Who learned from whom and who met whom, as far as our sources document it. Tap a name for dates, places and the relationships behind each line.
Documented teacher and student relationships, drawn as trees: the teacher above, the students below. Everyone without such a relationship here stands in the field underneath; that says nothing about them.
Every documented relationship: teacher and student, meeting, influence and work together. The group with the largest circles rests in the middle; tap someone to bring their group to the middle.
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Only relationships documented by the person’s own statement, an institution or a historical biography are drawn and counted. A relationship is not an authorisation, and a missing line only means that nothing has been documented yet.
Lineage: No documented lineage
No documented relationship with another teacher who has a profile here yet.
Size: smallest. Our catalogue documents no students, encounters or influences for Adi Shankara yet. This says nothing about the teacher.
Lineage: Shams-i Tabrizi (Shams al-Din of Tabriz)
Teacher of Dschalal ad-Din Rumi (Mevlana) Met Sultan Walad (Baha al-Din Muhammad Walad)
Size: 2 people documented in our catalogue: 1 student and 1 person met. Including students of students: 3.
Lineage: Shivkrupanand Swami (Swamiji) and Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh)
Teacher of Soham (formerly Samarpan)
Size: 2 people documented in our catalogue: 2 students. 1 of them has no profile here.
Lineage: Shams-i Tabrizi (Shams al-Din of Tabriz)
Student of Shams-i Tabrizi (Shams al-Din of Tabriz) Teacher of Husam al-Din Chalabi (Hasan ibn Muhammad, Ibn Akhi Turk), Sultan Walad (Baha al-Din Muhammad Walad)
Size: 2 people documented in our catalogue: 2 students.
Lineage: Shams-i Tabrizi (Shams al-Din of Tabriz)
Student of Dschalal ad-Din Rumi (Mevlana) Met Sultan Walad (Baha al-Din Muhammad Walad)
Size: 1 person documented in our catalogue: 1 person met.
Lineage: Shams-i Tabrizi (Shams al-Din of Tabriz)
Student of Dschalal ad-Din Rumi (Mevlana) Met Shams-i Tabrizi (Shams al-Din of Tabriz), Husam al-Din Chalabi (Hasan ibn Muhammad, Ibn Akhi Turk)
Size: 2 people documented in our catalogue: 2 people met.
Lineage: No documented lineage
No documented relationship with another teacher who has a profile here yet.
Size: smallest. Our catalogue documents no students, encounters or influences for Meister Eckhart yet. This says nothing about the teacher.
Lineage: Lahiri Mahasaya
Teacher of Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri Met Paramahansa Yogananda
Size: 2 people documented in our catalogue: 1 student and 1 person met. Including students of students: 3, 1 of them without a profile here.
Lineage: Sri Ramakrishna
Teacher of Swami Vivekananda
Size: 1 person documented in our catalogue: 1 student.
Lineage: Lahiri Mahasaya
Student of Lahiri Mahasaya Tradition traced to Adi Shankara Teacher of Paramahansa Yogananda
Size: 2 people documented in our catalogue: 2 students. 1 of them has no profile here.
Lineage: Sri Ramakrishna
Student of Sri Ramakrishna
Size: smallest. Our catalogue documents no students, encounters or influences for Swami Vivekananda yet. This says nothing about the teacher.
Lineage: No documented lineage
Worked with Mirra Alfassa (The Mother)
Size: 2 people documented in our catalogue: 2 people influenced by the teaching.
Lineage: No documented lineage
Met Anandamayi Ma Worked with Sri Aurobindo
Size: 2 people documented in our catalogue: 1 person met and 1 person influenced by the teaching.
Lineage: Ramana Maharshi
Teacher of Annamalai Swami, H. W. L. Poonja (Papaji), Sri Muruganar Met Paramahansa Yogananda, Paul Brunton, U. G. Krishnamurti, Yogi Ramsuratkumar
Size: 11 people documented in our catalogue: 4 students, 6 people met and 1 person influenced by the teaching. 4 of them have no profile here. Including students of students: 22, 11 of them without a profile here.
Lineage: No documented lineage
Met Paul Brunton
Size: 2 people documented in our catalogue: 1 person met and 1 person influenced by the teaching.
