Sacred Teachings
for contemplation and practice
These audio recordings offer guided readings of classical spiritual texts by realized masters. Listen with an open heart - let the words settle into stillness rather than grasping for intellectual understanding.
Core Teachings
Key and essential teachings - it is good to first listen to these before exploring the rest.
What is Meditation?
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Everything is your Guru
Dattatreya
Who Am I?
Ramana Maharshi
What is Brahman?
Traditional
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
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
Remain Like the Sky - Pith Instructions of the Bon Masters
Bon Masters
The Great Tantra of Vajrasattva - The Heart of Enlightenment (Part 1)
Traditional
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
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 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
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
Nisargadatta
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj's powerful dialogues on 'I Am' - stripping away illusion to reveal what remains when all that is false has been discarded.
How to Practice the 'I Am' Meditation
Nisargadatta Maharaj
Destruction of the False
Nisargadatta Maharaj
Go back to the Source
Nisargadatta Maharaj
Core of His Teachings - I Am Quotes
Nisargadatta Maharaj
Song of I Am
Nisargadatta Maharaj
A Meditation on Detachment
Nisargadatta Maharaj
An I Am That Meditation
Nisargadatta Maharaj
Nisargadatta's Guru - BEYOND NOTHING
Siddharameshwar Maharaj
Nisargadatta's Guru - NON-ACTION (Part 1)
Siddharameshwar Maharaj
Nisargadatta's Guru - NON-ACTION (Part 2)
Siddharameshwar Maharaj