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
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Nov 6, 2026 • 12min
Meister Eckhart ~ Isness is God ~ Christian Mystics
A reading from Meister Eckhart explores the mystical meaning of pure Isness and the soul’s return to its divine source. It considers creation as a continual expression of God, with every creature revealing sacred presence. The reflection moves through shared human and divine vision, awakening beyond spiritual blindness, and an image of God as comforting, joyful, and ever-creating.
Oct 30, 2026 • 40min
St Joseph the Hesychast ~ Prayer of the Heart
Explore the contemplative path of St Joseph the Hesychast through the Jesus Prayer. These reflections address awakening the search for God, carrying prayer into the heart, remaining watchful amid distraction, and practicing faithfully through struggle. They also consider humility, self-knowledge, the purification of the heart, and the stages leading toward divine union.
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Oct 22, 2026 • 31min
Master Hongzhi Zhengjue ~ The Original Light ~ Zen Buddhism
A lyrical meditation on Hongzhi Zhengjue’s vision of the Original Light. Explore empty body and mind, effortless awareness, and presence beyond something and nothing. The reading moves through infinite worlds in each moment, Zen action amid changing phenomena, unobstructed understanding, and the luminous imagery of water, moon, and wind.
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Oct 13, 2026 • 28min
Ganga Maa ~ The Truth is in the Heart ~ Advaita
Ganga Maa, a contemporary Advaita teacher in Tiruvannamalai, shares the simplicity of non-dual truth. She explores pure existence beyond concepts, action without mental interference, and devotion to Ramana Maharshi and Arunachala without separation. The conversation also examines ego’s claim over spiritual experiences, realisation beyond fleeting states, and abiding in the Self through peace and silence.
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Oct 7, 2026 • 15min
Longchenpa ~ The Enlightened Mind ~ Dzogchen
Explore Longchenpa’s Dzogchen teachings on the mind’s natural, uncontrived state. The reading considers resting in emptiness, releasing attachment to appearances, and recognizing awareness beyond thought. It journeys through the spacious nature of mind, experience as a magical display, the universal ground, and the freedom of having nothing to remove or add.
Sep 28, 2026 • 30min
Simone Weil ~ Decreating Ourselves ~ (from Gravity and Grace)
Selected passages explore Simone Weil’s radical vision of “decreation”: surrendering the ego, accepting humility and nonexistence, and making space for divine love. The reading considers affliction, compassion, pain, renunciation, grace, and the tension between appearance and reality, inviting listeners toward a deeper spiritual freedom through self-emptying.
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Sep 22, 2026 • 11min
Hazrat Inayat Khan ~ Music of the Absolute ~ Sufi Mystics
Explore Hazrat Inayat Khan’s vision of life as music: nature, human relationships, voice, thought, and feeling all expressing an underlying harmony. Discover how Sufi practice cultivates attentive listening, careful speech, and inner peace, leading toward the soul’s return to the eternal music of the Absolute.
Sep 15, 2026 • 25min
Resting the Mind ~ Samaneri Jayasara
A gentle meditation on resting in natural awareness without force, control, or inner struggle. Explore how thoughts, emotions, sensations, body tension, and breath can soften and dissolve on their own. The practice invites an open, spacious sense of peace that remains available while moving through everyday life.
Sep 4, 2026 • 14min
The Fire Sermon ~ Teachings of the Buddha
A powerful Buddhist discourse explores the six senses as fires fueled by greed, hatred, delusion, suffering, and mortality. The reading traces a path from recognizing the burning nature of sensory experience to disillusionment, dispassion, and liberation. It culminates in the freedom found through letting go of attachment and clinging.
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Aug 29, 2026 • 17min
The Mandukya Upanishad ~ Advaita Vedanta
A contemplative reading of the Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣhad exploring OM as the symbol of Absolute Reality. Short verses and classical commentary unpack the three states of waking, dreaming and deep sleep. Attention turns to Turiya, the indescribable fourth state that underlies all experience. The talk maps the sounds A, U, M to consciousness and points toward silent awareness beyond concepts.