Lineage: Siddharameshwar Maharaj
Teacher of Nisargadatta Maharaj, Ranjit Maharaj
Size: 2 people documented in our catalogue: 2 students. Including students of students: 4, 1 of them without a profile here.
Lineage: Lahiri Mahasaya
Student of Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri Tradition traced to Adi Shankara Met Lahiri Mahasaya, Ramana Maharshi, Anandamayi Ma
Size: 4 people documented in our catalogue: 1 student and 3 people met. 1 of them has no profile here.
Lineage: No documented lineage
Met Paul Brunton
Size: 1 person documented in our catalogue: 1 person met.
Lineage: No documented lineage
Met Anandamayi Ma, U. G. Krishnamurti
Size: 2 people documented in our catalogue: 2 people met.
Lineage: No documented lineage
Met Mirra Alfassa (The Mother), Paramahansa Yogananda, J. Krishnamurti, Neem Karoli Baba, Swami Chinmayananda, Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj
Size: 8 people documented in our catalogue: 8 people met. 2 of them have no profile here.
Lineage: Siddharameshwar Maharaj
Student of Siddharameshwar Maharaj Teacher of Ramesh Balsekar
Size: 2 people documented in our catalogue: 2 students. 1 of them has no profile here.
Lineage: No documented lineage
Met Ramana Maharshi, Sri Atmananda Krishna Menon, Meher Baba
Size: 3 people documented in our catalogue: 3 people met.
Lineage: Ramana Maharshi
Student of Ramana Maharshi
Size: smallest. Our catalogue documents no students, encounters or influences for Annamalai Swami yet. This says nothing about the teacher.
Lineage: Ramana Maharshi
Student of Ramana Maharshi Teacher of Gangaji, Ganga Mira, Mooji, Isaac Shapiro Met Soham (formerly Samarpan)
Size: 12 people documented in our catalogue: 9 students and 3 people met. 7 of them have no profile here. Including students of students: 15, 10 of them without a profile here.
Lineage: Jean Klein
Teacher of Billy Doyle, Francis Lucille, Éric Baret
Size: 3 people documented in our catalogue: 3 students. Including students of students: 6, 2 of them without a profile here.
Lineage: Neem Karoli Baba
Teacher of Ram Dass Met Anandamayi Ma
Size: 3 people documented in our catalogue: 2 students and 1 person met. 1 of them has no profile here.
Lineage: Siddharameshwar Maharaj
Student of Siddharameshwar Maharaj
Size: smallest. Our catalogue documents no students, encounters or influences for Ranjit Maharaj yet. This says nothing about the teacher.
Lineage: Ramana Maharshi
Student of Ramana Maharshi
Size: smallest. Our catalogue documents no students, encounters or influences for Sri Muruganar yet. This says nothing about the teacher.
Lineage: Swami Chinmayananda
Teacher of Swami Dayananda Saraswati Met Anandamayi Ma
Size: 2 people documented in our catalogue: 1 student and 1 person met. Including students of students: 7, 5 of them without a profile here.
Lineage: Siddharameshwar Maharaj
Student of Nisargadatta Maharaj Met Karl Renz Translated or edited works of Nisargadatta Maharaj
Size: 1 person documented in our catalogue: 1 person met.
Lineage: No documented lineage
Met Ramana Maharshi, J. Krishnamurti
Size: 3 people documented in our catalogue: 3 people met. 1 of them has no profile here.
Lineage: No documented lineage
Influenced by Sri Aurobindo Met Ramana Maharshi
Size: 2 people documented in our catalogue: 2 people met. 1 of them has no profile here.
Lineage: No documented lineage
No documented relationship with another teacher who has a profile here yet.
Size: smallest. Our catalogue documents no students, encounters or influences for Ayya Khema yet. This says nothing about the teacher.
Lineage: No documented lineage
Friends with Tenzin Gyatso (14th Dalai Lama)
Size: 2 people documented in our catalogue: 1 student and 1 person met. None of them has a profile here.
Lineage: No documented lineage
No documented relationship with another teacher who has a profile here yet.
Size: 2 people documented in our catalogue: 1 student and 1 person influenced by the teaching. 1 of them has no profile here.
Lineage: Swami Chinmayananda
Student of Swami Chinmayananda
Size: 5 people documented in our catalogue: 5 students. None of them has a profile here.
Lineage: No documented lineage
No documented relationship with another teacher who has a profile here yet.
Size: 2 people documented in our catalogue: 2 people met. None of them has a profile here.
Lineage: Shivkrupanand Swami (Swamiji) and Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh)
Teacher of Soham (formerly Samarpan)
Size: 4 people documented in our catalogue: 3 students and 1 person influenced by the teaching. 3 of them have no profile here. Including students of students: 5, 4 of them without a profile here.
Lineage: Neem Karoli Baba
Student of Neem Karoli Baba Met Eckhart Tolle
Size: 3 people documented in our catalogue: 3 people met. 2 of them have no profile here.
Lineage: No documented lineage
Met Mooji
Size: 4 people documented in our catalogue: 4 people met. 3 of them have no profile here.
Lineage: No documented lineage
Met Anandamayi Ma
Size: 1 person documented in our catalogue: 1 person met.
Lineage: No documented lineage
Friends with Thich Nhat Hanh
Size: 4 people documented in our catalogue: 4 people met. None of them has a profile here.
Lineage: Shivkrupanand Swami (Swamiji) and Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh)
Student of Shivkrupanand Swami (Swamiji), Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh) Met H. W. L. Poonja (Papaji), Gangaji
Size: 3 people documented in our catalogue: 1 student and 2 people met. 1 of them has no profile here.
Lineage: Ramana Maharshi
Student of H. W. L. Poonja (Papaji) Met Soham (formerly Samarpan)
Size: 4 people documented in our catalogue: 3 students and 1 person met. 3 of them have no profile here.
Lineage: No documented lineage
No documented relationship with another teacher who has a profile here yet.
Size: smallest. Our catalogue documents no students, encounters or influences for A. H. Almaas yet. This says nothing about the teacher.
Lineage: Ramana Maharshi
Student of H. W. L. Poonja (Papaji)
Size: smallest. Our catalogue documents no students, encounters or influences for Ganga Mira yet. This says nothing about the teacher.
Lineage: No documented lineage
Met Ram Dass Acknowledges a work by Gangaji
Size: 1 person documented in our catalogue: 1 person met.
Lineage: No documented lineage
Met Ramesh Balsekar
Size: 1 person documented in our catalogue: 1 person met.
Lineage: No documented lineage
No documented relationship with another teacher who has a profile here yet.
Size: smallest. Our catalogue documents no students, encounters or influences for Mata Amritanandamayi (Amma) yet. This says nothing about the teacher.
Lineage: Ramana Maharshi
Student of H. W. L. Poonja (Papaji) Met Sri Nannagaru
Size: 1 person documented in our catalogue: 1 person met.
Lineage: No documented lineage
Influenced by Sri Aurobindo, Mirra Alfassa (The Mother)
Size: smallest. Our catalogue documents no students, encounters or influences for Mother Meera yet. This says nothing about the teacher.
Lineage: Jean Klein
Student of Francis Lucille Influenced by Sri Atmananda Krishna Menon, Robert Adams
Size: smallest. Our catalogue documents no students, encounters or influences for Rupert Spira yet. This says nothing about the teacher.
Lineage: No documented lineage
No documented relationship with another teacher who has a profile here yet.
Size: 4 people documented in our catalogue: 4 students. None of them has a profile here.
Lineage: Jean Klein
Student of Jean Klein Translated or edited works of Jean Klein
Size: smallest. Our catalogue documents no students, encounters or influences for Billy Doyle yet. This says nothing about the teacher.
Lineage: No documented lineage
No documented relationship with another teacher who has a profile here yet.
Size: 1 person documented in our catalogue: 1 person influenced by the teaching.
Lineage: Jean Klein
Student of Jean Klein Teacher of Rupert Spira
Size: 3 people documented in our catalogue: 3 students. 2 of them have no profile here.
Lineage: Ramana Maharshi
Student of H. W. L. Poonja (Papaji) Influenced by Byron Katie
Size: smallest. Our catalogue documents no students, encounters or influences for Isaac Shapiro yet. This says nothing about the teacher.
Lineage: No documented lineage
No documented relationship with another teacher who has a profile here yet.
Size: smallest. Our catalogue documents no students, encounters or influences for Keith Kavanagh yet. This says nothing about the teacher.
Lineage: Jean Klein
Student of Jean Klein
Size: smallest. Our catalogue documents no students, encounters or influences for Éric Baret yet. This says nothing about the teacher.