Podcast Episodes

The Last Testament of Garab Dorje - The Three Statements that Strike the Essential Points - Dzogchen

Excerpts from the text "The Golden Letters" translated by John Myrdhin Reynolds.  The lineage of Dzogchen, unbroken to the present day, is traced from the dharmakaya Samantabhadra (‘Kuntuzangpo’ in T…

Published on 4 years, 9 months ago

Rumi - Selected Verses and Poetry for Meditation - Sufi Mysticism

A selection of exquisite Rumi poems and verses for meditation. Designed to get us out of our heads and into our hearts.

Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī  (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-…

Published on 4 years, 9 months ago

Ilie Cioara - A Guided Meditation on Boundlessness - Selected Verses and Poems

These poems/stanzas written by Ilie Cioara have been formatted for the purpose of a guided meditation. Excerpts taken from the book by Cioara, "The Silence of the Mind" - translated by Petrica Verdes…

Published on 4 years, 9 months ago

Padmasambhava - Guru Rinpoche - "Descending with the View from Above" - Dzogchen

An amazing teaching/terma from the Master intended for deep meditation and contemplation. Text taken from the book "Treasures from Juniper Ridge" - translated by Erik Kunsang and Marcia Schmidt.

Musi…

Published on 4 years, 9 months ago

Tilopa's Song to Naropa - Mahamudra - "The Ganges Mahamudra" - Kagyu Lineage

Tilopa's Song to Naropa - Translated by Lex Hixon.  Tilopa (988–1069) was born in Bengal in India. He was a tantric practitioner and mahasiddha. He practised Anuttarayoga Tantra, a set of spiritual p…

Published on 4 years, 9 months ago

A Guided Meditation on Listening and Silence - Based on Selected Verses and Poems of Ilie Cioara

These poems/stanzas written by Ilie Cioara have been formatted for the purpose of a guided meditation. Excerpts taken from the book by Cioara, "The Silence of the Mind" - translated by Petrica Verdes…

Published on 4 years, 9 months ago

Padmasambhava - SELF-LIBERATION THROUGH SEEING WITH NAKED AWARENESS - Dzogchen

A text belonging to the same cycle as The Tibetan Book of the Dead, this instruction on the method of  self-liberation presents the essence of Dzogchen, The Great Perfection, regarded in Tibet as the…

Published on 4 years, 9 months ago

Padmasambhava - Guru Rinpoche - The Twenty One Vital Instructions - Dzogchen

Text reading taken from:  Treasures from Juniper Ridge (Padmasambhava's Advice #3)  by Padmasambhava by Tulku Urgyen, Erik Pema Kunsang (Translator) , Marcia Binder Schmidt (Translator).

🙏 May whatev…

Published on 4 years, 9 months ago

The Spandakarika - "Song of the Sacred Tremor" - Kashmir Shaivism

The Spandakarika, or "Song of the Sacred Tremor," is one of the most important Tantric texts in the tradition of Kashmiri Shaivism.  It is said to have been transmitted directly to the sage Vasugupta…

Published on 4 years, 9 months ago

Nisargadatta Maharaj - "I am" - A Guided Meditation

A selection of key pointers from the Great Master, Nisargadatta, taken from the text "I am That" and "The Nisargadatta Gita" - intended as a guided meditation. 

Original text of "I am That" edited an…

Published on 4 years, 9 months ago