Ryokan ~ The Timeless Essence ~ 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 of...
3 Dec 202511min
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche ~ The Empty Nature of Thoughts ~ Dzogchen
A selection of profound pointers taken from the text 'The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones' by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.H.H. Khyentse (1910-1991) was born in the Dergé region of Kham, Eastern Tib...
26 Nov 202512min
St John of the Cross ~ The Unknowing ~ Christian Mystics
A reading for meditation of the St John of the Cross poem - "I Entered the Unknown."John of the Cross (1542 -1591) was a Spanish Catholic priest, mystic, and a Carmelite friar of converso origin. John...
20 Nov 20258min
Harada Sekkei Roshi ~ The Original Condition ~ Zen Buddhism
Harada Sekkei Roshi (1926-2020) was the abbot of Hosshin-ji, a Soto Zen training monastery and temple, in Fukui Prefecture, near the coast of central Japan. He was born in 1926 in Okazaki, near Nagoya...
9 Nov 202515min
Jean Klein ~ A Great Laughing! ~ Advaita
This is a selection of non-dual pointers taken from Jean Klein's texts, 'Dialogues with Jean Klein' and 'The Flame of Being.'Jean Klein (October 19, 1912 – February 22, 1998) was a French author, spir...
2 Nov 202510min
The Residual Conceit 'I am' ~ Khemakasutta ~ Pali Buddhist Teachings
A reading of the Khemaka Sutta from the Saṁyutta Nikāya - Connected Discourses on the Aggregates SN22.89. Translated by Bhikkhu BodhiKhemaka's teaching clarifies that a noble one (in his case a non-re...
28 Okt 202518min
How to Practice the 'I am" - as taught by Nisargadatta Maharaj
This is guided meditation for practising and understanding the principles of the 'I Am' as taught by Nisargadatta Maharaj. The words are an amalgam of pointers/teachings taken from the text 'I am That...
20 Okt 202546min
Rumi ~ Love's Astrolabe ~ Sufi Mystics
Selected excertps of poems from Rumi - translations by F. Hadland Davis and R.A. Nicholson.Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian poet, faqih, Is...
14 Okt 20258min
