Wisdom of the Masters Podcast
1) Sri Aurobindo ~ The Mother (The Seminal Text)
Sri Aurobindo's seminal text The Mother (1928) is a concise, foundational work in Integral Yoga, outlining the Divine Mother's crucial role, her four great aspects (Maheshwari, Mahakali, Mahalakshmi, ...Show More
2) 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...Show More
3) 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...Show More
4) 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...Show More
5) 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...Show More
6) 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...Show More
7) 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...Show More
8) 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...Show More
9) 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...Show More
10) A Quiet Mind ~ A Guided Meditation ~ Samaneri Jayasara
This is a spoken guided meditation (no music) that commences with an open awareness and listening - accepting and allowing things to 'be' - to come and to go. It then progresses to an investigation of...Show More