Wisdom of the Masters
Samaneri Jayasara
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.
These podcasts are not monetized & are purely for educational & spiritual purposes.
If you enjoy & benefit from these recordings you are welcome to contribute to the daily running costs of our hermitage to support the nuns. Donations/gifts for this purpose can be made via PayPal: https://paypal.me/VivekaHermitage or WISE: wise.com/pay/me/margarets448
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These podcasts are not monetized & are purely for educational & spiritual purposes.
If you enjoy & benefit from these recordings you are welcome to contribute to the daily running costs of our hermitage to support the nuns. Donations/gifts for this purpose can be made via PayPal: https://paypal.me/VivekaHermitage or WISE: wise.com/pay/me/margarets448
vivekahermitage.com
www.youtube.com/c/SamaneriJayasara/featured
Episodes
Mentioned books
May 10, 2026 • 34min
Ibn Arabi ~ The Prayer of Protection ~ Hizb Al-Wiqayah
A contemplative recitation of Ibn Arabi’s Prayer of Protection exploring spiritual safeguarding and the danger of heedlessness. Short invocations seek divine nearness, gentleness, and inner steadiness. Themes include guarding loved ones, facing trials with patience, opening the heart, and being wrapped in divine friendship and mercy.
Apr 28, 2026 • 28min
How to Practice Self Inquiry ~ (based on Ramana Maharshi teachings)
A guided meditation that teaches calming the mind and practicing self-inquiry based on Ramana Maharshi. Short prompts steer attention to the sense of I and tracing thoughts back to their source. Guidance encourages effortless being, persistent return to inner awareness, and resting in the revealed self.
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Apr 20, 2026 • 39min
Essence of Ribhu Gita ~ Advaita Vedanta
A meditative reading explores uncompromising nondual teachings that the universe is unborn and only pure awareness exists. The mind is shown as a projector of names and forms while thoughts are ripples on boundless being. Guidance centers on steadfast, thought‑free abiding, self‑inquiry to dissolve the ego, and realizing the Self as motionless, spontaneous bliss leading to liberation.
Apr 14, 2026 • 25min
The Secret Path of Prayer ~ Early Eastern Christian Mystics
Readings on inner purification, silence, and the struggle to quiet the heart for true prayer. Guidance on praying inwardly, lowering the eyes, and keeping the mind undistracted. Themes of continual remembrance, humility, mercy, and prayer as a spiritual weapon. Images of angels, stillness as worship, and resting in God's presence.
Apr 8, 2026 • 6min
Ryokan ~ This Floating World ~ Zen Buddhism
Gentle meditative readings paint the hermit life of a Sōtō Zen monk and his simple, solitary days. Poems explore longing for the world even after withdrawal. Images of compassionate shelter, a quiet valley stream, and leaning against a pine evoke nature as practice. Breath counting and the hidden moon offer moments of fleetingness and luminous surprise.
Apr 4, 2026 • 10min
The Eight Worldly Conditions (AN 8:6) ~ Teachings of the Buddha
A contemplative reading of the Dutiyalokadhammasutta exploring the eight worldly conditions that shape human life. Short reflections contrast how ordinary people and awakened practitioners respond to gain, loss, praise and blame. The talk highlights mindfulness, impermanence, and the path to freedom from craving and aversion.
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Mar 28, 2026 • 17min
Nisargadatta ~ The True Guru
A meditative exploration of what a true spiritual guide is and how awareness itself teaches. Short reflections contrast self‑serving teachers with sincere ones and emphasize inner freedom over obedience. Topics include silence as the deepest teaching, the guru as mirror and principle of awareness, and how realization makes external guides unnecessary.
Mar 23, 2026 • 13min
Peace Pilgrim ~ The Power of a Quiet Loving Life
Peace Pilgrim, spiritual teacher and peace activist who walked over 25,000 miles for a Pilgrimage for Peace, shares reflections on inner transformation and simplicity. She speaks about walking as an inward and outward practice. She highlights letting go of possessions, love as the greatest power, giving without expectation, and the quiet power of a loving life.
Mar 16, 2026 • 22min
Dudjom Rinpoche ~ Knowing the One Thing ~ Dzogchen
A guided reading of Dudjom Rinpoche’s Dzogchen teachings on recognizing the one freeing principle. Short practical guidance on posture, breath, and resting in open awareness. Clear distinctions between wandering thoughts and the mind’s luminous essence. Instructions for sustaining recognition through meditation, faith, and diligent practice.
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Mar 11, 2026 • 45min
Pure Meditation ~ Bon Dzogchen ~ Extended Version
A guided transmission of Bon Dzogchen pointers that invites resting like the open sky. Short teachings emphasize no technique, no meditator, and the mind’s unborn nature. Instructions explore cutting off habitual thinking, trusting spontaneous clarity, and letting phenomena self-liberate. Gentle ambient spaces deepen the contemplative pointing for longer, uncontrived rest.
