Podcasts
Spiritual Teaching Podcast Directory
What Is A Podcast?
Generally speaking, podcasting is a way for people all over the world to hear someone's voice. Voice recordings are turned into audio files and posted on the Net so that they can then be downloaded to your computer. Audio files can be a wonderful vehicle for spiritual teaching.
More particularly, according to Wikipedia, podcasting is a "method of publishing audio broadcasts via the Internet." In layman's terms, it's a way for individuals and groups to create audio programs and allow people to download, listen, and subscribe to them very easily.
If you're familiar with blogging you can think of podcasting as "audio blogging." The ability to subscribe to podcasts via a technology called RSS (Really Simple Syndication) allows you to have fresh content downloaded regularly to your computer or portable MP3 player (e.g., an iPod).
To help you get the most out of spiritual teaching podcasts, we have information on:
Sample Audio Files
Adyashanti, now based in Campbell, California, began teaching in 1996 after a series of transformative spiritual awakenings, at the request of his Zen teacher with whom he had been studying for 14 years.
Adyashanti's teachings have been compared to some of the early Ch’an (Zen) masters of China as well as teachers of Advaita Vedanta in India. He is the author of Emptiness Dancing, The Impact of Awakening, and My Secret Is Silence.
In October 2007, we were vey blessed when Adyashanti visited and taught in Australia for the first time. While in Fremantle, WA, he was Interviewed on Full Circle RTR FM Radio 92.1 by the popular presenter, Suchita. You can download the first 30 minutes of this unique interview about true meditation and much more from this page.
For a copy of the whole 72 minute interview and the CD-Tape catalogue, go to: www.fullcircleradio.com and contact Suchita.
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Radio Adyashanti 14/June/07
Size: 48.3 MB.
Time: 90mins
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Adyashanti's "Enlightenment Straight Up"
Awakening revealed, straight to the heart.
Mountain.View, CA:
Time: 96 mins.
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Adyashanti's "Why We Struggle"
Size: 62.1 MB.
Time: 90mins
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Conference Call Interview by Mary Allen with Adyashanti
Recorded Tues. March 27th, 2007
(Once the recording starts, you may want to skip forward past the first few minutes of introduction etc.)
Size: 16.4 MB.
Time: 60mins +
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Adyashanti's "Satsang"
Recorded May 26, 2004.
Size: 11,330KB
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Adyashanti's "Spontaneous Awakening"
Size: 2.592KB
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Adyashanti with Bert Parlee
"Always-Already and the Integral View"
Time: 31 mins
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“From the foundation of always and already, then we are in a position in which it is much easier to work with the elements of the developmental psyche, because it’s a myth that you just wake up, and all of you wakes up with it....”
Adyashanti with Bert Parlee
"Like a Snap of the Finger"
Time: 29 mins
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“A light went on, like a snap of the finger. I literally said to myself: This is it. My life as I’ve known it is over, it will never come back, this is my new life, and I’m not in control of it.”
Adyashanti's Audio Clip Archive
And if you're an on-line listener, why not try Radio Adyashanti. It's just one part of a whole media site called Café Dharmadedicated to offering immediate access to Adyashanti’s teachings.
During the beta test of this radio program, you’ll have access to the radio show and also to the audio download area of Café Dharma. You will notice that Adya also has video and podcast areasthese will be activated in the future.
We can supply: Adya's Books, DVDs, CDs and Audio Tapes.
Eckhart Tolle, is based in Vancouver, Canada, and has authored several best-selling books on spiritual enlightenment including The Power Of Now and A New Earth.
He points a way out of the conditioned mind that keeps us trapped, helpless, and unhappy. In simple language, he describes a deeper level of consciousness beyond the limited thinking mind, and the way to make it available to you.
He teaches that only by fully accepting this moment in time can you free yourself from the “pain-body” -- the accumulated pain of your past -- and from your fears about the future.
Eckhart's "Dealing With The Pain Body"
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Eckhart's "Living in the Now"
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We can supply: Eckhart's Books, DVDs, CDs and Audio Tapes.
