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Awakening to our Buddha Nature ~ Hakuin Ekaku ~ Zen Buddhism
Hakuin Ekaku (January 19, 1686 – January 18, 1769) is undeniably one of the most important of all Zen masters. He came into the Rinzai school of Zen and revitalized it during a period when its ve…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Stillness Meditation ~ Ilie Cioara
These poems/stanzas of profound pointings written by Ilie Cioara have been formatted for the purpose of a guided meditation. Excerpts taken from the book by Cioara, "The Moment is Eternity" - transla…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Ātma-bodha ~ Self-Knowledge ~ Adi Shankara (Advaita-Vedanta)
Ātma-bodha (Sanskrit: आत्मबोध) is a short Sanskrit text attributed to Adi Shankara of Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy. The text in sixty-eight verses describes the path to Self-knowledge o…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Longchenpa - 𝐏𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 - Dzogchen
This sublime and profound teaching on the nature of reality by the great master, Longchenpa is taken from the Finding Rest in Illusion trilogy - commentary . It is suitable for those practitioners wh…
Published on 3 years ago
Marguerite Porete - "The Mirror of Simple Souls" - Christian Mystics
Marguerite Porete (13th century – 1 June 1310) was a French-speaking mystic and the author of The Mirror of Simple Souls, a work of Christian mysticism dealing with the workings of agape (divine love…
Published on 3 years ago
Anandamayi Ma ~ 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡𝐬! ~ Bhakti Meditation - Non-Duality
Selected teachings of Ma's taken from various sources. Anandamayi Ma ( 30 April 1896 – 27 August 1982) was a Bengali Saint, described by Sivananda Saraswati (of the Divine Life Society) as "the mos…
Published on 3 years ago
Ramana Maharshi - 40 Verses on Reality (Ulladu Narpadu) - A Meditation - Advaita-Vedanta
This text of 40 Verses was written by Bhagavan at the request of Muruganar, who wanted a concise synopsis of Ramana’s teaching, and wanted 40 verses to fit a classical Hindu poetic form. Ramana wrote…
Published on 3 years ago
𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐠 ~ Master Hsu Yun 虚云 (Empty Cloud) - Zen/Chan Buddhism
Master Hsu Yun or Xuyun (Chinese: 虚云; - name meaning "Empty Cloud) born 5 September 1840 – 13 October 1959 was a renowned Chinese Chan Buddhist master and one of the most influential Buddhist teach…
Published on 3 years ago
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 ~ Edith Stein (Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) - Christian Mystics
Edith Stein (also known as Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross or Saint Edith Stein - 12 October 1891 – 9 August 1942) was a German Jewish philosopher who converted to Christianity and became a Disca…
Published on 3 years ago
Cold Mountain - Hanshan 寒山 -~ 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ~ Zen Buddhism
A selection of poems from Cold Mountain - Hanshan - taken from "The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain", Bill Porter (Red Pine), trans. The poet Hanshan, a name meaning “Cold Mountain,” ranks as one o…
Published on 3 years ago