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Name up to 7 spiritual masters/leaders/gods/prophets for whom you feel admiration or respect.

Sunstone

Sunstone

De Diablo Del Fora
Premium Member
1. Myself. The extent to which you cannot teach yourself is the extent to which you cannot learn from others.
 
Aupmanyav

Aupmanyav

Be your own guru
Difficult for me with so many to choose from, but let me try.
VedaVyasa, Gautama Buddha, Uddalaka Aruni, writer of Mandukya Upanishad, Sankara, Tulsi Das and Kabir.
 
Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Kurt Vonnegut
Suzanne Massey
Milton Friedman
Daryl Davis
Leonardo Da Vinci
 
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Thief

Thief

Rogue Theologian
Sunstone said:
1. Myself. The extent to which you cannot teach yourself is the extent to which you cannot learn from others.
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a truth....

one step more.....can you teach others?

I have tried
and failed

let he who has ears ….hear

but there are two levels of ignorance
those who do not know....are ignorant
they who choose to ignore....are profoundly ignorant

and It is written....
a prophet is not welcome with his own people
 
arthra

arthra

Baha'i
Marcion said:
Try to name them in the order of their significance to you with the most significant one at the top.
You may name only 1 teacher if e.g. Jesus or Muhammed is the only one you admire in your life (to the exclusion of others).
Please don't abuse this topic for chit-chatting or making jokes, show some respect.
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As a Baha'i I believe in Manifestations of God:

1. Baha'u'llah (Most recent);
2. The Bab
3. Prophet Muhammad
4. Jesus Christ
5. Zarathustra
6. Gautama the Buddha
7. Moses
 
loverofhumanity

loverofhumanity

We are all the leaves of one tree
Premium Member
We Baha’is believe in all the Manifestations of God as equal to each other and it is forbidden to exalt one above the other. So for us Baha’is we cannot list Them in order of superiority.

So I will list Them in historical order:

Krishna, Moses, Zoroaster, Buddha, Christ, Muhammad, the Bab, Baha’u’llah.

PS: I had to list 8 as I couldn’t leave one of Them out.
 
Twilight Hue

Twilight Hue

Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Marcion said:
Try to name them in the order of their significance to you with the most significant one at the top.
You may name only 1 teacher if e.g. Jesus or Muhammed is the only one you admire in your life (to the exclusion of others).
Please don't abuse this topic for chit-chatting or making jokes, show some respect.

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Sure.

1) Thor at the bus stop.

2) Billy Jack

3) Master Po

4) Lama Dorji

5) Alan Watts

6) Brad Warner

7) Mark Twain.

Note: Subject to change without prior notification.
 
TagliatelliMonster

TagliatelliMonster

Veteran Member
1. Son Goku
2. Urbanus van Anus (iconic & legendary belgian comedian / cabaretier)
3. Vinnie Colaiuta
4. Agop Tomurcuk
5. Frank Zappa
6. Bernard Purdie

7. it's too hard to pick the last one. Additionally, ask me the same a week from now and I'll probably have a different list. It's impossible to have such a list. It's literally hundreds of people and the list is dynamic. The above are just those on my mind right now, as I just watched a dragonball movie, saw an Urbanus show last week, am listening to Zappa and have been watching some clips from Purdie and Vinnie.
 
Q

qaz

Member
1. frederick II of the hohenstaufen
2. brunelleschi
3. voltaire
4. jacob burckhardt
5. francis i of france
6. lorenzo de medici
7. valéry
 
Thief

Thief

Rogue Theologian
let's not forget Guido

if Guido says you will do it
you will do it

sorry....it was there
 
M

Marcion

gopa of humanity's controversial Taraka Brahma
Quite revealing to see along which lines people think on this subject.

loverofhumanity said:
We Baha’is believe in all the Manifestations of God as equal to each other and it is forbidden to exalt one above the other. So for us Baha’is we cannot list Them in order of superiority.:

Krishna, Moses, Zoroaster, Buddha, Christ, Muhammad, the Bab, Baha’u’llah.
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Does not exalting one over the other publicly also mean that in the eyes of a Bahai all the manifestations are on the same level spiritually?
 
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loverofhumanity

loverofhumanity

We are all the leaves of one tree
Premium Member
Marcion said:
Does not exalting one over the other publicly also mean that in the eyes of a Bahai all the manifestations are on the same level spiritually?
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One and the Same Spiritually

“Know thou assuredly that the essence of all the Prophets of God is one and the same. Their unity is absolute. God, the Creator, saith: There is no distinction whatsoever among the Bearers of My Message. They all have but one purpose; their secret is the same secret. To prefer one in honor to another, to exalt certain ones above the rest, is in no wise to be permitted”


But Different in the world

“The other station is the station of distinction, and pertaineth to the world of creation, and to the limitations thereof. In this respect, each Manifestation of God hath a distinct individuality, a definitely prescribed mission, a predestined revelation, and specially designated limitations. Each one of them is known by a different name, is characterized by a special attribute, fulfils a definite mission, and is entrusted with a particular Revelation.”

Excerpt from
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh
Bahá’u’lláh
 
Sand Dancer

Sand Dancer

Crazy Cat Lady
Marcion said:
Try to name them in the order of their significance to you with the most significant one at the top.
You may name only 1 teacher if e.g. Jesus or Muhammed is the only one you admire in your life (to the exclusion of others).
Please don't abuse this topic for chit-chatting or making jokes, show some respect.

1. Buddha
2. Jesus
3. Krishna
4. Desmond Tutu
5. Dalai Lama
6. Ram Dass
7. Kali
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