Podcast Episodes

A Meditation on Melting in the Silence - Profound Pointings of 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, "Boundlessness" - translated by Pe…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

Nagarjuna - "Mahamudra Vision" - Mahāyāna - Madhyamaka

Nāgārjuna (c.150 – c. 250 CE) was an Indian Mahāyāna Buddhist thinker, scholar-saint and philosopher. He is widely considered one of the most important Buddhist philosophers. He is also considered on…

Published on 4 years ago

Anandamayi Ma - "Sad Vani" Selected Teachings and Pointers for Meditation - Bhakti

Selected teachings of Ma's taken from the text "Sad Vani" - as reported by Bhaiji - translated by Atmananda.

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Published on 4 years ago

Shodoka: Song of Enlightenment (Full version) - Yoka Daishi - Zen Buddhism

This is the complete version of Shodoka - Song of Awakening or Enlightenment. This is one of the four essential Zen texts. It was written by Yoka Daishi in the seventh century in China. It is a testi…

Published on 4 years ago

The Gospel of Mary - Christian Gnosticism - Christian Mystics

The Gospel of Mary is found in the Berlin Gnostic Codex (Papyrus Berolinensis 8502). This very important and well-preserved codex was discovered in the late-nineteenth century somewhere near Akhmim i…

Published on 4 years ago

Ibn' Arabi - Selected Verses and Teachings for Meditation - Sufi Mysticism

'Abū 'Abdullāh Muḥammad ibn 'Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn `Arabī al-Ḥātimī aṭ-Ṭāʾī  was a Sufi mystic, poet, and philosopher born in Murcia, Spain on the 17th of Ramaḍān (26 July 1165 AD). He was one of the …

Published on 4 years ago

Teachings of the Buddha - Bahiya Sutta - Udana 1.10 - Pali Canon

Teachings of the Buddha - Bāhiya Sutta - from the Udana 1.10 - translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.  

In this brief teaching, the Buddha taught Bahiya to put aside all views of self arisin…

Published on 4 years ago

Sri Brahmajna Ma - Selected Teachings for Meditation - Advaita - Vedanta

Sri Brahmajna Ma (21 February 1880 – 5 November 1934) was an Indian advaitin saint from East Bengal. What little is known about her reveals her as an illumined soul who was established in non-dual re…

Published on 4 years ago

Longchenpa - The Three Aspects of Meditative Absorption - Dzogchen

A pinnacle teaching! This profound and sublime teaching by the Great Master, Longchenpa, is suitable and intended for experienced meditators who have an in depth understanding and practical insight i…

Published on 4 years ago

Song of Mind (Xin Ming) - Master Niutou Farong - Zen Buddhism

Reading of the famous seventh-century Zen classic  Xin Ming, or "Song of Mind" - this poem is a masterpiece of expressing the inexpressible.

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Published on 4 years ago