Sadhguru
Sadhguru is a yogi, mystic and visionary. Named one of India's 50 most influential people, Sadhguru's work has touched the lives of millions worldwide through his transformational programs. Sadhguru has a unique ability to make the ancient yogic sciences relevant to contemporary minds. His approach does not ascribe to any belief system but offers methods for self-transformation that are both proven and powerful.
An internationally renowned speaker and author of the New York Times Bestseller Inner Engineering, A Yogi's Guide to Joy, Sadhguru has been an influential voice at major global forums including the United Nations and the World Economic Forum, addressing issues as diverse as socioeconomic development, leadership and spirituality. He
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Tha Ra Su
'ತಳುಕು ರಾಮಸ್ವಾಮಯ್ಯ ಸುಬ್ಬರಾಯ' ಅವರು ಕನ್ನಡದ ಮೊದಲ ಪ್ರಾಧ್ಯಾಪಕರಾದ ತಳುಕಿನ ವೆಂಕಣ್ಣಯ್ಯನವರ ತಮ್ಮನವರ ಮಗ. ಇವರು ಹುಟ್ಟಿದ್ದು ೧೯೧೯ರಲ್ಲಿ. ಅವರು ಬರೆದ 'ನಾಗರಹಾವು' ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯಲ್ಲಿನ ರಾಮಾಚಾರಿಯ ಪಾತ್ರದಂತೆಯೇ ಅವರು ಛಲದ ಮನುಷ್ಯರಾಗಿದ್ದವರು. ಬಹಳ ಕಷ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಜೀವಿಸಿದವರು. ಇವರ ಕೃತಿಗಳಾದ ಕಂಬನಿಯ ಕುಯಿಲು, ರಕ್ತರಾತ್ರಿ, ಮತ್ತು ತಿರುಗುಬಾಣ, ಚಿತ್ರದುರ್ಗದ ಇತಿಹಾಸವನ್ನು ಬಹಳ ರಸವತ್ತಾಗಿ ಚಿತ್ರಿಸಿವೆ ಎಂದು ವಿಮರ್ಶಕರ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ. ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ ೧೦, ೧೯೮೪ರಲ್ಲಿ ಹೃದಯಾಘಾತವಾಗಿ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ರಾಜಾಜಿನಗರದಲ್ಲಿರುವ 'ವರಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ನರ್ಸಿಂಗ್ ಹೋಂ'ನಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಧನ ಹೊಂದಿದರು.
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Andrew Smart
Andrew Smart is the author of Autopilot: The Art and Science of Doing Nothing. A scientist and engineer interested in consciousness, brains and technology, his work traverses the boundaries of neuroscience, philosophy, culture, radical politics and metaphysics. He was raised in the U.S., educated and married in Sweden, lived in New York and Minneapolis and now lives in Switzerland.
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Rajmohan Gandhi
Rajmohan Gandhi (born 1935)is a biographer and grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, and a research professor at the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
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Sydney Campos
Sydney Campos is an intuitive energy healer, strategic advisor, 3x founder, and facilitator with over a decade of expertise guiding visionaries, leaders, and creatives on transformative embodiment journeys. As the best-selling author of “The Empath Experience: What To Do When You Feel Everything” (2018) and “I’m Ascending, Now What?” (2023), Sydney has empowered thousands globally in authenticity, energy mastery, and purpose.
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Since 2012, she has supported hundreds of visionary leaders through mentorship and courses, initiated 100+ intuitive facilitators through Soul Source Training, and curated over 20+ life-changing retreats and events worldwide. Her work catalyzes profound journeys in embodiment, visionary leadership, holistic well-being, -
Pavan K. Varma
Pavan K. Varma is a former Indian Foreign Service officer and was an adviser to the Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, with cabinet rank. With effect from June, 2014 he was a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) until July 2016. He is currently the National General Secretary and National Spokesman of the Janata Dal (United).
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Varma is a graduate of St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi where he studied History (Honours) and received the first position. He was President of the St. Stephen’s College Debating Society as well as the star debater and elocutionist of the University of Delhi. He also won the Sir CP Ramaswamy Aiyar Memorial Essay Prize at St. Stephen’s. Subsequently, he acquired a degree in Law from the University of Delhi.
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Stuart A. Kauffman
Stuart Alan Kauffman (28 September 1939) is an American theoretical biologist and complex systems researcher concerning the origin of life on Earth. He is best known for arguing that the complexity of biological systems and organisms might result as much from self-organization and far-from-equilibrium dynamics as from Darwinian natural selection, as well as for applying models of Boolean networks to simplified genetic circuits.
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Bret W. Davis
Bret W. Davis is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Maryland. He is author of Heidegger and the Will and editor (with Brian Schroeder and Jason Wirth) of Japanese and Continental Philosophy (IUP, 2010).
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Bob Roth
Bob Roth is one of the most experienced and sought-after meditation teachers in America. Over the past 40 years, Bob has taught Transcendental Meditation to many thousands of people and authored an authoritative book on the subject, fittingly entitled, Transcendental Meditation, which has been translated into 20 languages. Bob currently serves as the CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charity which has brought meditation to over 500,000 inner-city youth in underserved schools in 35 countries, to veterans and their families who suffer from post-traumatic stress, and women and children who are survivors of domestic violence. Bob also directs the Center for Leadership Performance, another nonprofit, which is bringing meditation to
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Mooji
Mooji is a true light in this world, whose presence, wisdom and loving guidance points us to who we are beyond the limitations of our conditioning and identity. Since 1999, Mooji has been sharing Satsang with seekers in search of the direct experience of Truth. In these open interactions, he introduces the direct path to freedom through self-inquiry and The Invitation, the most effective aids for true and lasting Self-discovery.
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Kriyananda
See also: J. Donald Walters
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Kriyananda (born James Donald Walters; May 19, 1926, Azuga – April 21, 2013, Assisi) was a direct disciple of the yogi Paramahansa Yogananda, and the founder of the Ananda, a worldwide movement of spiritual intentional communities based on Yogananda's World Brotherhood Colonies ideal. Yogananda made Walters a minister for his organization, Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF).