Ancient Quote by Jaggi Vasudev

To be contemporary actually means to be an artist. [But] I do not feel contemporary in my work. I perceive my work as old-fashioned.…

— Odd Nerdrum

“Contemporary' was in those days [1953] synonymous with 'modern' as it had not been before and is not now [1977].”

— A.S. Byatt

When we start talking about gurus, first of all we're starting to talk about something that can't be talked about, in the sense that…

— Krishna Das

I am a traditionalist, I'm not a conventional person, but I am a traditionalist in the true form of the word, in that your…

— Maya Tiwari

In a sense, New Age gurus are akin to postmodernists within academia. They dispense meaningless drivel that masquerades as profound truths whilst in reality…

— Gad Saad

I've never been uncomfortable with the host of modern gurus, and gurus of different motivations I should say, or different intentions. You know, we…

— Maya Tiwari

Those who focus their consciousness on the True Guru are perfectly fulfilled and famous.

— Sri Guru Granth Sahib

It is better to imitate ancient than modern work.

— Leonardo da Vinci

If your idea of a guru is from a calendar, who has candy-floss beard and a constipated look on the face, then definitely I…

— Jaggi Vasudev

“Whether Hindus or Greeks, Egyptians or Japanese, Chinese, Sumerians, or ancient Americans -- or even Romans, the most "modern" among people of antiquity --…

— Savitri Devi

The genuine Guru is God's representative and he speaks about God and nothing else.

— A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

I have confronted theoretical positions whose protagonists claim that what I take to be historically produced characteristics of what is specifically modern are in…

— Alasdair MacIntyre