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"Armed with wit, insight, and truly astonishing research, Geoffrey Falk utterly demolishes the notion of the enlightened guru who can lead devotees to nirvana. This entertaining and yet deadly serious book should be read by everyone pursuing or thinking of pursuing the path of guru devotion.
—John Horgan, author of Rational Mysticism"
www.strippingthegurus.com
Contents include:
Speak No Evil
II A Bit of a Booby - Ramakrishna
III The Handsome Duckling - Vivekananda
IV Mother Dearest - Aurobindo
V The Krinsh - Jiddu Krishnamurti
VI Zen in the Art of Sex and Violence - Zen Buddhism
VII Sex, Bliss, and Rock 'n' Roll - Satchidananda
VIII The Sixth Beatle - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
IX Been Here, Done That, What Now? - Ram Dass, etc.
X Scorpion-Man - Satya Sai Baba
XI Even If It Happened.... Swami Rama
XII Mo' Chin-Ups - Chinmoy
XIII Thai Surprise - Thai Buddhism
XIV Battlefield Teegeeack - Scientology
XV Werner's Uncertainty Principle - est/Landmark/Forum Training
XVI Cockroach Yoga - Yogi Bhajan
XVII A Wild and Crazy Wisdom Guy - Chögyam Trungpa
XVIII Sixty Minutes - Muktananda
XIX The Mango Kid - Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
XX Da Avatar, Da Bomb, Da Bum - Adi Da
XXI Sometimes I Feel Like a God - Andrew Cohen
XXII Hello, Dalai! - The Dalai Lama
XXIII Up the Asana - Yogi Amrit Desai
XXIV Sodomy and Gomorrah - Roman Catholic Church
XXV Of Cabbages and Nature Sprites - Findhorn
XXVI ... To a Nunnery - Paramahansa Yogananda
"Armed with wit, insight, and truly astonishing research, Geoffrey Falk utterly demolishes the notion of the enlightened guru who can lead devotees to nirvana. This entertaining and yet deadly serious book should be read by everyone pursuing or thinking of pursuing the path of guru devotion.
—John Horgan, author of Rational Mysticism"
www.strippingthegurus.com
Contents include:
Speak No Evil
II A Bit of a Booby - Ramakrishna
III The Handsome Duckling - Vivekananda
IV Mother Dearest - Aurobindo
V The Krinsh - Jiddu Krishnamurti
VI Zen in the Art of Sex and Violence - Zen Buddhism
VII Sex, Bliss, and Rock 'n' Roll - Satchidananda
VIII The Sixth Beatle - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
IX Been Here, Done That, What Now? - Ram Dass, etc.
X Scorpion-Man - Satya Sai Baba
XI Even If It Happened.... Swami Rama
XII Mo' Chin-Ups - Chinmoy
XIII Thai Surprise - Thai Buddhism
XIV Battlefield Teegeeack - Scientology
XV Werner's Uncertainty Principle - est/Landmark/Forum Training
XVI Cockroach Yoga - Yogi Bhajan
XVII A Wild and Crazy Wisdom Guy - Chögyam Trungpa
XVIII Sixty Minutes - Muktananda
XIX The Mango Kid - Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
XX Da Avatar, Da Bomb, Da Bum - Adi Da
XXI Sometimes I Feel Like a God - Andrew Cohen
XXII Hello, Dalai! - The Dalai Lama
XXIII Up the Asana - Yogi Amrit Desai
XXIV Sodomy and Gomorrah - Roman Catholic Church
XXV Of Cabbages and Nature Sprites - Findhorn
XXVI ... To a Nunnery - Paramahansa Yogananda
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Re: Stripping the Gurus
Fri, June 19, 2009 - 7:32 AMU.G. is my favorite anti-guru. Funny thing about U.G. though. There were many instances of clairvoyance in his life which amazed bystanders but which U.G. would dismiss as coincidence.
www.well.com/user/jct/
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Re: Stripping the Gurus
Sat, June 20, 2009 - 12:17 PM
