His fellow students — there were 38 in all — included young Samuel I. Hayakawa ( later to become a Republican member of the U. S. Senate ), Ralph Moriarty deBit ( later to become the spiritual teacher Vitvan ) and Wendell Johnson ( founder of the Monster Study ).

* 1931 – Baba Ram Dass, American Hindu spiritual teacher

* 1931 – Sri Chinmoy, Bengali-American spiritual teacher, poet, and painter ( d. 2007 )

By this time, Steiner had reached considerable stature as a spiritual teacher.

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz ( Hebrew: עדין שטיינזלץ ) or Adin Even Yisrael ( Hebrew: עדין אבן ישראל ) ( born 1937 ) is a teacher, philosopher, social critic, and spiritual mentor, who has been hailed by Time magazine as a " once-in-a-millennium scholar ".

Continuing his work as a teacher and spiritual mentor, Steinsaltz established a network of schools and educational institutions in Israel and the former Soviet Union.

Gautama Buddha or Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha ( Sanskrit: स ि द ् ध ा र ् थ ग ौ तम ब ु द ् ध ; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama ) was a spiritual teacher from the Indian subcontinent,

The spiritual teacher Meher Baba stated that " or the aspirant a life of strict celibacy is preferable to married life, if restraint comes to him easily without undue sense of self-repression.

The spiritual teacher Meher Baba described dualism as consisting of the opposites of experience, which must become balanced before one can go beyond them: " Evolution from the standpoint of the Creator is a divine sport, in which the Unconditioned tests the infinitude of His absolute knowledge, power and bliss in the midst of all conditions.

Faith in Buddhism centers on the understanding that the Buddha is an Awakened being, on his superior role as teacher, in the truth of his Dharma ( spiritual teachings ), and in his Sangha ( community of spiritually developed followers ).

Some followers of the Golden Dawn tradition believe that the Secret Chiefs are not necessarily living humans or supernatural beings, but are rather symbolic of actual and legendary sources of spiritual esotericism, a great leader, or teacher of a spiritual path or practice that found its way into the teachings of the Order.

The Hasidic concept of a Rebbe also combines their role as a teacher of Judaism and as a charismatic spiritual example.

* 1864 – Peter Deunov, Bulgarian spiritual teacher ( d. 1944 )

Other guests included George Bernard Shaw, Albert Einstein, Elinor Glyn, Helen Keller, H. G. Wells, Lord Mountbatten, Fritz Kreisler, Amelia Earhart, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Noël Coward, Max Reinhardt, Baron Nishi, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Austen Chamberlain, Sir Harry Lauder, and the Indian spiritual teacher Meher Baba.

* 1916 – Chinmayananda, Indian spiritual leader and teacher ( d. 1993 )

In the mid-eighties, the controversial spiritual teacher Osho suggested that both Democracy and Communism should be replaced by Meritocracy, as an overarching political system.

The main pilgrimage sites associated with the spiritual teacher Meher Baba are Meherabad, India, where Baba completed the " major portion " of his work and where his tomb is now located, and Meherazad, India, where Baba resided later in his life.

* 6-Barry Long, 77, Australian spiritual teacher and writer.

In Dougan ’ s opinion, while many read the Rubaiyat literally and hence see Omar as a materialist, he is in fact a spiritual teacher and is much maligned because people do not understand him.

** Sri Chinmoy, Bengali spiritual teacher, poet, artist and athlete who immigrated to the U. S. in 1964 ( d. 2007 )

* July 11 – Petar Danov, Bulgarian spiritual teacher ( d. 1944 )

Marcellus ' Greek slave ( played by Victor Mature ) guides him as a spiritual teacher, and his wife ( played by Jean Simmons ) follows his lead, although it will mean both their deaths.

The Guru or spiritual teacher is one of the highest principals in many Vedic-based spiritualities and is likened to that of God.

This is one reason that Haredim will often prefer using Hebrew names for rabbinic titles based on older traditions, such as: Rav ( denoting " rabbi "), HaRav (" the rabbi "), Moreinu HaRav (" our teacher the rabbi "), Moreinu (" our teacher "), Moreinu VeRabeinu HaRav (" our teacher and our rabbi / master the rabbi "), Moreinu VeRabeinu (" our teacher and our rabbi / master "), Rosh yeshiva (" head the yeshiva "), Rosh HaYeshiva (" head the yeshiva "), " Mashgiach " ( for Mashgiach ruchani ) (" spiritual supervsor / guide "), Mora DeAsra (" teacher / decisor " the / this place "), HaGaon (" the genius "), Rebbe (" rabbi "), HaTzadik (" the righteous / saintly "), " ADMOR " (" Adoneinu Moreinu VeRabeinu ") (" our master, our teacher and our rabbi / master ") or often just plain Reb which is a shortened form of rebbe that can be used by, or applied to, any married Jewish male as the situation applies.

Meher Baba ( 25 February 1894 – 31 January 1969 ), born Merwan Sheriar Irani, was an Indian mystic and spiritual master who declared publicly in 1954 that he was the Avatar of the age.

Throughout most of the 1940s, Meher Baba worked with a category of spiritual aspirant called masts, whom he said are entranced or spellbound by internal spiritual experiences.

Meher Baba said that his silence was not undertaken as a spiritual exercise but solely in connection with his universal work.

Meher Baba often signaled the moment " that he would ' break ' his silence by speaking the ' Word ' in every heart, thereby giving a spiritual push forward to all living things.

Meher Baba said that the breaking of his silence would be a defining event in the spiritual evolution of the world.

Some followers speculate that " the Word " will yet be " spoken ," or that Meher Baba did break his silence but in a spiritual rather than a physical way.

The British press highlighted these meetings, but an aide to Gandhi said, " You may say emphatically that Gandhi never asked Meher Baba for help or for spiritual or other advice.

During the course of early gatherings of his close circle and followers, Meher Baba gave discourses on various spiritual subjects.

* January 31 – Meher Baba, Indian spiritual master ( b. 1894 )

In Love With Meher Baba described Townshend's spiritual leanings.

As described by the Indian spiritual teacher Meher Baba, God-intoxicated souls known as masts experience a unique type of spiritual ecstasy: " asts are desperately in love with God – or consumed by their love for God.

Alpert also corresponded with the Indian spiritual teacher Meher Baba and mentioned Baba in several of his books.

The Indian spiritual teacher Meher Baba states, " Out of a number of practices which lead to the ultimate goal of humanity – God-Realization – Bhakti Yoga is one of the most important.

Two of his songs, " There's a Heartache Following Me " and " Welcome to My World ," were favorites of the Indian spiritual teacher Meher Baba, leading Baba follower Pete Townshend of The Who to record his own version of " Heartache " on his first major solo album Who Came First during 1972.

Meher Ali was one of the spiritual leaders whom Ghulam Ahmad had challenged collectively to a " prayer duel ".

It is this projection that differentiates infatuation from love, according to the spiritual teacher Meher Baba: " In infatuation, the person is a passive victim of the spell of conceived attraction for the object.

* 6 November-Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba arrives in America for the first time.

Meher Baba regarded the satguru as equivalent to the sufic spiritual rank of Kutub or Qutb.