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Sallatha Sutta: The Arrow - SN 36.6 ~ Pali Suttas
The "Sallatha Sutta: The Arrow" SN 36.6 (also known as the "Two Arrows" or "The Parable of the Poisoned Arrow") is a Buddhist parable that highlights…
1 year, 1 month ago
Longchenpa ~ Freeing Afflictive Emotions ~ Dzogchen
Longchenpa, also known as Longchen Rabjam , ‘Infinite, Vast Expanse of Space’, or Drimé Özer (1308-1364), was one of the most brilliant teachers of t…
1 year, 1 month ago
Papaji ~ Emptiness ~ Advaita
Selected excerpts from Papaji's book - Wake up and Roar. This selection from the chapters on The Vehicle to Liberation, Thinking and Emptiness, and R…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Sermon on the Mount ~ Jesus of Nazareth
This is a selection of verses taken from the Sermon on the Mount (using an amalgam of translations), as well as a short verse from Matthew's gospel. …
1 year, 2 months ago
Rumi ~ The Springtime of Lovers ~ Sufi Mystics
Selected excertps of poems from Rumi taken from Kulliyat-e Shams, 21 and Ode 314 - translated by Nevit Oguz Ergin.Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (30 Sept…
1 year, 2 months ago
Jean Klein ~ Natural Openness ~ Advaita
This is a selection of non-dual pointers taken from Jean Klein's text, "Transmission of the Flame".Jean Klein (October 19, 1912 – February 22, 1998) …
1 year, 2 months ago
Manjushrimitra: The Bodhicittabhavana (The Cultivation of Enlightened Mind) ~ Dzogchen
This is a reading of Manjushrimitra's the Bodhicittabhavana, a seminal early text of Ati Yoga.Mañjuśrīmitra (d. 740 CE) was an Indian Buddhist schola…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Platform Sutra (on the Great Perfection of Wisdom) ~ Master Hui-neng
Selected passages from the "The Sutra of Hui-neng, Grand Master of Zen" (Platform Sutra), using an amalgam of translations.Hui-neng (638-713) was a s…
1 year, 3 months ago
Annamalai Swami ~ The Peace of Shanti ~ Advaita
Excerpts of clear pointings and teachings from the book "Annamalai Swami Final Talks" edited by David Godman. Annamalai Swami (1906–1995) was a direc…
1 year, 3 months ago
Evelyn Underhill ~ In Love with the Absolute ~ Christian Mystics
Evelyn Underhill (6 December 1875 – 15 June 1941) was an English Anglo-Catholic poet and novelist as well as a pacifist and mystic. An only child, sh…
1 year, 3 months ago