Hafiz (2) Selected Verses for Meditation - Sufi Mystics
Persian lyric poet Hafiz (born Khwāja Šamsu d-Dīn Muḥammad Hāfez-e Šīrāzī) grew up in Shiraz. Very little is known about his life, but it is thought that he may have memorized the Qur’an after hearing...
23 Sep 202117min
Ajahn Mun - The Ballad of Liberation from the Khandhas - Theravada Forest Tradition
Ajahn Mun Bhuridatta Thera (Thai: มั่น ภูริทตฺโต,) (1870–1949) was a Thai bhikkhu from Isan region who is credited, along with his mentor, Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo, with establishing the Thai Forest Tradit...
22 Sep 202154min
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 Pet...
19 Sep 202137min
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 one...
16 Sep 202114min
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. 🔆 If you benefit from these podcasts and would like to support our nun's hermitage, there ...
13 Sep 202120min
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 testim...
9 Sep 202149min
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 in...
6 Sep 202124min
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 g...
3 Sep 202119min
