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Arthur OsborneAdvaita Vedanta (via Ramana Maharshi)1906-1970

Making the teachings of Ramana Maharshi accessible to the Western world through clear, devoted writing

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AshtavakraAdvaita VedantaAncient (Vedic era)

You are already free — liberation is not something to attain but to recognize

Bill Watterson
Bill WattersonWisdom through art and storytellingb. 1958

Wonder, imagination, and the refusal to commodify what matters most

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Eckhart TolleContemporary Non-Dual / Perennial Philosophy1948-present

Presence — dissolve the egoic mind by anchoring in the Now

Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam AhmadIslam (Ahmadiyya)1835-1908

The rational defense of faith, the living reality of divine revelation, and the spiritual transformation of the soul through three ascending states

Huang Po
Huang PoCh'an (Zen) BuddhismTang Dynasty (~770-850 CE)

One Mind — all distinctions are illusion, your original nature is already Buddha

Mirza Tahir Ahmad
Mirza Tahir AhmadIslam (Ahmadiyya)1928-2003

The harmony of divine revelation with reason, science, and the natural order

Nisargadatta Maharaj
Nisargadatta MaharajNavnath Sampradaya (Advaita Vedanta)1897-1981

Abide in the sense 'I Am' — prior to the I Am, you are the Absolute

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ONEWisdom through manga and storytellingb. 1986

True strength is not power over others but acceptance of oneself; ego is the real enemy

Osho
OshoNeo-Vedanta / Zen / Tantra / Sufism (synthesis)1931-1990

Total awareness — live fully, love totally, and you will transcend

Ramana Maharshi
Ramana MaharshiAdvaita Vedanta1879-1950

Self-enquiry (Atma Vichara) — 'Who am I?' — as the direct path to liberation

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Robert AdamsAdvaita Vedanta1928-1997

The Four Principles of Self-Realization and abiding in silence as the direct path

Seung Sahn
Seung SahnKorean Zen (Jogye Order)1927-2004

Don't-know mind — keeping the great question alive rather than settling for conceptual answers

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Sri MuruganarAdvaita Vedanta (via Ramana Maharshi)1890-1973

The annihilation of the ego through devotion and self-inquiry, expressed in the precision of Tamil verse

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Swami Ishwarananda Giriji MaharajAdvaita VedantaContemporary

Invoking a living experience of belongingness with the Divine through sadhana, surrender, and attention to the inner guru

Takehiko Inoue
Takehiko InoueWisdom through manga and storytellingb. 1967

The way of the sword as a mirror for self-knowledge — true strength emerges from accepting, not conquering, oneself