Sarlo's Guru Rating Service
The Masters and Wannabes,
listed by rating

NB see below.
Adyashanti (A) aka Steven Gray Ammachi (D) aka Sudhamani, Mata Amritanandamayi Devi Babaji (M) aka Nagaraj Ramesh Balsekar (A) Bodhidharma (M) Sri Swami Dayananda Saraswati (A) George Gurdjieff (M) Jean Klein (A)	Jiddu Krishnamurti (A) Neem Karoli Baba (D) Nisargadatta Maharaj (A) aka Beedie Baba Osho (M) aka Rajneesh Chandra Mohan Jain, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Papaji (A) aka HWL Poonja Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa (D) Ramana Maharshi (A) aka Venkataraman Iyer	Shri Ranjit Maharaj (A) Richard Rose (M) Sailor Bob (A) aka Bob Adamson Seung Sahn (M) ShantiMayi (M) Shri Samartha/Sadguru Siddharameshwar Maharaj (A) Eckhart Tolle (A) aka Ulrich Tolle

Robert Aitken (M) A.H. Almaas (M) aka A. Hameed Ali Sri Atmananda (A) aka Krishna Menon Yogi Bhajan (M) aka Sardar Bhajan Singh, Harbhajan Singh Puri, Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji et al Swami Chinmayananda (A) aka Balakrishna Menon Dalai Lama (M) aka Tenzin Gyatso, Lhamo Thondup Gangaji (A) aka Toni Roberson, Toni Varner	E.J. Gold (M) Baba Hari Dass (D) BKS Iyengar (M) (= Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja) Philip Kapleau Roshi (M) Gyalwa Karmapa (16th) (M) aka Rangjung Rigpe Dorje Byron Katie (A) aka Byron Kathleen Reid Swami Shanti Kristian (M) aka Kristian Dahl-Madsen Wayne Liquorman (A) aka Ram Tzu	Lee Lozowick (M) Meher Baba (D) aka Merwan Sheriar Irani Toni Packer (A) Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (M) Shirdi Sai Baba (D) Sri Swami Sivananda (M) Thich Thanh Tu (M) aka Tran Huu Phuoc Paramahansa Yogananda (M) aka Mukunda Lal Ghosh

Shrii Shrii Anandamurti (D) aka Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar Sri Aurobindo & The Mother (M) aka Aravinda Akroyd Ghose & Mirra Richard Aziz Kristof (A) aka Master Aziz, Anadi Suma Ching Hai (M) aka Supreme Master CH, Ching Hue Jesus Christ (D) aka Prince of Peace, Lamb of God Let Davidson (A) aka Dasarath David Deida (M) John de Ruiter (A) Douglas E. Harding (A)	Paramaham sa Hariharananda (M) aka Robindranath Bhattacharya, Brahmachari Robinarayan Maharishi Sadashiva Isham (M) aka Robert Vaughn Abrams Ishvara (A) Sri Karunamayi (D) aka Bhagavati Sri Sri Sri Vijayeswari Devi, Amma Sant Kirpal Singh (M) U.G. Krishnamurti (A) (Uppaluri Gopala) Shri Paramahamsha Mahendranath (M) aka Dadaji Mother Meera (D) Franklin Merrell-Wolff (F) Neelam (A) aka Katherine	Yug Purush Acarya (Maha)mandaleshwar Swami Parmanandji (M) Tony Parsons (A) aka Sw Bodhisattva Prahlad Chandra Brahmachari (D) Isaac Shapiro (A) Alexander Smit (A) Lama Surya Das (M) aka Jeffrey Miller Swami Tejomayananda (A) Thich Nhat Hanh (M) Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche (M) Vernon Kitabu Turner (F) aka ZM Kitabu Roshi Lama Thubten Yeshe (M) Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan (M) Metta Zetty (A)

