Shankara’s Nirvana Shatakam, composed over 1200 years ago, is an embodiment of the “not this, not this” (neti, neti) teaching of Advaita Vedanta that can lead to the state of enlightenment, freedom and happiness. 
Importantly, although there are many “not this, not this” lines, every verse of this six verse classic ends in an affirmation, a declaration of what you really are, which balances and 
responds to the negations. These verses are a personal  declaration and celebration by Shankara of his own Self Realization. 
To learn more visit Gary Weber's website:
www.happiness-beyond-thought.com


Nirvana Shatakam - Six Verses on the State of Enlightenment, Freedom and Happiness

Ara Kara (Mantra Song)- Magically Nikki

This is a led meditation practice, as taught at the City Lit and the West London Buddhist Centre.

I encountered this meditation for the first time when I was finding life a little stressful, and there is no doubt that it has helped me immensely since 2007. I would heartily recommend anyone to have a go.

You could start right now, but you might like to read this introduction that Jinananda once wrote:

The first thing is to find a quality of stillness.  It is possible to move or walk with this quality of stillness, but in this practice, you can start to develop it by being physically still.  You can move during the practice, but the invitation of the practice is not to fidget. 

If you need to, you can lie down to do the practice, but if you can, you should sit up, in a chair or on the floor, either kneeling astride cushions, or if sitting cross-legged, sitting high enough on cushions so that the knees are lower than the hips. 

The aim of the practice is to cultivate a concentrated appreciative attention to our moment-by-moment experience of the breathing process. 

There are four stages, or approaches, to the practice.  Each of these stages represents a slightly different way of being aware of the breath, of being aware of in the breath.  Starting with the easiest, and working towards the stage requiring the most delicate focus of concentration. 

Mindfulness is not about closing down or cutting off our thinking, it is not an exercise in fixing or forcing the attention.  It simply provides our thinking with something to come back to when it becomes aware of what it is doing. 

We are being mindful at the very moment that we realize that our mind has been all over the place.  Coming home to the breath, we are coming home to ourselves.  Without trying to stop the mind doing what it wants to do, we are centring the mind, settling it.

You can find other meditations of Jinananda's on jonfrewin's soundcloud page.

A guided Mindfulness of Breathing meditation for beginners, by Jinananda

Paradox #1 The Diamond Sutra Chapter 1 - 7, new translation

This track was performed live in Rishikesh on the evening program on the bank of Ganga river on 10th November 2017.

Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava

10/11/2017

Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava (live in Rishikesh 10-11-2017)

How to surrender to the wider intelligence of life.

Surrender Meditation

Wisdom is Learning From Everyone

This is me adding on to the beautiful flute melody called 'Krishna Theme' performed by Paras Nath, from the OMG soundtrack. All tracks except the flute were performed, recorded and arranged by me in my home studio. Enjoy!

When Time Smiles (Krishna Theme from OMG)

Talks given in Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida. Feb 2020

Empty Yourself of Yourself

Attention: Reclaiming Our Most Precious Resource

From The Chord of Love: Readings by Ram Dass & Devotional Songs by Amazing Grace 

In the 60s and 70s many of us journeyed to the East in search of 'something'. In the foothills of the Himalayas, some of us were graced to touch the living spirit through our guru, Neem Karoli Baba. Being with the devotees surrounding him, we were opened to "bhakti yoga" the path of the heart. Through song, poetry, myth and prayer, we were reminded that ultimately there is only the Beloved. Now, many years later, when even a few of us gather, we share, as you will hear on this recording, extemporaneously, the words and songs that remind us of the Beloved yet again. Join us in the Ocean of Love. 


2 - Reading 1 by Ram Dass

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