Baraka Soundtrack - Michael Stearns

Baraka Soundtrack - Michael Stearns
The word Baraka means "blessing" in several languages; watching this film, the viewer is blessed with a dazzling barrage of images that transcend language. Filmed in 24 countries and set to an ever - changing global soundtrack, the movie draws some surprising connections between various peoples and the spaces they inhabit, whether that space is a lonely mountaintop or a crowded cigarette factory. Some of these attempts at connection are more successful than others: for instance, an early sequence segues between the daily devotions of Tibetan monks, Orthodox Jews, and whirling dervishes, finding more similarity among these rituals than one might expect.

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Peace of Mind 3: Oasis of Bliss - Various Artists

Peace of Mind 3: Oasis of Bliss - Various Artists
Offering an hour of exquisite melodies compiled with the purpose of helping one relax and find their calm center, Oasis of Bliss lives up to its name with thirteen of the most peaceful compositions this side of nirvana. The third in Real Music’s "Peace of Mind Music" series, the album features artists like 2002, Frank Steiner Jr., George Skaroulis, Danny Wright and Karunesh. Lush atmospheres, pensive piano melodies, sublime vocal textures and Asian - style flute wanderings circulate throughout the album, providing a stunningly tranquil listening experience from beginning to end. Find a quiet place where you won’t be disturbed, throw this album player and prepare to set sail on an ocean of serenity.

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Internet Sacred Text Archive

Internet Sacred Text Archive

This is the largest freely available archive of online books about religion, mythology, folklore and the esoteric on the Internet. The site is dedicated to religious tolerance and scholarship, and has the largest readership of any similar site on the web.

Through the ages, the books at this site have been hidden away. Now they are freely available to anyone on the web, The goal of the site is to continue to host these books for everyone to read.

Site proprietor John B. Hare has acquired books which have fallen into the public domain. He scanned the books in and provided free access to them on the web to anyone who wishes to read these books.

Books on Buddhism
The Sacred Books of the East (SBE) series, comprising fifty volumes, was issued by the Oxford University Press between 1879 and 1910. It has translations of key sacred texts of Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism and other eastern religions. The series was edited by the famous linguist and scholar of comparative religion, Max Müller. He wrote three of the volumes, and collaborated on three others. The SBE has been designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as part of the UNESCO Collection of Representative Works.

Awaken to the Eternal: Nisargadatta Maharaj: a Journey of Self Discovery

Awaken to the Eternal: Nisargadatta Maharaj: a Journey of Self Discovery

This video is a reverential tribute to the Advaita Sage Nisargadatta Maharaj. It includes film of his daily activities, including answering seeker’s questions. A number of black-and-white photographs are shown and the narration attempts to summarize the teaching, drawing mostly on the book I AM THAT. Several well-known American disciples are interviewed about their experiences at his feet.

“Ultimately, one must go beyond knowledge, but the knowledge must come, and knowledge can come by constant meditation. By meditating, the knowledge I AM gradually settles down and merges with universal knowledge, and thereby becomes totally free like the sky or space. Those who come here with the idea of getting knowledge, even spiritual knowledge, come here as individuals aspiring to get something. That is the real difficulty - the seeker must disappear.”

This is a unique opportunity to catch Maharaj in his Mumbai loft in the middle of a spirited conversation. Although he had a Hindu background and upbringing, Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj's teachings have a universal appeal. His genius is in making abstract ideas clear to everyone. He explained that the purpose of advanced spirituality is to simply know who you are. Through his many talks given in his humble flat in the slums of Bombay, he showed a direct way in which one could become aware of one's original nature. Many of these talks were recorded, and these recordings form the basis of I Am That and his other books. His words are free from cultural and religious trappings, and the knowledge he expounds is stripped bare of all that is unnecessary.

In the words of Advaita scholar Dr. Robert Powell, "Like the Zen masters of old, Nisargadatta's style is abrupt, provocative, and immensely profound -- cutting to the core and wasting little effort on inessentials. His terse but potent sayings are known for their ability to trigger shifts in consciousness, just by hearing, or even reading them."

Thanks to Mark for sharing the links.

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I purchased a used copy of one of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj's books once and read it. I can confirm from experience his words hit you in a certain way that can produce shifts in consciousness and he does have a certain Zen style of presentation. That I got just from reading one of his books.