Ruchira Avatar Adi Da Samraj (D) aka Bubba Free John, Franklin Jones, Da Free John, Dau Loloma, Da Love-Ananda, Da Avadhoota, Da Kalki, Da Avabhasa, Da Avatar Acharyaji (M) aka Shri Acharya Abhidhyanananda Avadhuta, Rev. Fr. Anatole Ruslanov Aja Thomas (A) aka Aja Acharya Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov (F) Arjuna Nick Ardagh (M) aka Swami Shantamo Shri Haidakhan Babaji (D) Deepak Chopra (F) Dadaji (D) aka Rev. Dada, Rev. Pandurang Vaijnath Athavale Shastri Dadashri (A) aka Ambalal Muljibhai Patel, Dada Bhagwan Swami Guru Devanand Saraswati Ji Maharaj (M)	Sri Sri Ganapati Sachchidananda Swamiji (D) aka Satyanarayana Joel S. Goldsmith (D) Marshall Govindan Satchidananda (M) Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath (M) aka Sidhoji Rao Shitole Hazrat Pir (M) aka Molana Salaheddin Ali Nader Shah Angha, Pir Oveyssi Vernon Howard (M) Catherine Ingram (A) Leonard Jacobson (A) Sri Jinendra Swami (A) Swami Kaleshwar (D) aka Kali, Sri Sai Kaleshwara Shri Swami Lakshman Joo Raina (M) Barry Long (A) Master Mantak Chia (M)	Sri Narayani Amma (D) Shri Parthasarati Rajagopalachari (D) aka Chariji Sant Rajinder Singh (M) Yogi SAA Ramaiah (M) aka Yogiar Ram Dass (F) Baba Bhagwan Ramji (D) aka Aghoreshwar Mahaprabhu Bhagwan Ram Hazrat Khwaja Salahud-Din Shah (D) Helen Schucman (M) Russell Smith (A) brother of Nome Rudolph Steiner (M) Pak Subuh (M) aka Bapak Muhammad Subuh Sumohadiwidjojo Vasant Swaha (M) aka Swami Prem Vasant William Thetford (M) Neale Donald Walsch (M)

Swami Sri Adhyatmananda (M) Adnan Sarhan (M) Sri Sri Sri Appaji (D) Pujyapad / Param Pujya Sant Shri Asaramji Bapu (D) aka Pujya Bapuji, Asumal Thaumal, Bapu Helena (Madame) Blavatsky (F) Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati (M) aka Ramamurti S. Mishra, M.D. Master Charles (M) aka MC Cannon, Swami Vivekananda GrandMaster Choa Kok Sui (F) aka Samson Lim Choachuy Andrew Cohen (A) Aleister Crowley (F) aka Edward Alexander Eli Jaxon-Bear (A) aka Elliot Jay Zeldow Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (D) aka HDG RaRiaz Gohar Shahi Gurudeva (D) aka Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, Bob Hansen Anand Murti Guru Maa Ji (D)	Steven Harrison (M) Dr David R. Hawkins (F) Jetsunma Ahkön Norbu Lhamo (D) aka Alice (Alyce) Zeoli, Catharine Burroughs Sri Kalki Bhagavan (D) aka Avatar Sri Muktheshwar Bhagavan, Kalki Avatar, V Vijaykumar Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (M) J. Z. Knight (F) aka Judith Darlene Hampton Dr Ilchi Lee (F) aka Seung Heun Lee Li Hongzhi (F) Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj (D) aka Shri Maharaj Ji, Ram Kripalu Tripathi Paul Lowe (M) aka Swami Ananda Teertha Lubavitcher Rebbe (F) aka Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (M) aka Mahesh Prasad Varma, Mahesh Kumar Srivastava	Drunvalo Melchizedek (F) Richard Miller (A) John Morton (F) Paramahansa Muktananda (M) Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda Swamigal (D) aka Rajasekaran Mahamandaleshwar Swami Nityananda (D) aka Venkateshwar Rao, Subhash Shetty Swami Prakashanand Saraswati (D) Sri Swami Rama (M) aka Brij Keshore Kumar Andrew Rymer (F) Sangharakshita (M) aka Dennis Lingwood Saniel Bonder (M) Sri Swami Satchidananda (M) Phil Servedio (A) Sant Thakar Singh (M) Sri Michael Turner (M) Prem Tyohar (D)