Gangaji, (aka, Toni Roberson) an American born teacher and author, has traveled the globe since 1990, speaking with spiritual seekers from all walks of life. Her latest book, The Diamond In Your Pocket is highly recommended. Gangaji's message is powerful in its clarity and simplicity: True peace and lasting fulfillment are not only our birthright, they are the essential nature of our being. Gangaji invites you to discover the possibility of living your life in the freedom and joy of simply being.
We can supply: Gangaji's Books
Audio Selections from Meetings with Gangaji
Bob Adamson is becoming increasingly well-known as an accessible, living teacher of Non-Duality, or Advaita. Bob was on the spiritual path for many years before spending time with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj in India. Nisargadatta pointed Bob towards his own true nature. Bob was able to recognize this and ended a lifetime of seeking.
Bob lives in Deepdene, Melbourne. There are several books available which consist of transcriptions or recordings of meetings which he regularly holds at his home.
Many seekers have traveled around the world to visit Bob. For many of them, due to Bob's persistent clarity and direct pointing to their own true natures, they were able to recognize this also and have no need for further seeking.
Four excerpts from Bob's CDs are available for listening in MP3 format:
The 'Sailor' Bob Song by John Wheeler
'Sailor' Bob Adamson was a student ofand received teaching from this sage in India. Bob now resides in Deepdene, Melbourne, and conducts regular gatherings with interested friends in his home to explore these teachings on the non-dual nature of reality.
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Mark West -- on non-duality 1.
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Mark West -- on non-duality 2.
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Mark West -- on non-duality 3.
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Mark West -- on non-duality 4.
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Mark West -- non-duality & Buddhism.
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Mark West -- non-duality & Buddhism.
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Mark West -- non-duality & Jesus' Teaching.
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Mark West -- non-duality & the Prodiagal Son.
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Mark West -- non-duality & the Bible.
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Self-Deception and the Fires of Transformation
Dialogues With Steven Harrison
Self Deception and the Fires of Transformation is the distillation of a six-week series of dialogues with Steven Harrison. Harrison guides the participants through a journey of intense self-inquiry with his radical honesty and potent eloquence. Listening to these dialogues, you cannot help but be drawn into your own passion for deep understanding of the questions that illuminate your life.
Topics include:
- The Spiritual Search and the Postspiritual Reality
- The Collapse of Thought
- Self-Concept and the Denial of Death
- Sublime Confusion: What Can We Truly Know?
- Surrender, Faith, and the Life of the Heart
- The Role of Pain in Transformation
- Personal and Impersonal Relationships
- The Risk of Creativity and Full Expression
- Love and Fear
- The Only One True Action
To listen to or download an audio file, simply click on any track from the list below.
- Track 1 (7:55, 7.25mb)
- Track 2 (7:22, 6.76mb)
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- Track 25 (11:36, 10.89mb)
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Nirmala (aka, Daniel Erway) experienced a profound spiritual awakening in India and this was later expanded by his friend and teacher, Adyashanti back in the US. Nirmala offers a unique vision and a gentle, compassionate approach, which adds to this rich tradition of inquiry into the truth of Being.
Nirmala is also the author of several books including Nothing Personal: Seeing Beyond the Illusion of a Separate Self. He has been giving satsang throughout the United States and Canada since 1998. He now lives in Sedona with his wife, Gina.
We can supply: Nirmala and Gina's Books
Your Nature as Space (19 minutes)
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Invitation to Rest (12 minutes)
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Based in London, England, Douglas and Catherine Harding taught their simple, practical method of direct seeing for oneself for many years. Douglas died in Jan, 2007.
Talk 03/03/02: 41.20
Headlessness and the Single "I"
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If you're into music and would like to download a couple of mp3 songs about non-dual spirituaity by John Wheeler, >.
Watching and Downloading Videos
Richard Lang is a London-based teacher of the insightful understanding of Who (or What) we really are, developed by Douglas Harding. This practical, yet profound approach to the awareness and practice of spiritual wisdom is sometimes known as the Headless Way.
Richard has written a book about discovering who we really are and he and some friends have made several short videos featuring Headless awareness exercises or experiments which you can see and/or download from his YouTube page.
