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Wisdom of the Masters

von Samaneri Jayasara

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These podcasts are designed to provide listeners with teachings from great spiritual Masters & to create a meditative mood so that the meaning can go deep & enter your heart.

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  1. St Joseph the Hesychast ~ Prayer of the Heart

    St Joseph the Hesychast (1897–1959) was a Greek Orthodox monk and spiritual elder of Mount Athos, renowned for his life of profound prayer, asceticism and inner stillness. Born Francis Kottis on the island of Paros, Greece, he arrived on Mo

  2. Master Hongzhi Zhengjue ~ The Original Light ~ Zen Buddhism

    A meditation on the 'Original Light' - verses extracted from the 'Hung-chih Sermons'. From the text, 'The Five Houses of Zen, Translated by Thomas Cleary. Hongzhi Zhengjue (1091–1157) was one of the most accomplished Chan masters of the Son

  3. Ganga Maa ~ The Truth is in the Heart ~ Advaita

    Ganga Maa is a contemporary Advaita teacher based in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, where she gives regular satsang at Hridaya Kshetram. Her teaching is rooted in the non-dual Self-enquiry tradition of Sri Ramana Maharshi and the sacred presen

  4. Longchenpa ~ The Enlightened Mind ~ Dzogchen

    These pointers from the Master, Longchen Rabjam, have been compiled for meditation/contemplation and point to the natural state of the mind - free from contrivance, beyond all characterization, and inconceivable.Passages have been drawn fro

  5. Simone Weil ~ Decreating Ourselves ~ (from Gravity and Grace)

    Selected passages read from the text Gravity and Grace - specifically from the chapters on 'The Self' and 'Decreation'.Simone Weil (1909–1943) was a French philosopher, mystic and spiritual writer whose short life was devoted to the search

  6. Hazrat Inayat Khan ~ Music of the Absolute ~ Sufi Mystics

    Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882 –1927) was an Indian professor of musicology, singer, exponent of the saraswati vina, poet, philosopher, and pioneer of the transmission of Sufism to the West. He initially came to the West as a representative of se

  7. Resting the Mind ~ Samaneri Jayasara

    This meditation guides you to rest and relax the mind and body, not through force or coercion, but simply by recognising the ever present state of the mind in it natural awareness. Rediscovering our inherent, natural peace within the mind i

  8. The Fire Sermon ~ Teachings of the Buddha

    Ādittapariyāya Sutta, popularly known as "The Fire Sermon", is the third major discourse delivered by the Buddha. Spoken on top of the Gayasisa Hill to a gathering of 1,000 newly converted ascetics, the sermon provides a psychologically acu

  9. The Mandukya Upanishad ~ Advaita Vedanta

    The Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣhad is one of the later and shortest of the principal Upaniṣads, consisting of just twelve remarkably dense verses. It belongs to the Atharvaveda and is traditionally attributed to no single author, emerging from the anci

  10. Max Picard ~ A Meditation on Silence

    Max Picard (1888–1965) was a Swiss-German philosopher, physician, and mystic whose profound vision and work speaks with extraordinary force to our increasingly noisy and distracted age —yet whose voice seems more necessary now than ever. Bo

  11. Chuang Tzu (Zhuangzi) ~ The Return ~ Taoism

    Selected teachings from Chuang Tzu excerpted from 'The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu' - translated by Burton Watson. Chuang Tzu (Zhuangzi) c. 369–286 BCE was one of ancient China’s greatest Daoist sages. Living during the turbulent Warring S

  12. The Path of Immediate Liberation ~ Dzogchen Meditation

    This is a guided Dzogchen meditation pointing to recognising the natural state of the enlightened mind, free from conceptual proliferation, and practising to rest in it. The instructions are based on various teachings and pointers from Padm

  13. Sayings of the Desert Mothers ~ Christian Mystics

    This is a reading for meditation of selected teachings/sayings of the Desert Mothers, taken from 'Apophthegmata Patrum' (Sayings of the Desert Fathers & Mothers) translated by Benedicta Ward; and Philokia: compiled in the eighteenth century

  14. Ajahn Chah ~ A Guided Meditation ~ Thai Forest Tradition

    This is a guided meditation formatted from instructions provided in the text, "On Meditation Instructions from talks by Ajahn Chah."The text can be downloaded for free from here: https://www.abhayagiri.org/media/book... (https://www.youtube

  15. Nisargadatta ~ Be Like Space ~ The Final Talks

    This is a selection of teachings of Nisargadatta's taken from the text 'Consciousness and the Absolute: The Final Talks - Jean Dunn (editor).The text, 'Consciousness and the Absolute' were the last teachings of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, and

