swami

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The swami was “the first example I have seen in recent years of Universal Love … in action,” Alice Coltrane wrote in the album’s liner notes.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2022

He ended up going to see a Hindu swami called Mrs Stone.

From The Guardian • Feb. 11, 2020

Documentary on Srila Prabhupada, the 70-year-old Indian swami who launched a cultural and spiritual phenomenon when he arrived in the U.S. penniless in the 1960s.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2017

A noted swami in India, who happened to be a mutual friend, had tipped off Ika to Farwell’s work on P300s.

From Slate • Jan. 17, 2017

He rightfully receives it only from another swami; all monks thus trace their spiritual lineage to one common guru, Lord Shankara.

From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa