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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 2 years, 4 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 2 years, 4 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 2 years, 4 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, 5 months 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, 5 months ago
Wei Wu Wei ~ Only an Object can be Bound ~ Non-Duality, Taoism, Zen
A reading for meditation of excerpts taken from the text "All Else is Bondage". Terence James Stannus Gray (14 September 1895 – 5 January 1986), better known by the pen name Wei Wu Wei, was a 20th-ce…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Nisargadatta ~ Simply Being (Meditation) ~ Advaita
This is a selection of key pointers from Nisargadatta formatted for guided meditation, taken from the texts "I am That" and "Seeds of Consciousness" - Edited by Jean Dunn. Nisargadatta Maharaj (17 A…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Meister Eckhart ~ Existence is God ~ Christian Mystics
Selected verses and teachings taken from The Complete Mystical Works of Meister Eckhart - translated by Maurice Walshe Johannes Eckhart was one of the greatest of Christian mystics. He was born at Ho…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
A Thicket of Views ~ Aggivacchagotta Sutta: To Vacchagotta on Fire -MN 72 ~ Theravadin Pali Buddhism
A reading of the Aggivacchagotta Sutta from The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya - MN 72 - Translated by Bhikkhu Nanamoli. In this discourse the wanderer …
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Zen Master Dogen 道元 ~ No Traces ~ Zen Buddhism
A selection of poems written by Dogen taken from various texts: ** The Zen Poetry of Dogen: Verses from the Mountain of Eternal Peace - translated by Steven Heine ** The Enlightened Heart, An Anthol…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago