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Sarlo's Guru Rating Service
Recent Additions & Changes

or = rating change to __, * = suggested or located by a visitor, thank you

Letters after the names indicate their categories: 
A=Advaita, B=Buddhist, C=Channels/New Age, D=Devotional, E=Earth Medicine, 
F=Fringe, G=Gnostic/Scientific, H=Humour, I=Indian, L=Literature, 
M=Middle Path, N=Nonduals, O=Other/misc, P=Perennials,
  Q=Quasi-Christian, S=Sufi, T=Tibetan, X=Disappeared, Y=Yoga, Z=Zen
For a complete explanation of these categories, Click here.

Note that "new URL" refers not to a site re-org but a move more substantial, 
usually either finally getting their own or other "final" domain (in
red, nb new practice
or too flaky to remain in one site for long :-)

And i have adopted the practice of putting in
red the first letter of the name 
under which they come alphabetically, if it is not the last name, 
for easier finding on their category page
(though not 100% reliably, sorry :-))

Nov 10/09

Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda Swamigal (D)* aka Rajasekaran new Anti-link, new material in Positive Visitor Feedback page

Nov 6/09

Urban Guru Cafe Free podcasts from nondual speakers, w/ background music: Link

Oct 31/09

TheZenSite Lots of solid info on all things Zen, incl a very good critical section: Link
Eido Tai Shimano Roshi (Z) moved alphabetically to "S," new Anti link

Oct 25/09

Mother Maya (O) aka Bri Maya Tiwari, Sri Swami(ni) Mayatitananda Saraswati
Scurrilous allegations removed from anti-Thakar Singh page, author has recanted and apologized
Aaravindha Himadra (O) moved* from (C) 

Oct 18/09

John Daido Loori (Z) died Oct 9

Oct 16/09

Andrew Cohen (A) new pro- and anti-links

Oct 13/09

George I Gurdjieff (M)

Oct 12/09

Devi Clara Llum (N) aka Clara Ibáñez GZ Lisson new URL moved from (O) 
Stuart Schwartz (N)*  
Anti-page link for Marshall Govindan Satchidananda (M) 

Oct 3/09

New Awakenings entry, for Joel Morwood (G) 
Bobby Meizer (O) new URL

Sep '09

Swami Shanti Kristian (O) aka Kristian Dahl-Madsen unrated, moved from (M), new URL 
The Ox-Herding Series: The classic Zen Path outline, many versions of pics, verse and commentary based on Kakuan: new article
Paramahamsa Nithyananda Swamigal (D) new Positive Visitor Feedback page
MahaVajra (O) aka François Lépine
Grand Master Wei Chueh (B) 
Shri Rajendra Prasad Mishra (I)* 
Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda Swamigal (D)* aka Rajasekaran
Jetsunma Ahkön Norbu Lhamo (D) aka Alice (Alyce) Zeoli, Catharine Burroughs , accusers of anti-link recant
Lama Padma Karma (T)* new anti link, new aka Felix Esquerdo
Lama Ole Nydahl (T) new anti link 
Sekijun Karen Sunna (X) disappeared, was (Z) 
Nyogen Senzaki (Z) new URL
David Weinstein Roshi (Z) upgraded from Sensei
Zenrin Chido Zenji (Z) new URL
Taoist Culture & Information Center History, culture, ritual, texts, glossary: Link
The Tao Bums Taoist discussion board, free-ranging, free-wheeling, eclectic: Link

Aug '09

Daitetsu Norm Randolph (X) disappeared, was (Z) 
ZM Denko Mortensen (Z) new URL
Sweeping Zen Interviews, bios, Zen principles, centers, a partial wiki, 2009 startup: Link
Dorin Genpo Osho (Z) new URL
Rolf Drosten Roshi (Z)
new URL
Rev Haju Sunim (Z) new URL
Danan Henry Roshi (Z) upgraded from Sensei
David Lourie (H) aka Roshi Hõgen Berman moved from (Z), changed name, new URL
Master MJ Hughes de-listed, no longer mentions Zen or meditation, was (Z) 
Supreme Matriarch Ji Kwang Dae Poep Sa Nim (B) moved from (Z), new URL
Ven Samu Sunim (Z) aka Sam-Woo Kim new URL
HE Loden Sherab Dagyab Kyabgön Rinpoche (T) new URL
Ven Losang Samten (T) new URL
Man of the East (X) aka Dr Noel Daryl L Pahimna, Brother Brahman-Atmananda, Preceptor of the Epoch of Edification, Master Daryl disappeared, was (Y) 
shakti mhi (Y) new URL
Shri Haidakhan Babaji (D) asa Herakhan alt site, alt-Babaji supplied
Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda Swamigal (D)* aka Rajasekaran anti-link created
Tilak Fernando (X) disappeared, was (O), new anti-link
Morehi Uyeshiba (O) asa Morihei Ueshiba new URL
Swami Yogeshwarananda Giri (X) disappeared, was (O) 
Jacob Boehme (P) new URL
Walt Whitman (P) new URL
Farid ud-Din Attar (P) aka Abū Hamīd bin Abū Bakr Ibrāhīm, Attar Neyshapuri new URL
Solomae Sananda (X) aka Cheryl Stoycoff disappeared, was (Q) 
Bagyod Rinpoche (8th) (T) aka Karma Shedrub Chockyi Senge Trinley Namgyal new URL
Drikung Ontul Rinpoche (3rd) (T) aka Konchog Tenzin Thrinle Rabgye Palzangpo new URL
Kenneth George Mills (O) new URL
Sw Deva Navyo (O) new URL
Derek P O'Neill (O) new URL
Peaji (O)* Rev Fr PG Harris new URL
HG Sri Sri Satguru Shakti Ganapati Subramanian (O) new URL
Shin Shiva Svayambhu M (C)* aka Gideon Fontalba, moved from (O), new aka Shin Gwydïon, new URL
Ripoffs: Other sites copy material from SGRS out of context to create their own meaningless drivel! -- new article
Sri Swami Shyamendra Paramahansa Maharaj (O) new URL

