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The Buddha's Teaching on Not Self ~ Anattalakkhana Sutta - Pali Buddhism
The Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta (Pali) or Anātmalakṣaṇa Sūtra (Sanskrit), is traditionally recorded as the second discourse delivered by Gautama Buddha. The title translates to the "Not-Self Characteristic…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
The Record of Linji ~ Linji Yixuan ~ Zen Buddhism (Chan)
A reading of selected excerpts from the Record of Linji. The Linji lu (Record of Linji) has been an essential text of Chinese and Japanese Zen Buddhism for nearly a thousand years. A compilation of s…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Listening to the Silence (Guided Meditation) ~ Samaneri Jayasara
This is a guided meditation on the power of listening as an effective means of entering into a meditative state. It encourages a gentle letting go of our reactivity to the sense world, and to the tho…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Hazrat Inayat Khan ~ The Mysticism of Sound ~ Sufism
Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882 –1927) was an Indian professor of musicology, singer, exponent of the saraswati vina, poet, philosopher, and pioneer of the transmission of Sufism to the West. He initially …
Published on 2 years ago
Abhinavagupta ~ Living Liberation (Jivanmukti) ~ Kashmir Shaivism
This is a selection of some key teachings of Abhinavagupta extracted from various sources and texts. Abhinavagupta (c. 950 – 1016 CE ) was a philosopher, mystic and aesthetician from Kashmir. He was…
Published on 2 years ago
Sri Sarada Devi ~ Surrender Yourself ~ Bhakti
Sri Sarada Devi (22 December 1853 – 21 July 1920), was a nineteenth-century Hindu mystic and saint. She was the wife and spiritual consort of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. Sarada Devi is also reverentiall…
Published on 2 years ago
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali ~ Chapter One - Samadhi Pada
This is a reading of Chapter 1 of the Patanjali Yoga Sutras - Samadhi - translated by Alistair Shearer. The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali is a collection of Sanskrit sutras (aphorisms) on the theory and …
Published on 2 years ago
Naked Consciousness ~ Longchenpa - Dzogchen
These profound teachings from Longchenpa have been formatted for guided meditation purposes. Excerpts taken from the text "A Treasure Trove of Scriptural Transmission." Translated by Richard Barron. …
Published on 2 years ago
Ajahn Chah ~ Sustain the Knowing ~ Theravadin Forest Tradition
A selection of teachings by Ajahn Chah. Ajahn Chah was a Thai Buddhist monk and meditation Master. He was an influential teacher of the Buddhadhamma and a founder of two major monasteries in the Thai…
Published on 2 years ago
Kōbun Otogawa ~ Facing Buddha ~ Zen Buddhism
Kōbun Otogawa (乙川 弘文, Otogawa Kōbun) (February 1, 1938 – July 26, 2002) was an American Sōtō Zen priest. Otogawa, who preferred to be called by his first name, rather than by either of the Japanese …
Published on 2 years ago