David Frawley

David Frawley

male, 59 years old
David Frawley, or Vāmadeva Šāstrī (वामदेव शास्त्री) is an author on Hinduism, Yoga and Ayurveda. He has worked extensively teaching, writing, l...
The Mother

The Mother

female, deceased (1973)
Mirra Alfassa, later Morisset and Richard (February 21, 1878 - November 17, 1973) but better known as The Mother, was the spiritual partner of Sri...
Alice Coltrane

Alice Coltrane

female, deceased (2007)
Alice Coltrane, born Alice McLeod (August 27 1937 - January 12 2007) was an American jazz pianist, organist, harpist, and composer. Born in...
Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

male, deceased (2001)
Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927 - 2001), affectionately known as Gurudeva by his followers, was born in Oakland, California on January 5 1927. In the...
George Harrison

George Harrison

male, deceased (2001)
George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an Academy Award and Grammy Award-winning English rock guitarist, singer, so...
John Woodroffe

John Woodroffe

male, deceased (1936)
Sir John Woodroffe (1865-1936), also known by his pseudonym Arthur Avalon, was a British "Orientalist" whose work helped to unleash in the West a...
Swami Kriyananda

Swami Kriyananda

male, 83 years old
Swami Kriyananda, born J. Donald Walters, is a direct disciple of the yogi Paramahansa Yogananda and had many hours of personal contact with him...
Sister Nivedita

Sister Nivedita

female, deceased (1911)
Margaret Elizabeth Noble (1867-1911), better known as Sister Nivedita, was an Anglo-Irish social worker, author, teacher and disciple of Swami...
Bodhinatha Veylanswami

Bodhinatha Veylanswami

male, 67 years old
Bodhinatha Veylanswami (1942-) was born in Berkeley, California, on October 15 1942. He is the successor to Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927 -...
Alain Daniélou

Alain Daniélou

male, deceased (1994)
Alain Daniélou was a French historian, intellectual, musicologist, Indologist, and a noted western convert to, and adept of Shaivite Hinduism. His m...