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Song of the Vajra - Chögyal Namkai Norbu Rinpoche - Dzogchen Mar 26, 2022

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This is a reading for meditation of Namkai Norbu's brief commentary (as well as the song itself) on the "Song of the Vajra". The origin of this song is the tantra of the union of sun and moon. Chögyal Namkhai Norbu (1938-2018) was an eminent scholar of Tibetan culture and a master of life. A unique figure in the contemporary spiritual world, a Professor of Tibetan and Mongolian Language and Literature at the Naples Eastern University, and a leading authority on Tibetan culture, particularly in the fields of history, literature, traditional religions (Tibetan Buddhism and Bon), and Traditional Tibetan medicine.

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Longchenpa ~ The Ultimate Non-Meditation ~ Dzogchen Mar 19, 2022

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Among the works in Longchen Rabjam's famous collection, the Seven Treasuries, is this book commonly known as the Chöying Dzod. Longchenpa, also known as Longchen Rabjam , ‘Infinite, Vast Expanse of Space’, or Drimé Özer (1308-1364), was one of the most brilliant teachers of the Nyingma lineage. He systematized the Nyingma teachings in his ‘Seven Treasures’ and wrote extensively on Dzogchen. Reading taken from Part 5 of The Treasury of the Basic Space of Phenomena - Translated by Richard Barron (Lama Chökyi Nyima).

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🕊️ 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 🕊️ ~ Inspired Words of Peace from Mahatma Gandhi Mar 16, 2022

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🕊️ This is a reading of inspired reflections on "Peace" from Mahatma Gandhi - a collaboration between myself and Swami Madhuram Puri. Dedicated to Peace in the Ukraine and the whole world. 🕊️

Music track - "Peace for Ukraine" by Swami Madhuram Swami's wonderful music can be found here (Time for Peace) - https://timeforpeace.bandcamp.com/

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 -1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule, and to later inspire movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.

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Nisargardatta Maharaj ~ 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐍𝐨 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 ~ A Guided Meditation Mar 13, 2022

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These are a selection of key pointers from Nisargadatta taken from "Pointers by Ramesh Balsekar" and formatted as a guided meditation.

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Venerable Ajahn Chah ~ Q&A on Meditation and Practice ~ Theravadin Forest Tradition Mar 08, 2022

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This is a reading of a series of questions that were put to Ajahn Chah by a group of monks in his monastery. Ajahn Chah was a Thai Buddhist monk and meditation Master. He was an influential teacher of the Buddhadhamma and a founder of two major monasteries in the Thai Forest Tradition. He was reputed to be an Arahant.

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The Thirty-Seven Things that Bodhisattvas Do ~ Mahayana Buddhism Mar 05, 2022

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A reading of the 37 stanzas on the Bodhisattva practice by Gyalse Ngulchu Thogme Zangpo - a Buddhist master from Tibet. Translated by Yonten Gyatso with the help of Dechen Wangmo. A explained by Yogi Prabodha Jnana, "each of these stanzas is either a contemplation to prepare us to face the world better, or an instruction for meditation. Taking inspiration from the Bodhisattva ideal, we can transform life into a blissful journey to enlightenment- living life as a play of contentment, relaxation and meaningful effort, tasting the nectar of inner ease, patience, compassion and spaciousness."

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Hakim Sanai ~ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 ~ Sufi Mystics Mar 01, 2022

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A reading of Sanai's beautiful and profound, The Walled Garden of Truth. Born in Ghazni in the south of Afghanistan sometime during the eleventh century, Sanai is considered one of the most influential early mystics from the Persian region. Despite his strong influence not much is known about his life and much is gleaned from his poetry which is often autobiographical. His name is generally spoken of in the same breath as Shaikh Faridu’d-Din ‘Attar, both of whom are have been a major influence on those mystics and poets who followed in their tradition. Rumi acknowledged Hakim Sanai and Attar as his two primary inspirations, saying, “Attar is the soul and Sanai its two eyes, I came after Sanai and Attar.”

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Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche ~ 𝐀 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞~ Dzogchen Feb 27, 2022

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This is a selection of clear pointing out instructions taken from the text "Present Fresh Wakefulness" by Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche (translated by Erik Pema Kunsang). Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche (b. 1951) is a world-renowned Tibetan Buddhist teacher and meditation master in the Kagyu and Nyingma traditions. He is the abbot of Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal. He is the author of several books, founder of meditation centers around the world, and an international teacher. He is the eldest son of Kunsang Dechen, a devoted Buddhist practitioner, and Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, who was considered one of the greatest Dzogchen masters of our time.

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J. Krishnamurti ~ What is Meditation? Feb 25, 2022

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These is a reading of extracts from Krishnamurti's talks on meditation taken from various sources - intended for contemplation. Jiddu Krishnamurti (12 May 1895 – 17 February 1986) was an Indian philosopher, speaker and writer. In his early life he was groomed to be the new World Teacher but later rejected this mantle and withdrew from the Theosophy organization behind it. He stressed the need for a revolution in the psyche of every human being and emphasised that such revolution cannot be brought about by any external entity, be it religious, political, or social.

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𝐀 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 💜 ~ 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚 Feb 22, 2022

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This is a guided meditation spoken extemporaneously on abiding in our unshakeable heart of Awareness.

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