Podcast Episodes

Katha Upanishad ~ For Meditation ~ Advaita-Vedanta

A reading of the Katha Upanishad translated by Juan Mascaró.  The Katha-Upanishad is probably the most widely known of all the Upanishads. It was ear…

3 years, 11 months ago

Song of the Vajra - Chögyal Namkai Norbu Rinpoche - Dzogchen

This is a reading for meditation of Namkai Norbu's brief commentary (as well as the song itself) on the "Song of the Vajra". The origin of this song …

3 years, 11 months ago

Longchenpa ~ The Ultimate Non-Meditation ~ Dzogchen

Among the works in Longchen Rabjam's famous collection, the Seven Treasuries, is this book commonly known as the Chöying Dzod.  Longchenpa, also know…

3 years, 11 months ago

🕊️ 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 🕊️ ~ Inspired Words of Peace from Mahatma Gandhi

🕊️ This is a reading of inspired reflections on "Peace" from Mahatma Gandhi - a collaboration between myself and Swami Madhuram Puri. Dedicated to Pe…

3 years, 11 months ago

Nisargardatta Maharaj ~ 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐍𝐨 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 ~ A Guided Meditation

These are a selection of key pointers from Nisargadatta taken from "Pointers by Ramesh Balsekar" and formatted as a guided meditation.

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3 years, 11 months ago

Venerable Ajahn Chah ~ Q&A on Meditation and Practice ~ Theravadin Forest Tradition

This is a reading of a series of questions that were put to Ajahn Chah by a group of monks in his monastery.  Ajahn Chah  was a Thai Buddhist monk an…

4 years ago

The Thirty-Seven Things that Bodhisattvas Do ~ Mahayana Buddhism

A reading of the 37 stanzas on the Bodhisattva practice by Gyalse Ngulchu Thogme Zangpo - a Buddhist master from Tibet. Translated by Yonten Gyatso w…

4 years ago

Hakim Sanai ~ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 ~ Sufi Mystics

A reading of Sanai's beautiful and profound, The Walled Garden of Truth.  Born in Ghazni in the south of Afghanistan sometime during the eleventh cen…

4 years ago

Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche ~ 𝐀 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞~ Dzogchen

This is a selection of clear pointing out instructions taken from the text "Present Fresh Wakefulness" by Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche (translated by Erik P…

4 years ago

J. Krishnamurti ~ What is Meditation?

These is a reading of extracts from Krishnamurti's talks on meditation taken from various sources - intended for contemplation.  Jiddu Krishnamurti (…

4 years ago