Jiddu Krishnamurthy’s arrival on scene and his subsequent act of giving up the title bestowed on him, dissolving the cult created to support him and then reworking his way up basis his real work in the area of philosophy and thought is what sets him apart and gave him following!
Osho, despite all his failings, was a great thinker and an original one. He challenged so many notions but unlike Jiddu K, he could not give up the lure of the cult and allowed him to be consumed by that....his departure was a loss to the world of philosophy and religion
Swami Dayanand Ji was one of the finest exponents of Vedanta and he remained a guru till his last - reason why he is revered so much amongst all his followers, students and Vedanta enthusiasts!
Swami Sivananda, another stalwart of his times, like Swami Dayanand Ji, remained an exponent and teacher of Yoga and Vedanta; never allowed cult following to grow around him and laid a foundation stone of a great Ashram that is continuing his good work till date!
Talking of Jiddu Krishnamurti, it is a tragedy that we Indians couldn’t expand on and inculcate his ideas on education- his contribution to education can be gauged from the fact that even today, schools based on his ideas are amongst some of the finest schools of India!
https://twitter.com/alok_bhatt/status/1380080948482428930
It is a difference between a speaker and a thinker- former is more about oratory and ability to process and deliver what is being fed to u or u observe; latter is about intellect and ability to co-create.... not many have that ability and that is why thinkers guide generations!
Talking of greatness of Swami Dayananda Ji and his commitment to Vedanta- someone told me how he continued teaching despite not being in best of his health and such was his depth of knowledge that he could talk about one shloka for hours -his knowledge of Vedanta has no parallel
https://twitter.com/alok_bhatt/status/1380081685128118279
Swami Sivananda was a prolific writer and wrote several books on Vedanta & Yoga. To under his greatness, just check the list of his disciples and check their work!
https://twitter.com/alok_bhatt/status/1380082721641230342
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