  16. Working Skillfully with Pain ~ A Guided Meditation ~ Samaneri Jayasara

    This guided meditation offers a gentle and compassionate way of working with pain in practice. Beginning with grounding awareness in the body and the natural rhythm of the breath, it invites you to settle the mind through calm presence and

  17. Yeshe Tsogyal ~ The Dakini Queen

    This is a reading for meditation of three poems written by Yeshe Tsogyal on the nature of the Dharmakaya and her complete realisation. Translations are by Keith Dowman (poem 1) and Tarthang Tulku.Yeshe Tsogyal was an 8th-century Tibetan Bud

  18. Ibn Arabi ~ The Prayer of Protection ~ Hizb Al-Wiqayah

    Ibn Arabi’s Hizb Al-Wiqayah (The Prayer of Protection), also known as al-Dawr al-A‘la, is a powerful 33-verse Sufi invocation for spiritual safeguarding, divine protection, and elevation.The text can be found in 'A Prayer for Spiritual Elev

  19. How to Practice Self Inquiry ~ (based on Ramana Maharshi teachings)

    This meditation guides you through a process of calming the mind in order to begin the process of self inquiry based on the teachings of Ramana Maharshi. After establishing a degree of calm and settledness, it invites you to explore and que

  20. Essence of Ribhu Gita ~ Advaita Vedanta

    A reading for meditation of selected verses from the 'Essence of Ribhu Gita'. Translated by Professor N.R. Krishnamoorthi Aiyer.The Ribhu Gita is a revered Advaita Vedānta text that teaches the direct realization of the Self as pure, indivi

  21. The Secret Path of Prayer ~ Early Eastern Christian Mystics

    A selection of excerpts for prayer/contemplation taken from 'The Book of Mystical Chapters, The Esoteric Spiritual Doctrine of the Early Christian Monks and Ascetical Teachers of the East.' The reading includes teachings from: of Hesychios

  22. Ryokan ~ This Floating World ~ 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 Zen life. He renounced the world at an

  23. The Eight Worldly Conditions (AN 8:6) ~ Teachings of the Buddha

    A reading for contemplation of the sutta - Dutiyalokadhammasutta - AN 8:6 The Dutiyalokadhammasutta (“Second Discourse on the Worldly Conditions”) teaches about the eight worldly winds that constantly affect human life:Translation: Amalgam

  24. Nisargadatta ~ The True Guru

    This is a selection of teachings on the topic and principles of the 'The True Guru' as taught by Nisargadatta Maharaj. The words are an amalgam of pointers/teachings taken from the text 'I am That' by Nisargadatta (translated by Maurice Fry

  25. Peace Pilgrim ~ The Power of a Quiet Loving Life

    A reading for contemplation of some of Peace Pilgrim's reflections taken from the text, 'Peace Pilgrim, Her Life and Work in her Own Words.'Peace Pilgrim was born Mildred Lisette Norman in 1908 in New Jersey, USA. She lived a fairly convent

  26. Dudjom Rinpoche ~ Knowing the One Thing ~ Dzogchen

    A reading for meditation of the teaching 'A dear Treasure for Destined Disciples' by Dudjom Rinpoche.Dudjom Rinpoche (1904–1987) was one of the most revered masters of Tibetan Buddhism and a major lineage holder of the Nyingma tradition. Re

  27. Pure Meditation ~ Bon Dzogchen ~ Extended Version

    This is an extended version of the previously uploaded recording of the Bon pointers (Remain Like the Sky). It allows for more spaces between each profound pointing and thus offers a longer and potentially deeper meditation.Excerpts have be

  28. Easing the Body & Mind ~ Yoga Nidra ~ NSDR

    This deeply relaxing 30 minute guided Yoga Nidra will help you relax, find inner peace and drift into a deep sleep. It follows a gentle guidance of sweeping the attention throughout the various body parts in order to relax and let go of any

  29. Ajahn Maha Boowa ~ Absolute Freedom

    This reading for contemplation/meditation about the nature of the citta has been excerpted from several discourses given by Acharya Maha Boowa.Ajahn Maha Boowa or Bua (1913–2011) was one of the most revered Thai Forest masters of the 20th c

  30. Al-Niffari ~ Stand in Bewilderment ~ Sufi Mystics

    Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Jabbār al-Niffarī (c. 10th century) was a little-known but profoundly influential early Sufi mystic, best known for his enigmatic work al-Mawāqif wa’l-Mukhāṭabāt (“The Standings and the Addresses”). Living during the fo

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