Brad Warner is an American Zen Buddhist practitioner with his own YouTube channel. He rants a lot, but some of his rants are quite interesting. Like his discussions on Japanese pop culture, which I linked to previously (Mr Warner actually worked for the Ultraman franchise in Tokyo).
In the clip above, he warns people to stay away from "charismatic teachers", since their charisma isn´t really spiritual. The examples given include a certain Hare Krishna guru and "the hugging saint" Amma. He also retells a meeting with KISS singer Gene Simmons!
Maybe somebody out there needs to hear this...but surely, charisma can be "spiritual" in some sense?
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