The Advaita Show -- Features visits with Melbourne sage 'Sailor' Bob Adamson, brilliantly hosted by Cameron Reilly. Serious, funny, human, complete, mostly unedited. The Advaita Show brings Aussie humour to a subject prone to mind-games, abstraction and absurdity and gently mocks the pretensions of spiritual elitists.
The show is now produced intermittently, but you can read the blog, from which previous podcasts can be accessed: http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/
Website: http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com
Feed: http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/feed
Webmaster: cameronreilly@gmail.com
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A growing number of spiritual teachers are now providing regular satsang or spiritual teaching podcasts which you can download manually or automatically. There's no charge for this service, but most welcome donations from those who can afford to support their work.
Good examples of these are John Sherman's Podcasts (from the River Ganga Foundation), and Michael McAlister's Podcasts (from the Infinite Smile Sangha). Please contact us if you know of others you feel we should list here.
Dharma (Spiritual Teaching) Podcast Directory
Create a special folder on your computer where you can easily store and find your podcast audio files.
Some podcasters only provide a link to the current episode or talk, while others provide an archive of podcast links for you to select from. If you're interested in listening to a particular audio file or podcast without using a podcast program, look for the appropriate link. You can then choose to listen to the audio file with your computer's MP3 player or you can save the podcast to the special folder you've created on your hard drive (see above).
To get a separate player for MP3 files, go to Windows Media Player Downloads and select the version that is appropriate for your computer. Save the file to disc or allow Microsoft to install it for you. If you save the file to disc, double-click on the saved file and follow instructions to install.
To download a podcast with Windows, right-click mouse on link and choose Save Target As.... You can now choose to save the audio file on your computer.
To download a podcast on a Mac Operating System, hold the control button and click on the mouse. A menu will open and you can choose to open with iTunes or Download Linked File As... You can now choose to save the audio file on your computer.
Once your audio file is downloaded, go to your designated folder and select the file you want to hear or transfer to your iPod or other MP3 player.
There are a number of "podcatcher" applicationst out there that allow you different options for subscribing and listening. The range includes programs which allow you to listen to podcasts on mobile phones and Pocket PCs, as well as computers running Mac or Linux OS. Here are three of the most popular:
iPodder.org (Free)
To subscribe to a podcast using one of these programs, look for the "Podcast Feed URL:" link with the XML icon above it on our site. Simply copy that link and paste it into the appropriate place in your podcast program.
Using iTunes
One of the easiest ways to listen to podcasts is probably through Apple iTunes. To listen to a podcast through iTunes, first you must have Windows 2000 or XP (or Apple) and iTunes 4.9 or higher installed on your computer. To download the latest version of iTunes (free), Click Here. Then follow the onscreen instructions.
Once you have iTunes installed, go to the site of a spiritual teacher whom you know is an iTunes podcaster and you will see on the podcast page "Subscribe to this: Podcast (iTunes Podcast)". You can see an example Here. Click that link and the podcast will show up in your iTunes browser where you can listen to the podcast episodes streaming, download individual podcasts, or subscribe to the podcast which will allows iTunes to download new episodes of that podast automatically (they'll show up in the "Podcasts" section of iTunes).
A couple of quick notes about iTunes. First, when you sign up for an account you'll be required to enter a credit card number. This is done so that you can easily purchase music and audio books in the future. However, virtually all podcasts are free so your card will not be charged. Second, subscribing to a podcast means that you will automatically get future episodes of that podcast. And unsubscribing and deleting old episodes is also very easy. For additional information about iTunes and podcasting, click here.
Podcasts that feature recordings of high quality lectures that focus on various aspects of the Dharma or nondual truth teaching and practice, particularly from a Buddhist perspective. While most of these teachers are Zen-inspired, they seek to integrate several of the mystic or nondual teachings from the contemplative traditions of Advaita, Taoism, Christianity, Kabbalah and Sufiism. To access a wide range of spiritually oriented podcasts, Click Here
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Podcatcher Programs
Winamp (Free, Good for non-iPod portable players)
Doppler (Free, Good for non-iPod portable players)
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