Chandra, Sri
Ramdas, Swami (Papa)
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Ram Dass
Ramesh Balsekar
Ramsuratkumar, Sri Yogi
Rani
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Raphael
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Rinzai Gigen
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Roitman, Judy
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Ross, Sevan
Ruiter, John de
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Rumi, Jelaluddin Molana
Ruysbroeck, John of
Rymer, Andrew

Sabina, Maria
Sacchidananda Sivabhinava Narasimha Bharati of Sringeri
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Sai Baba, Sathya
Said al-Jamal ar-Rifa'i, Muhammad
Salesses, Pascale
Samarpan
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Sanchez, Victor
Sangye Nyenpa
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Sant Ajaib Singh Ji
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Satayanand Ji
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Sawan Singh, Hazur
Scantlin, Lee
Schoorel, Timothy
Segal, Suzanne
Sekijun Karen Sunna
Seng-ts'an
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Seshadri, Sri Swamigal
Seung Sahn
Shambhavananda Yogi
Shangpa Tulku
Shankar, Vijai S.
Shanti Lin Rose
ShantiMayi
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Shariati, Ali
Sharp, Galen
Shechen Rabjam
Shen-hsiu
Shen Tao
Sherman, John
Shibendu Lahiri
Shih-t'ou Hsi-ch'ien
Shivom Tirth, Swami
Shugen Arnold, Geoffrey
Shunya Muni
Shunyanand
Shunyata (Alfred Sorensen)
Shyam
Siddharameshwar Maharaj
Situ, Chamgon Tai
Sivamurti
Sivananda Radha
Sivananda, Sri Swami Maharaj
Sivananda-Valentina
Smith, Russell
Socrates
Soeng Hyang
Sogyal Rinpoche
Spero, David
Sri Chinmoy
Srimad Ananda Tiirtha
Stone, Roselyn
Su Bong
Surya Das
Sutherland, Joan
Suzuki, D.T.
Swaha, Vasant
Swedenborg, Emanuel

Tai Situpa
Takuan Soho
Tao Hsin
Tara Devi, Sri
Tara, Female Buddha
Tarabilda, Edward F.
Tarrant, John
Tarthang Tulku
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Tenzin Wangyal
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Te Shan
Thakar Singh
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Tharchin
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Thayumanavar
Thich Nhat Hanh
Thinley, Karma
Thirujnanasambhandar
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Thubten, Tulku
Thyagi Tzu
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Tikekar, Nikhil
Tilopa
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Tohei, Koichi
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Topga Yulgyal
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Totapuri
Trailanga Swami
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Travis, Rocky
Trungram Gyaltrul
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Tsok-Nyi
Tukaram
Tulasidas
Tung Shan (Tozan)
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Tu Shun
Tweedie, Irina 
Twitchell, Paul
Tyohar

U Ba Khin, Sayagyi
Ulloa, Elias
Umi
Unmani (Liza Hyde)
Upaka the Ascetic
Urgyen, Tulku
Usui, Mikao
Uyeshiba, Morehi

Vallalar
Vamaksepa
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Veda Bharati
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Vener, Valerie
Venkatesananda
Vickers, Todd
Vimala Thakar
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Vishrant
Vivekanada, Swami
Vivekayuktananda Saraswati Maharaj, Shri Swami

Wali, Sufi Musfaad
Wanderling, the
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Wei Wu Wei
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White, John
Wick, Gerry Shishin
Wilber, Ken
Willemsens, John
Williams, Alan T.
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Wren-Lewis, John
Wu Bong
Wu Kwang

Yasutani Hakuun
Yogananda Maharaj
Yogananda, Paramahansa
Yogi Bhajan
Yudhishtara
Yukteshwar Giri, Sri

Zarathustra
Zasep Tulku
Zenmar
Zenrin Chido Zenji
Zetty, Metta
Zhaoshou

"Many people have the Great Vehicle Root Nature, but there are also many people who lie. Having cultivated without success, such people claim to have the way. Though they have not certified the fruit, they claim to be certified sages."

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