Soft Butter Meditation - Combat Exhaustion and Aid Healing - Zen
This is a guided meditation on the soft butter method introspective meditation as detailed by Zen Master Hakuin. It was taught to Hakuin as he was suffering from "Zen sickness" (exhaustion) caused by ...
20 Nov 202233min
A Self-Enquiry Meditation on the Nature of the Mind ~ The Flight of the Garuda - Lama Shabkar - Dzogchen
This is meditation on the Nature of the Mind by Lama Shabkar taken from the text, "The Flight of the Garuda" - translated by Keith Dowman. Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol (1781-1851) was a Tibetan Buddhi...
14 Nov 202222min
Ajahn Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu ~ Nibbana for Everyone ~ Theravada Forest Tradition
A reading for meditation of Ajahn Buddhadasa's teaching on the immanence of Nibbana - translated by Santikaro. Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu (Servant of the Buddha) went forth as a bhikkhu (Buddhist monk) in 19...
9 Nov 202237min
Etty Hillesum ~ A Free Bird ~ Jewish Mystics
Esther (Etty) Hillesum (15 January 1914 – 30 November 1943) was the Dutch author of confessional letters and diaries which describe both her religious awakening and the persecutions of Jewish people i...
6 Nov 202225min
There is No Buddha Elsewhere ~ Drubwang Tsoknyi Rinpoche - Dzogchen
This is a reading for meditation of the Vajra Song of Drubwang Tsoknyi Rinpoche. Drubwang Tsoknyi (the first), Padma Drimé Özer (1828/49-1904) was born in Nangchen, Eastern Tibet, in the first hal...
30 Okt 20228min
Longchenpa ~ Samsara like a Magical Illusion ~ Dzogchen
This sublime and profound teaching on the nature of reality by the great master, Longchenpa is taken from the Finding Rest in Illusion trilogy . It is suitable for those practitioners who have a in-de...
26 Okt 202245min
Bodhidharma - "Outline of Practice" - First Zen Patriarch - Zen Buddhism
A reading of Bodhidharma's formative teaching "Outline of Practice" which describes the four all-inclusive habits that lead to enlightenment. Translated by Red Pine. Bodhidharma is considered the fou...
22 Okt 202210min
Simone Weil ~ Attention and Pure Silence ~ Christian Mystics
A selection of some key pointers for meditation from Simone Weil taken from various texts and sources. Simone Adolphine Weil (1909 -1943) was a French philosopher, mystic, and political activist. W...
18 Okt 202212min
