spiritual teacher
Faith mentor figure
A spiritual teacher is someone who guides others in matters of inner development, religious practice, or transcendent experience.
The term encompasses formal roles—gurus, rabbis, monks, ministers—and informal ones: anyone recognized as offering wisdom about life's deeper questions.
She considered the Dalai Lama her spiritual teacher.
The phrase often implies a personal relationship between seeker and guide, distinct from institutional religious instruction.
- BuddhaEnlightened spiritual founder
- guruRevered authority figure
- holy manPious religious devotee
- guideLeader or instruction book
- meditationFocused attention practice
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spiritual teacherfinancial advisor
Professional guiding monetary decisions
driving instructor · materialist · science teacher · business coach · life coach
spiritual teacherfalse prophet
Deceiver claiming divine insight
tempter · corrupter · cult leader · antichrist · wolf in sheep's clothing
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