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In Gratitude to Our Teachers

To all the enlightened ones of the six realms and in the bardo, and to the transcendental ones, and to the enlightened protectors, we pay homage, with eternal gratitude to all respected teachers, dakinis, gurus, and guides:
Our Ancestors, living and deceased*
Thomas Ashley-Farrand
Dolores Alexander*
James Alexander, Shihan*
Robert Beer
Bihar School of Yoga/
Swami Satyananda Saraswati

Gregorian Bivolaru
Esly Caldwell III*
Susan Carlson*
Camellia Chepetan*
Maneewan Chia
Mantak Chia
Stephen Co*
Robert Cialdini
Miguel Cisneros-Abreu*
Kenneth Cohen
Raven Cohan*
Simon Das*
Santiago Dobles*
H.H. 14th Dalai Lama*
Dr. Cesare Emiliani*
Sifu Dan Ferrera*
Our Friends, living and deceased*
Georg Feuerstein
Sifu Francis Fong*
Dr. David Frawley
K.L.*
Lama Gyurme
The Hoshinbudoryu*
Eric Hoffer
Sigung Daniel Inosanto*
Pa Harold Koening*
Geshe Palden Drakpa*
Kalu Rinpoche
L.K.R.*
Dr. Vasant Ladd
Sijo Bruce Lee
Liang Shou-Yu
Our Loved Ones, living and deceased*
Guro Cassimore Magda*
Zoila Martin*
Dr. Glenn J. Morris, PhD, ScD*
Guru Haji Pak Muhammad*
Dorothy Nanni*
Daniel Odier
Lama Osel Dorje Rinpoche*
Oneida Iroquois Nation of Wisconsin*
Laura Pugliese*
Dinu Roman*
Dr. Vincent Scully*
Tao Semko*
Ganesha Michael Shapiro*
Ajarn Surachai Sirisute*
Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh
Maha Guru Clifford Stewart*
Allaine Strickland*
Our Students, living and deceased*
Choa Kok Sui*
Pa Herman Suwanda
Dr. Robert Svoboda
"Vimalananda"
Dr. Yang Jwing Ming
Terry Waltman*
Rob Williams, Soke*
Michael Winn
Sifu Dwight Woods*
Lama Yeshe
Yogi Hari*
His Eminence Khempo Yurmed Tinly Rinpoche*
All Others omitted by error or by request*
To those whom we owe karmic debt, we repay with interest, for the benefit of all sentient beings, that they may receive supreme enlightenment, and enlightenment may be attained instantly!

May all those who desire sustenance be sustained. May all those who desire freedom realize freedom.

* an asterisk indicates that we have received some direct teaching or transmission from this person, in person. All other names listed have instructed us soley through their recorded teachings and iconography. Those names of our past teachers who might prove dangerous to unwitting seekers have been omitted... we thank the karmic wheel for its many lessons, and the omitted ones for their place in its turnings...