Podcast Episodes

Ajahn Chah ~ Right Samadhi and Wrong Samadhi ~ Theravadin Buddhism Forest Tradition

A reading for meditation of Ajahn Chah's teaching on 'Right Samadhi' - taken from the text "A Taste of Freedom."

Ajahn Chah was a Thai Buddhist monk and meditation Master. He was an influential tea…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Jainism ~ The Changeless beneath the Changes - Chitrabhanu

This is a selection of some excerpts from Shree Chitrabhanu's teaching "Twelves Facets of Reality - The Jain Path to Freedom." Chitrabhanu (July 26, 1922 – April 19, 2019) was a prominent figure in …

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Resting as Presence Meditation ~ The Three Statements of Garab Dorje ~ Jayasara

This is a guided meditation based on the practice principles of Garab Dorje's famous three statements: 1. Recognise your own Awareness 2. Choose the State of Presence 3. Continue with Confidence in L…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Ramana Maharshi ~ The Waves of the Self ~ Advaita-Vedanta

These profound practice teachings on realising the Self, as taught by Sri Ramana, were taken from various sources/texts. Ramana Maharshi ( 1879 -1950) was an Indian sage and jivanmukta (liberated bei…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Meister Eckhart - Transformed Knowledge - Christian Mystics

Johannes Eckhart was one of the greatest of Christian mystics. He was born at Hochheim in Thüringen, Germany, in 1260 and died c.1327. He entered the Dominican order when he was 15. Later he became a…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Bankei Yōtaku ~ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 ~ Zen Buddhism

Bankei Yōtaku 盤珪永琢, 1622-1693) was a Japanese Rinzai Zen master, and the abbot of the Ryōmon-ji and Nyohō-ji. He is best known for his talks on the Unborn as he called it. Bankei was an immensely pop…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Longchenpa ~ Gone to Suchness ~ 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 1 year, 11 months ago

Wu Hsin ~ Freedom from Desires - Non-Duality

Wu Hsin" (meaning No Mind) was a fictitious character created by Roy Melvyn to create and structure a series of pith teachings and pointers to the Absolute, based on key non-duality teachings. Roy Me…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

A Sufi Began to Weep ~ Farid al-Din Attar ~ Sufi Mystics

A selection of profound spiritual and mystical Sufi poems by Farid al-Din Attar. Farid al-Din 'Attar was born at Nishapur in northern Persia on November 12, 1119, but sources on his date of death var…

Published on 2 years ago

The Cloud of Unknowing ~ Christian Mysticism

Selected excerpts from the text, "The Cloud of Unknowing" - formatted for meditation/contemplation. A number of translations have been used but most were taken from Carmen Acevedo Butcher's translati…

Published on 2 years ago