Dead Masters

Not eligible for my list on account of their bodies having died, but no less inspiring. Note that they are masters now even if they weren’t when they died in that lifetime. Some have had thousands of years since, in which to complete their journey.

Name Rating
Siddhartha Gautama ∞
Jesus of Nazareth ∞
Mary Magdalene ∞
Bodhidharma ∞
Yantou Quanhuo ∞
Huángbò Xīyùn ∞
the Great Sun1 ∞
Hafiz ∞
Tōsui ∞
that old woman with the tea shop ∞
Hakuin Ekaku ∞
Ekido ∞
Sai Baba ∞
Ramana Maharishi ∞
Bill Thetford ∞
Mumon Yamada Rōshi2 >40 sextillion
Kenneth Wapnick ∞

The gender bias is courtesy of the patriarchy - the achievements of women tend to go unrecorded.

  1. American Indian spiritual teacher mentioned in The Disappearance of the Universe by Gary Renard ↩

  2. included because even though not ∞, he’s a long way ahead of me ↩

Forgive, and you will see this differently.