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Female Spiritual Teachers

Mother of the Universe
By Andrew Cohen
Stories of two disciples of Indian spiritual teachers, raising important questions about the relationship between unconditional love and liberating discrimination.
http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/j10/mother.asp

Dadi Janki
A Vision of Soul Consciousness
by Dadi Janki
A leader of the worldwide spiritual organization Brahma Kumaris, Dadi Janki describes her spiritual awakening with her teacher.
http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/j31/pulpit.asp

Don’t Ask Why – Just do Something!
An interview with Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati by Andrew Cohen
A discussion on spiritual activism with contemporary spiritual teacher Ma Jaya.
http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/j19/majaya.asp

What’s the Relationship Between Emptiness and Beautiful Nails?
An interview with Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo, the First Female Tulku Reborn in the West
by Andrew Cohen
The remarkable story of the first Western woman to be recognized and enthroned by Tibetan lamas as a tulku.
http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/j16/jetsunma.asp

An introduction to one of the most remarkable Indian sages of the 20th century and the effect she had on two Western disciples.

Memories of Anandamayi  Ma – Introduction
The story of Anandamayi Ma’s life.
http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/j10/anandamayi.asp

The Embodiment of Transcendence
by Arnaud Desjardins
French spiritual teacher Arnaud Desjardins recounts his time with Anandamayi Ma.
http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/j10/arnaud.asp

A Tragic Passion
by Daniel Roumanoff
Diary excerpts of another disciple of Anandamayi Ma.
http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/j10/roumanoff.asp

The Soul is Already Illumined
An Interview with Sufi Teacher Aliya Haeri by Elizabeth Debold
Aliya Haeri’s spiritual search which led her to become a Sufi teacher, then marrying her own teacher as the third wife in a multiple marriage.
http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/j45/haeri.asp