The Contemplative Life Blogcast

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The Contemplative Life Blogcast is a collection of publicly available lectures and discussions related to contemplative spirituality and comparative religion. For more, visit www.thecontemplativelife.org.

Anthony Coleman


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    Pete Enns | Leaving a Religious System

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2021


    Pete Enns, from The Bible For Normal People, discussing leaving a religious system.

    Swami Sarvapriyananda | Center Yourself in the Atman

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2021


    Swami Saravpriyananda of the Vedanta Society New York on Centering in the Atman.

    Swami Sarvapriyananda | The Goal of Meditation

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2021


    This audio is from Swami Sarvapriyananda, resident Swami at the Vedanta Society of New York.

    Edwin Bryant | The Relevance of the Bhagavad Gita

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2021


    Dr. Edwin Bryant on The Relevance of the Bhagavad Gita. This talk was given at the Global Bhagavad Gita Convention in October 2020.

    James Finley | Little Flashes

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2020


    A clip from the podcast Turning to the Mystics.

    Atmananda Udasin | All This is Verily Brahman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2020


    Audio from a talk given by Atmananda Udasin on January 15 2016.

    Atmananda Udasin | The Self Reveals Itself to Itself by Itself

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2020


    A talk given by Atmananda Udasin on January 16 2016.

    Dale Suggs | Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2020


    An excerpt from a sermon given by Dale Suggs.

    Thomas Merton | A Ground of Silence

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020


    Thomas Merton | Being Ourselves

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2020


    A brief clip from Thomas Merton's "On Contemplation."

    Thomas Merton | Passive Prayer

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2019


    Brief audio from a collection entitled "Thomas Merton on Contemplation."

    Dale Allison | The Historical Christ and the Theological Jesus

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2019


    Dale Allison lectures at Duke, reading from his The Historical Christ and the Theological Jesus.

    Marcus Borg | The Legacy of Albert Schweitzer

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2019


    Marcus Borg lectures on the legacy of Albert Schweitzer in historical Jesus studies.

    Thomas Keating | What's Next In Religion

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2019


    A talk from Thomas Keating from the "Love Matters" series, entitled "What's Next in Religion." Keating's teachings can be found on the Contemplative Outreach Youtube channel.

    Marcus Borg | Seeing Religions Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2019


    Marcus Borg on religious pluralism.

    Aldous Huxley | Who Are We?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2019


    A lecture from Aldous Huxley which touches on several recurring themes in his writings.

    Joseph Goldstein | Vipassana Meditation

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2019


    This is a lecture from Joseph Goldstein at the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine. Goldstein teaches at the Insight Meditation Society.

    Thomas Keating | Persevere

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2019


    Some brief Thomas Keating audio. Much of Keating's audio teachings have been made available for free on the Contemplative Outreach youtube channel.

    Alan Watts | The Four Noble Truths

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2019


    David Frenette | The Path of Centering Prayer

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2019


    A Buddhist Geeks interview with David Frenette about Centering Prayer and his spiritual path. .

    Cynthia Bourgeault | The Heart of Centering Prayer

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2019


    Kevin Culligan | Introduction to St. John of The Cross

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2019


    Seyyed Hossein Nasr | In The Beginning Was Consciousness

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2019


    James Cutsinger | The Perennial Philosophy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2019


    Shinzen Young | World Mysticism

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2019


    Shinzen Young talks about “Mysticism with a Capital M.”

    Alan Watts | The Essence of Hinduism

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2019


    Edwin Bryant | The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2019


    A lecture on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali from Edwin Bryant, professor of Indic Religion at Rutgers University.

    Father Dennis Billy | The Cloud of Unknowing

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2019


    Viktor Frankl | The Will to Meaning

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2019


    Buddhist Geeks | The Path of Shinzen Young

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2019


    Eknath Easwaran | The Perennial Philosophy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2019


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