Lex Hixon

Nectar of Non-Dual Truth, A Journal of Universal Religious and Philosophical Teachings is an annual publication that contains articles on the philosophy and spirituality of Vedanta and other religious traditions by authentic practitioners. Issue #35 is dedicated to the methods, practice, and experience of divine life and practice across a variety of religious and spiritual Traditions, with a particular focus on peace and nonviolence. In this issue we include teachings from Vedanta, Advaita Vedanta, Judaism, Islam, and Taoism. Teachers and practitioners include: Lex Hixon/Sheikh Nur Al-Jerrahi, Rabbi Rami Shapiro, Swami Aseshananda, Swami Brahmeshananda, Lam FuHo, Brother Tadrupa, Babaji Bob Kindler, and Annapurna Sarada. The always popular feature, Nectar of Advaitic Instruction, along with Wisdom Facets from the Gem of Truth, and quotes from the Worlds Religious Traditions complete this special issue. Nectar #35, published in 2020, represents 20 years of publication.

Nectar of Non-Dual Truth, A Journal of Universal Religious and Philosophical Teachings is an annual publication that contains articles on the philosophy and spirituality of Vedanta and other religious traditions by authentic practitioners. Issue #33 is dedicated to the methods, practice, and experience of meditation across a variety of religious and spiritual Traditions. We include teachings on meditation from Vedanta, Advaita Vedanta, Yoga, Judaism, Sufism, and Buddhism. Teachers and practitioners include: Lex Hixon, Rabbi Rami Shapiro, Llewelyn Vaughn-Lee, Swami Bhuteshananda, Swami Aseshananda, Swami Brahmeshananda, Babaji Bob Kindler, and Annapurna Sarada. Also included is a transcript from a 1970's interview on In The Spirit (WBAI) radio with Lex Hixon and Maezumi Roshi. The always popular feature, Nectar of Advaitic Instruction, along with Wisdom Facets from the Gem of Truth, and quotes from the Worlds Religious Traditions complete this special issue.

Explores the experience of enlightenment in sacred traditions and how it affects those who experience it.

Armed with a generous heart, subtle mind, and a PhD in comparative religion from Columbia, Lex Hixon, as host for WBAIs In the Spirit, was able to interview and skillfully probe the leading spiritual lights of the seventies and beyond. Twenty-five of those interviews, finely edited, appear here for the first time in print. Includes short bios and photos. Interviewees include Ram Dass, Alan Watts, Daniel Berrigan, Swami Muktananda, Kalu Rinpoche, and Stephen Gaskin. Lex Hixon was an accomplished spiritual practitioner, scholar, and author who explored the great religious traditions extensively. He published nine books and spent seventeen years hosting the radio program In the Spirit.

The first such work in English by a western Muslim, Lex Hixon's poetic translations of selected Quranic passages make the mystical teachings of Islam clear and accessible to the Western reader.

Those who love poetry will appreciate the wildly metaphysical, allegorical, and yet intensely honest and personal songs of the eighteenth-century poet and saint Ramprasad. These songs vividly present the mystery of the Feminine Divine, an intimate experience of the Mother, and a vast play of energy sustained by the Goddess Kali.