Introductions to all 29 teachers, deities and organizations in the Institutions carousel on the Love of God homepage. Each has its own page — click through to see it live on the carousel.
Bliss-Permeated Mother
Self-initiated Bengali saint, never took a guru.
Read →Ramamani Iyengar Institute
The man who spread yoga worldwide.
Read →Raja Yoga
A jeweller's visions became a women-led global movement.
Read →Advaita Vedanta
A journalist-turned-monk taught Vedanta in plain English.
Read →Trimurti United as One Guru
Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva combined — the Adi Guru.
Read →The Fourth Way
Ordinary consciousness is "waking sleep."
Read →Hare Krishna Movement
Seven dollars built a 100+ temple global movement.
Read →Bhaktiyoga Rasavatar
The youngest-ever Jagadguru, 1,000+ devotional bhajans.
Read →Truth Is A Pathless Land
Groomed as messiah, dissolved his own following.
Read →First Yoga Research Institute
Founded 1924 — putting yoga to scientific test.
Read →Trika & Recognition of Shiva
9th-century non-dual philosophy revealed on a rock.
Read →The Silent Avatar
Claimed to be God incarnate, then kept silent 44 years.
Read →Missionaries of Charity
Nearly seven decades serving Calcutta's poorest.
Read →Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Pune ashram to Rajneeshpuram's dramatic collapse.
Read →Pyramid Spiritual Societies
Pyramid architecture plus breath meditation, 600+ centers.
Read →Master Choa Kok Sui
An engineer's 30-year research project on energy healing.
Read →Be Here Now
Fired Harvard psychologist turned devotee of Neem Karoli Baba.
Read →Dakshineswar Kali Temple
Visions of Kali that produced Swami Vivekananda's mission.
Read →Universal Life Energy
A Tokyo social worker's system, spread West after 1923.
Read →Mira Movement & Animal Welfare
A childhood memory shaped a lifelong vegetarian mission.
Read →Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
Collective kundalini awakening, taught free of charge.
Read →Adi Shankara & the Four Mathas
Systematized Advaita Vedanta in a 32-year life.
Read →Shaktipat & Gurumayi
Muktananda's transmission, now led by Gurumayi Chidvilasananda.
Read →Integral Yoga & the Supermind
Revolutionary-turned-philosopher, and Auroville.
Read →The Death Experience at Arunachala
A teenager's confrontation with death, 54 silent years.
Read →The Mystical Heart of Islam
Rumi, Ibn Arabi, and the whirling dervishes.
Read →Arya Samaj
"Back to the Vedas" — reform against caste and idol worship.
Read →Himalayan Institute & Biofeedback
Let scientists prove he could control his own heartbeat.
Read →Divine Life Society, Rishikesh
A doctor's 296 books shaped Yoga worldwide.
Read →The Ten-Day Silent Course
From near-extinction in Burma to 90+ countries.
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