Podcast Episodes

The Tao Te Ching ~ The Book of the Way ~ Lao Tzu

A reading for meditation of selected verses from the The Tao Te Ching - translation by Tolbert McCarrollThe Tao Te Ching or Dào Dé Jīng, ('Classic of the Way and its Virtue'), is an ancient Chinese c…

Published on 15 hours ago

Saint Symeon the New Theologian ~ From my Silence

A reading of reflections and poems of Saint Symeon taken from various sources and translations including:~ The Book of Mystical Chapters: Meditations on the Soul's Ascent from the Desert Fathers and …

Published on 1 week, 2 days ago

John Muir ~ Come to the Woods! (Video)

A reading of selected musings from the great John Muir with nature video montage for your contemplation and relaxation.

John Muir (April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914), also known as "John of the Mount…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Sri Aurobindo ~ The Mother (The Seminal Text)

Sri Aurobindo's seminal text The Mother (1928) is a concise, foundational work in Integral Yoga, outlining the Divine Mother's crucial role, her four great aspects (Maheshwari, Mahakali, Mahalakshmi,…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Ryokan ~ The Timeless Essence ~ Zen Buddhism

Ryōkan Taigu (1758–1831) was a quiet and unconventional Sōtō Zen Buddhist monk who lived much of his life as a hermit. Ryōkan is remembered for his poetry and calligraphy, which present the essence o…

Published on 1 month ago

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche ~ The Empty Nature of Thoughts ~ Dzogchen

A selection of profound pointers taken from the text 'The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones' by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.H.H. Khyentse (1910-1991) was born in the Dergé region of Kham, Eastern Ti…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

St John of the Cross ~ The Unknowing ~ Christian Mystics

A reading for meditation of the St John of the Cross poem - "I Entered the Unknown."John of the Cross (1542 -1591) was a Spanish Catholic priest, mystic, and a Carmelite friar of converso origin. Joh…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Harada Sekkei Roshi ~ The Original Condition ~ Zen Buddhism

Harada Sekkei Roshi (1926-2020) was the abbot of Hosshin-ji, a Soto Zen training monastery and temple, in Fukui Prefecture, near the coast of central Japan. He was born in 1926 in Okazaki, near Nagoy…

Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago

Jean Klein ~ A Great Laughing! ~ Advaita

This is a selection of non-dual pointers taken from Jean Klein's texts, 'Dialogues with Jean Klein' and 'The Flame of Being.'

Jean Klein (October 19, 1912 – February 22, 1998) was a French author, spi…

Published on 2 months ago

The Residual Conceit 'I am' ~ Khemakasutta ~ Pali Buddhist Teachings

A reading of the Khemaka Sutta from the Saṁyutta Nikāya - Connected Discourses on the Aggregates SN22.89. Translated by Bhikkhu BodhiKhemaka's teaching clarifies that a noble one (in his case a non-r…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago