Audio Teachings | Spirits Wisdom

Core Teachings

Key and essential teachings - it is good to first listen to these before exploring the rest.

What is Meditation?

Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Who is your Guru?

Dattatreya

Who Am I?

Ramana Maharshi

What is Brahman?

Traditional

What is mind?

Lama Shabkar

What is natural state?

Traditional - Dzogchen

A Meditation on Silence

Max Picard

Christianity

A Soul of Silence

Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity

The Prayer of Quiet

St Teresa of Avila

The Unknowing

St John of the Cross

Existence is God

Meister Eckhart

Unhampered Nothingness

Meister Eckhart

Selected Teachings for Meditation

St John of the Cross

What is Contemplation?

Thomas Merton

What Contemplation is NOT

Thomas Merton

Learn to Be Alone - Solitude

Thomas Merton

Pure Love

Thomas Merton

Journey into the Wilderness

Thomas Merton

Hindu

Ancient Vedantic wisdom from the Upanishads and Gitas - teachings on Self-inquiry, non-duality, and the nature of consciousness from realized masters.

The Avadhuta Gita - Self and Reality

Dattatreya

The Avadhuta Gita - Part 2

Dattatreya

The Avadhuta Gita - Part 3

Dattatreya

Vivekachudamani - Part 1

Ramana Maharshi

Vivekachudamani - Part 2

Ramana Maharshi

Vivekachudamani - Part 3

Ramana Maharshi

Vivekachudamani - Part 4

Ramana Maharshi

Vivekachudamani - Part 5

Ramana Maharshi

Vivekachudamani - Part 6

Ramana Maharshi

The Ribhu Gita - Chapter 26

Ramana Maharshi

The Ashtavakra Gita - Part 1

Ashtavakra

The Ashtavakra Gita - Part 2

Ashtavakra

The Brihad (Brihadaranyaka) Upanishad - A Meditation

Traditional

The Nectar of Self Awareness (Amritanubhava)

Jnaneshvar

The Way of Self-Inquiry - Drg Drsya Viveka

Traditional

Katha Upanishad - For Meditation

Traditional

Ātma-bodha - Self-Knowledge

Adi Shankara

Yoga Vasistha (Essence)

Traditional

Anuttarastika - Trika Shaivism

Abhinavagupta

Living Liberation (Jivanmukti)

Abhinavagupta

Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam - Realisation of our True Heart

Traditional - Kashmir Shaivism

The Spandakarika - Song of the Sacred Tremor

Traditional - Kashmir Shaivism

Buddhist

Teachings from the Zen, Tibetan, and Dzogchen traditions - pointing directly to the nature of mind, liberation, and compassionate awareness.

The Bodhicittabhavana - The Cultivation of Enlightened Mind

Manjushrimitra

On The Transmission of Mind - Part 1

Huang Po

On The Transmission of Mind - Part 2

Huang Po

On The Transmission of Mind - Part 3

Huang Po

The Way of the Bodhisattva - Chapter 7: Diligence

Shantideva

The Way of the Bodhisattva - Chapter 8: Meditative Concentration

Shantideva

Pure Meditation

Traditional - Dzogchen

Remain Like the Sky - Pith Instructions of the Bon Masters

Bon Masters

The Great Tantra of Vajrasattva - The Heart of Enlightenment (Part 1)

Traditional - Dzogchen

The Great Tantra of Vajrasattva - Luminous Awareness (Part 2)

Ati Yoga

Meditation Instructions - Part 1

Padmasambhava / Guru Rinpoche

Vital Points for Awakening - Part 2

Padmasambhava / Guru Rinpoche

Instructions for Attaining Enlightenment

Padmasambhava / Guru Rinpoche

The Treasure of the Lotus Crystal Cave

Shri Singha to Padmasambhava

Advice on Attaining Enlightenment at the Moment of Death

Padmasambhava / Guru Rinpoche

Descending with the View from Above

Padmasambhava / Guru Rinpoche

The Tibetan Book of the Dead - Instructions for Dying and in the Bardo

Padmasambhava / Guru Rinpoche

Instructions for Dying and in the Bardo

Padmasambhava / Guru Rinpoche

The Vital Essence

Shakya Shri Jnana

The Truth of your Being

Garab Dorje

The Ground of Being

Garab Dorje

Self Liberation through Seeing with Naked Awareness

Padmasambhava / Guru Rinpoche

Taoism

The Way that cannot be spoken - ancient Chinese wisdom on Tao, naturalness, spontaneity. Teachings on Wu Wei, emptiness, the harmony of opposites.

Tao Te Ching - The Book of the Way

Lao Tzu

The Highest Teachings

Lao Tzu

Merge into Emptiness

Lao Tzu

Doing Nothing

Chuang Tzu (Zhuangzi)

The Empty Boat

Chuang Tzu (Zhuangzi)

Soft Butter Meditation

Zen Master Hakuin

The Eight Direction Perception Meditation

Wudang Taoist Monks

Serenity

Chuang Tzu (Zhuangzi)

Total Presence

Wei Wu Wei

The Great Awakening

Chuang Tzu (Zhuangzi)

Non-Volitional Living

Wei Wu Wei

The Seeker is the Sought

Wei Wu Wei

All Else is Bondage (Part 1)

Wei Wu Wei

All Else is Bondage (Part 2)

Wei Wu Wei

All Else is Bondage (Part 3)

Wei Wu Wei

Zen

Teaching with an emphasis on Buddha-nature thought, innate enlightenment and sudden awakening. The field of vast brightness is ours from the outset.

Ten Ox Herding Pictures - Picture One - Searching for the Ox

Yamada Mumon

Ten Ox Herding Pictures - Picture Two - Seeing the Traces

Yamada Mumon

Ten Ox Herding Pictures - Picture Three - Seeing the Ox

Yamada Mumon

Ten Ox Herding Pictures - Picture Four - Catching the Ox

Yamada Mumon

Ten Ox Herding Pictures - Picture Five - Taming the Ox

Yamada Mumon

Ten Ox Herding Pictures - Picture Six - Riding Home on the Ox

Yamada Mumon

Ten Ox Herding Pictures - Picture Seven - The Ox Forgotten, the Self Remains

Yamada Mumon

Ten Ox Herding Pictures - Picture Eight - Forget Both Self and Ox

Yamada Mumon

Ten Ox Herding Pictures - Picture Nine - Return to the Origin, Back to the Source

Yamada Mumon

Ten Ox Herding Pictures - Picture Ten - Entering the Marketplace with Extended Hands

Yamada Mumon

The Sayings of Old Man Tcheng

Old Man Tcheng

Longchenpa

The great Dzogchen master's profound instructions on the nature of mind, spacious awareness, and the path of natural liberation.

Guidance for Meditation - The Decisive Experience (Part 1)

Longchenpa

Guidance for Meditation - The Decisive Experience (Part 2)

Longchenpa

Guidance for Meditation - The Decisive Experience (Part 4)

Longchenpa

Guidance for Meditation - The Decisive Experience (Part 3)

Longchenpa

Freeing Afflictive Emotions

Longchenpa

Spaciousness Meditation

Longchenpa

Gone To Suchness

Longchenpa

Timeless Freedom - Part 1

Longchenpa

Timeless Freedom - Part 2

Longchenpa

Expansive Awareness

Longchenpa

The Treasury of the Basic Space of Phenomena (Part 5)

Longchenpa

The Treasury of the Basic Space of Phenomena (Part 3)

Longchenpa

A Meditation on the Nature of Mind

Longchenpa

Samsara is like an Optical Illusion

Longchenpa

The Ultimate Non-Meditation

Longchenpa

The Ungraspable Display

Longchenpa

The Pinnacle Teaching for Meditation

Longchenpa

A Meditation on Four Methods of Resting

Longchenpa

Three Statements That Strike the Vital Point

Longchenpa

The Adornment of Basic Space

Longchenpa

The Precious Treasury of the Way of Abiding - Part 1

Longchenpa

The Precious Treasury of the Way of Abiding - Part 2

Longchenpa

The Precious Treasury of the Way of Abiding - Part 3

Longchenpa

The Precious Treasury of the Way of Abiding - Part 4

Longchenpa

Treasury of Natural Perfection - Part 1

Longchenpa

Treasury of Natural Perfection - Part 2

Longchenpa

Treasury of Natural Perfection - Part 3

Longchenpa

Treasury of Natural Perfection - Part 4

Longchenpa

Ramana

Sri Ramana Maharshi's direct teachings on Self-inquiry, silence, and abiding as pure awareness - the simplest and most direct path.

Be As You Are - The Enlightened

Ramana Maharshi

Be As You Are - The Reality

Ramana Maharshi

Be As You Are - The Guru

Ramana Maharshi

Be As You Are - Devotion

Ramana Maharshi

Be As You Are - Theory

Ramana Maharshi

Be As You Are - Practice (Part 1)

Ramana Maharshi

Be As You Are - Practice (Part 2)

Ramana Maharshi

Be As You Are - Misconceptions

Ramana Maharshi

Be As You Are - Meditation

Ramana Maharshi

Be As You Are - Silence

Ramana Maharshi

Be As You Are - World

Ramana Maharshi

Be As You Are - Truth

Ramana Maharshi

Be As You Are - Consciousness

Ramana Maharshi

Be As You Are - The End

Ramana Maharshi

Papaji

H.W.L. Poonja's fiery pointings to freedom - a direct disciple of Ramana Maharshi whose spontaneous teachings awaken immediate recognition of your true nature.