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Maitri Upanishad - A Selection for Meditation and Contemplation - Advaita - Vedanta

The Maitrayaniya Upanishad is an ancient Sanskrit text that is embedded inside the Yajurveda. It consists of seven lessons, many of which discuss metaphysical questions about the soul (Atman), conclu…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Nagarjuna - Key Pointers for Meditation - incl. Mulamadhyamakakarika - Mahayana

This is a selection of some profound pointers from Nagarjuna, including some verses from the MMK (Mulamadhyamakakarika) for meditation. Nāgārjuna (c.150 – c. 250 CE) was an Indian Mahāyāna Buddhist t…

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Meister Eckhart - Selected Verses and Teachings for Meditation - Christian Mystics

Selected verses and teachings taken from Sermons of Meister Eckhart and Selected Writings.  Johannes Eckhart was one of the greatest of Christian mystics. He was born at Hochheim in Thüringen, German…

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Padmasambhava - Direct Pointing Out Instructions - Dzogchen

This is a meditation on the teaching entitled "Pointing the Staff at the Old Man" from the book - Advice from the Lotus Born - A Collection of Padmasambhava's Advice to the Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal and O…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Ramana Maharshi - Reality in Forty 40 Verses - Supplement - Advaita-Vedanta

This is a reading of the SUPPLEMENT to Reality in Forty Verses for meditation. Translated by Prof. K. Swaminathan This supplement consisting of a second forty verses was added to the original "Realit…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Nisargadatta - Go back to the Source - A Meditation - Advaita

Selected key pointers from Maharaj Nisargadatta formatted for meditation.

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The Way to the Beyond (Pārāyana) - Sutta Nipata - Teachings of the Buddha -

The Sutta Nipāta (literally, "Suttas falling down") is a Buddhist scripture, a sutta collection in the Khuddaka Nikaya, part of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism. All its suttas, thought to origin…

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St John of the Cross - Selected Teachings for Meditation - Christian Mysticism

John of the Cross (1542 -1591) was a Spanish Catholic priest, mystic, and a Carmelite friar of converso origin. John became a priest in 1567 and considered joining the Carthusian Order where monks li…

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Swami Vivekananda - Selected Teachings for Meditation - Advaita-Vedanta

Swami Vivekananda (1863 -1902), born Narendranath Datta was an Indian Hindu monk. He was a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna. Influenced by Western esotericism, he was a ke…

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Ryōkan - Selected Teachings/Poetry for Meditation - Zen Buddhism

Ryōkan Taigu (1758–1831) was a quiet and unconventional Sōtō Zen Buddhist monk who lived much of his life as a hermit. Ryōkan is remembered for his poetry and calligraphy, which present the essence o…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago