The Radiance Sutras

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2014

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Lorin Roche began meditating in 1968, and has sought to bring the joy of the practice to society at large ever since. As the developer of Instinctive Meditation, Lorin has created multiple book and audio projects on the subject—including Sounds True’s Meditation for Yoga Lovers. In this episode, Lorin and Tami Simon discuss his new book, The Radiance Sutras: 112 Gateways to the Yoga of Wonder and Delight and the process that went into its creation. They talk about the hard work of crafting a unique poetic interpretation and the insights Lorin has gained from listening to the personal stories of thousands of meditators. Finally, Lorin shares excerpts from some of his favorite poems within The Radiance Sutras.(71 minutes)

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0:00.0	This program is brought to you by sounds true.com.
0:04.0	At sounds true.com you can find hundreds of downloadable audio
0:08.0	learning programs, plus books, music, videos, and online courses, and events.
0:14.3	At sounds true.com, we think of ourselves
0:17.2	as a trusted partner on the spiritual journey,
0:20.2	offering diverse, in-depth, and life-changing wisdom.
0:24.0	Sounds True.com, guest is Lauren Roach.
0:45.1	Lauren Roach has taught meditation for more than 40 years, developing an approach he
0:50.8	calls instinctive meditation, which works with each person's uniqueness
0:57.0	from the inside out.
0:59.5	He has written several popular books including meditation made easy and with sounds true
1:05.8	Lauren has released the audio program, Meditation for Yoga Lovers. Lauren Roach has also written a new book
1:15.0	with Sounds True called The Radiance Sutras
1:18.0	112 Gateways to the Yoga of Wonder and Del delight. The Radiant Sutros is a book that was originally
1:28.7	self-published, past person to person within the yoga community and has received comments like this.
1:35.6	Here's one from Jack Cornfield who writes, if you love Rumi, Hafez, the Tao,
1:41.9	if you love words dancing out of the mystery, welcome to the radiant
1:45.8	sutras. These are among the most profound and luminous verses you will ever read. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Lauren and I spoke
1:56.9	about the radiant sutras and his own unique process of translating the original Sanskrit into inspired poetic renditions and how he felt compelled
2:10.5	to work on his compositions during the hours right before dawn.
2:15.0	We also talked about his discoveries in listening to thousands of meditators
2:21.0	talk about their most intimate meditation experiences.
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