July '09

Maria Dott-Carmon (N) new URL
Britt Posmer(-Edwards) (N) new URL
Prakash (N)* aka Kevin Edwards new URL
Dr Robert Powell (X) ( Nisargadatta editor) disappeared, was (N), will move to (L) if he reappears
Prajna N Ginty (N) new URL, added surname
Rony Mishal (X) disappeared, was (N) 
Vistar Andresen (X) disappeared, was (N) 
The White Guru (N) new URL
Swami Adhyatma Chaitanya (O) new URL
Ma Anand Divya (O) aka Osho Divya new URL
Sw Akhil Saraswati (O)
new URL
("Anami") Baba (X) disappeared (temporarily?), was (O) 
Charles Paul Brown (O) new URL
Devendra Mohan Seroglou (X) disappeared (temporarily?), was (O) 
Arhata Osho(O) aka C Erik Sydney Olson undisappeared (was (X)) new URL, after years of wandering in social networking sites
(Ma) Amana Aile Shebar (N) new URL
Aruna Byers (N) aka Rea Byers new URL 
Claudio (X) disappeared, was (N) 
Howard Cohn (X) disappeared, was (N) 
Cuckoo (N)
aka Swami Anand Anup new URL
Rezaji (N)* aka Reza Darshannath new URL, changed name from D to R'ji
Djihi Marianne (N)* aka Marian(ne) van de Wetering new URL
Philip Goddard (C) new URL, moved from (N) 
Harjap Singh (X) disappeared, was (N) 
Robert Hart (N)  Site temporarily? 404 but domain still owned by RH
Kyle Hoobin (X) disappeared, was (N) 
Swatantr Jyoti (X) disappeared, was (N) 
Jan Koehorn (X) disappeared, was (N) 
Luc Jouret (F) added for historical interest
David Koresh (F) aka Vernon Howell added for historical interest
Poojya Guruji Sri Swami Atmananda Saraswati (I) new URL
HH Brahmarishi Barfani Dadaji (I) new URL, new aka Hari Dutt Dubey 
HH Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Shri Rajiv Lochanacharyaji (I) new URL
Swami Rama Tirtha (I) new URL, new aka Gossain Tirtha Rama
Spiritual Warriors Today eclectic bloggy general guru info, Indian- and bio-accented: Link
Mathru Sri Sarada(mma) (I) new URL 
Sri Lakshmana Swami (I) new URL 
Arthur Osborne (L) new URL
Sri BV Narasimhaswami (L) aka Narasimha Iyer new URL
Upasani Baba Maharaj (I) aka Kashinath Govind Upasani new URL
Itzhak Bentov (L) new URL
Mikhail Naimy (L) aka Mikha il Nu ayma, Mikha'il Na'ima, etc new URL
Baird T Spalding (L)  new URL 
Andrew Cohen (A) Anti-site, What Enlightenment?!, back from retirement
Shri Haidakhan Babaji (D) asa Herakhan, new gossip link
Karasu (X) aka Sherab Dorje disappeared, was (E) 
Patrick Jasper Lee (X) disappeared, was (E) 
Henry Swift (X) disappeared, was (G) 
Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede (Z) promoted from Sensei, nice talk re Dharma succession added
Ven Ajahn Chah (B) new URL, new aka, Phra Bodhiñāna Thera
Sayagyi U Ba Khin (B) new URL
Rev Ryoju Kikuchi (B) aka Tamo Samma, Tamo-San, new URL
AC Bhaktivedanta (D) aka Srila Swami Prabhupada, Abhay Charan De new URL
Charles Tenshin Fletcher Roshi (Z) promoted from Sensei
Hans-Jörg Höpfner (N)*  
Gerd (Gerard) Kortmann (N)*  
Johannes Ponader (N)* 
Bob Tzu (H) 


    The ratings are:

= the greats, helping many

= limited, some handicaps, or 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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