Justin Stone Speaks: Track 1
A Chinese monk once said, “When the mind is transparent and pure as if reflected on the mirror-like surface of the water there is nothing in the world you would dislike. When it is serene as the light breeze in the sunshine there will [...]
Spiritual Stories of the East: Swami Krishnanand
Volume 2, Track 6 I once asked the remarkable karma yogi known as Swami Krishnananda, whom I had surprisingly heard referred to as Saint Krishnananda in Gujarat, India, whether he had ever seen a human body flying through the air. He answered no. “Had [...]
Justin Stone Speaks: Track 2
One is naturally gratified to receive these benefits from the regular practice of T’ai Chi Chih, but there are deeper effects that must be experienced personally. The practicing student will first notice a tingling in the fingers, and soon a slight shaking of the [...]
Spiritual Stories of the East: Professor Huang, Meditation, Yogis & Light
Volume 2, Track 5 My good friend Professor Huang was one of the first to bring T’ai Chi Ch’uan here to America, long before some of the more publicized teachers. On Saturday afternoons in Los Angeles, he gave a wonderful four-hour course on Taoism, [...]
Justin Stone Speaks: Track 3
Many of you listening have seen Karate experts break through thick boards with one slash of the hands, uttering a shout, “Ahh,” to bring the Chi from where it is stored below the navel. No ordinary strength could perform this feat. And the hands [...]
The Growth of Certainty, Part II: Certainty through Devotion, The Way of Devotion
Devotion cultures the heart. When adoration does not selfishly demand a return, there is a yearning toward something greater than ourselves. We lose ourselves in the immensity of the beloved; we are nothing and thus become everything. This is Indian Bhakti and the lover-beloved [...]
A Prayer Before Meals for Buddhists and Others
May I be properly grateful for this food, which is the result of the work of others and the suffering of other forms of life. May I always be grateful to the Buddha, Who was born at Kapilavastu, Enlightened at Magadha, Preached at Varanasi, And [...]
Spiritual Stories of the East: Indian Saints
Volume 2, Track 3 One time, I was traveling through the province of Utter Pradesh in India, driven in an old car by a yogi who was very strict in his rules of brahmacharya. Among other things, he would not eat anything but prasad, [...]
Justin Stone Speaks: Track 4
Usually, I like to devote half of any lecture to a question-and-answer period. So, that I can know what the audience is thinking and what it is interested in knowing. I’m going to follow that custom now and ask for questions. That lady over [...]