Christian Anders (F) aka Lanoo Michael Barnett (M) aka Swami Anand Somendra Rabbi Philip S Berg (F) aka "The Rav," Feivel Gruberger Paramahamsa Thakura Sri Srila Badrinarayana Bhagavata Bhusana Guru (F) A.C. Bhaktivedanta (D) aka Srila Swami Prabhupada, Abhay Charan De Sri Chinmoy (F) aka Chinmoy Kumar Ghose David (F) aka David Hoffmeister Huzur Dayal Sahab (M) aka Dr. Agam Saran Sahab Avatar Louix Dor Dempriey (D) aka Louie Bonanno, Bhagavan Sri Pranananda Werner Erhard (F) aka Jack (John Paul) Rosenberg Lord Gourasana (D) aka David Swanson Sri Darwin Gross (F) aka Dap Ren Gurumayi Chidvilasananda (D) aka Malti Shetty Hilarion (F) Daisaku Ikeda (D) INRI Cristo (D) Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati (D) aka Joyce Green, Joya Santana, Joyce DiFiore, Joyce Cho	John-Roger (Hinkins) (F) Kalindi (F) aka Kalindi La Gourasana, Carol Seidman Sri Harold Klemp (F) The Lady (D) aka Lady Gayle, Nancy Meeker, Nancy Exeter Frederick Lenz (F) aka (Zen Master) Rama, Atmananda Grand Master Lu Sheng-Yen (F) aka Living Buddha Lian-sheng, S-Y L Maharaji (D) aka Guru Maharaj Ji, Prem Pal Singh Rawat Maitreya (D) Maitreya Ishwara (M) aka Swami Anand Bhaskar n0by (F) aka East (Erhard Anand Sudesh Thomas), Bhagwan Beast, etc Satyam Nadeen (A) aka Michael Clegg Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi (D) aka Nirmala Srivastava Nome (A) aka Jeffrey Smith, brother of Russell Sri Gary Olsen (M) Dave Oshana (F) Harry Palmer (F) Swami Sri Premananda (D) aka Prem Kumar Elizabeth Clare Prophet (F)	Robert Rabbin (F) (HH) Raël (F) aka Claude Vorilhon HDG Yogacharya Sat Guru Bhaktivedanta Ramakrishnananda Swami Maharaja (D) aka (Rabeinu) David Har-Tzion, HH Srila Ramakrishnananda Swami Vishnupada T Lobsang Rampa (F) aka Cyril Henry Hoskins William S. Sadler (F) Sathya Sai Baba (D) aka Sathya Narayana Raju Swami Deva Sarlo (F) Dr Donald Burton Schnell (F) aka Prema Baba Swamiji Dr Vijai S Shankar (X - was A) Swami Shyam (M) aka Shyam Srivastava Jagad Guru Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa (D) aka Chris Butler Jose Silva (F) Dattatreya Siva Baba (F) aka Maharishi Brzee, Sri Siva, Dr Baskaran Pillai Summum Bonum Amon Ra (F) aka Amen Ra, Claude (Corky) Rex Nowell Edward Tarabilda (F) Tathagata (F) aka Samhan Lee Paul Twitchell (F) aka Peddar Zaskq Umi (F) aka Tom Lodge, Swami Anand Purno

Marshall Herff Applewhite (F) aka Bo, Do David Brandt Berg (D) aka Moses David Shoko Asahara (F) aka Chizuo Matsumoto	Anne Hamilton-Byrne (F) aka Evelyn Grace Victoria Edwards L. Ron Hubbard (F) David Icke (F) Jim Jones (F)	Rev Sun Myung Moon (D) "The Teacher" (F) Karen Elva Zerby (D) aka Katherine Rianna Smith, Mama Maria, etc
The group of the "highest level" masters at three buds was historically subdivided into higher and higher levels, up to five buds. As this was the most suspect and subjective of the many suspect and subjective activities of this site, it has been suspended. For historical interest, and a further glimpse into my workings, these subdivided ratings have been preserved here, and a discussion of the process that led to this change here.

The Ratings at a Glance

The ratings are:
	= the greats, helping many
	= limited, maybe not yet full stature
	= very limited, narrow approach or ideology, or still developing
	= suspect but on balance positive
	= suspect
	= bogus, may have some value, who knows
	= worse than bogus, no redeeming value
Unrated	= too new, old or retiring, not enough info, or a "teacher" type

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system and how it works, Click here
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If your favourite figure is not listed, send in the info (Feedback) and i'll be happy to include, although i will keep it short. And if your favourite figure is here, but underrated or categorized wrongly, let me know and i'll have another look. No flamers please. Most ratings, it will be perceived, are in the low range (one to two buds). This in many cases reflects an unfamiliarity with the figure in question (along with an uninformative web site), the willingness to give them a little slack but unwillingness to rate them too high until they establish themselves, especially considering the harm that a phony can do. See also Disclaimer.

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