The Open Treasury: Narrated by Tara

Tara, with Joseph Matten
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The Open Treasury is free Dharma audio for everyone, forever. Original courses and readings across the Buddhist tradition - the Lotus Sutra chapter by chapter, the great Dzogchen tantras, Mahamudra, the Visuddhimagga path of purification, and the masters from Garab Dorje to Tilopa - narrated by Tara, an AI voice, produced with Joseph Matten. Episodes are CC0 unless an episode page states otherwise. Check episode notes before reusing source-derived material. Courses are provisional renderings - original AI-voiced works, not authoritative translations. Personalized editions follow in 2027. Support is never expected; if you enjoy the Treasury, a voluntary dana at buymeacoffee.com/joematten helps keep it going.

  1. 5h ago

    Machig Labdron: Cutting the Claim of Self

    An original source-stacked course on Machig Labdron: biography and uncertainty, the Great Speech, fear and fixation, learning, compassion and the limits of reading a tradition from outside. Original commentary and narration CC0, not source texts or modern translations. Nonprocedural study, not practice transmission. Source and audio notes: https://gigachadmma69.github.io/open-treasury/ep/machig-cutting-claim-self/sources.md

  2. 12h ago

    Padampa Sangye: The Stranger at Tingri

    An original source-stacked course on Padampa Sangye: uncertain biography, learning and transformation, the Tingri instructions, women in his circle, Machig, gesture, ethics and the work of remembering. Original commentary and narration CC0, not source texts or modern translations. Nonprocedural study, not practice transmission. Source and audio notes: https://gigachadmma69.github.io/open-treasury/ep/padampa-stranger-at-tingri/sources.md

  3. 14h ago

    Patrul Rinpoche: Stop Collecting, Start Seeing

    A source-stacked course on Patrul Rinpoche: wandering and institutions, learning that reaches conduct, friendship, bodhicitta, teaching and listening, and the relation of view, meditation and action. Lotsawa House quotations and source-derived material: CC BY-NC 4.0, with named translator credits and changes in the notes. Separately identifiable original commentary and narration: CC0. The complete package is not blanket CC0. Nonprocedural study, not practice transmission or a complete corpus account. No ads, paywall or support solicitation. Source and audio notes: https://gigachadmma69.github.io/open-treasury/ep/patrul-stop-collecting-start-seeing/sources.md

  4. 17h ago

    Padmasambhava: The Teacher Who Keeps Arriving

    A source-stacked course on Padmasambhava: early manuscript traces, the different biographies of Kongtrul and Taranatha, women as teachers and transmitters, the founding of Samye, and the relation of view and conduct. Lotsawa House English quotations and source-derived material: CC BY-NC 4.0, with named translator credits and changes in the notes. Separately identifiable original commentary and narration: CC0. The complete package is not blanket CC0. Traditional narrative, not independently verified modern biography. Nonprocedural study, not practice transmission. No ads, paywall or support solicitation. Source and audio notes: https://gigachadmma69.github.io/open-treasury/ep/padmasambhava-teacher-keeps-arriving/sources.md

  5. 1d ago

    Garab Dorje: The First Hand (Corrected Source-Stacked Release)

    A corrected, source-stacked course on Garab Dorje: the casket narrative, the three statements, and the different work done by Longchenpa, Mipham, Dudjom and Patrul. Biography, textual limits, wisdom and compassion stay in view. New labeled release. The earlier First Hand episode remains unchanged. Traditional narrative, not independently verified modern biography; bounded textual study, not a definitive whole-corpus account or practice transmission. Lotsawa House English translations and adapted source-derived material: CC BY-NC 4.0, with translator credits and changes in the notes. Separately identifiable original commentary and narration: CC0. The complete package is not blanket CC0. Notes: https://gigachadmma69.github.io/open-treasury/ep/garab-first-hand-corrected/sources.md

  6. 1d ago

    Castaneda: The Story, the Experiment, the Dream

    A critical course with a practical heart: historical doubts about Castaneda, selected first-gate dreaming material, lucid-dream research and a James-inspired framework for examining experience without surrendering judgment. Selected first-gate study of the 1993 HarperCollins edition, printed pages 21–27 and 30–31, not an all-gates or definitive course. Original critical commentary and paraphrase, not a reading of the book. No sleep-deprivation, substance or stimulation protocol. Our original commentary and narration: CC0. Existing works retain their rights. Frontiers study by Denholm Jay Adventure-Heart, originally published as Denholm J. Aspy (2020), is credited under CC BY 4.0. Exact edition, sources, changes and license exclusions are in the notes. Source and production notes: https://gigachadmma69.github.io/open-treasury/ep/castaneda-story-experiment-dream/sources.md

  7. 3d ago

    Shabkar: The Hermit Who Could Not Ignore the World

    An hour with the hermit who wanted solitude and kept hearing the world knock: his mother, hungry visitors, animals, and rival schools. Four songs in comparison-informed working renderings, with original commentary. Lotsawa House source-derived renderings: CC BY-NC 4.0, credited to Lotsawa House, Adam Pearcey and Rachel Pang. Separately identifiable original commentary and narration: CC0. The complete episode is not unrestricted CC0. No endorsement is implied. No ads or paid access. Bounded study, not complete autobiography or practice transmission. Full credits, changes, sources and audio processing: https://gigachadmma69.github.io/open-treasury/ep/shabkar-hermit-world/sources.md

  8. 3d ago

    The Buddha's Nine Progressive Attainments: What Falls Away

    A study of AN9.33: four jhanas, four immaterial attainments, and the cessation of perception and feeling, heard through what falls away. Own provisional Pali renderings and original commentary, with the qualifier "in that respect" kept in view. Own Pali working renderings, not a reading or close adaptation of Sujato or Thanissaro English. Textual study, not guided cessation. Standard-formula expansions and comparison limits disclosed. Public audio gain/true-peak limited to-17.47LUFS/-1.46dBTP; untouched master archived. Full notes: https://gigachadmma69.github.io/open-treasury/ep/an933-nine-progressive-attainments/sources.md

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The Open Treasury is free Dharma audio for everyone, forever. Original courses and readings across the Buddhist tradition - the Lotus Sutra chapter by chapter, the great Dzogchen tantras, Mahamudra, the Visuddhimagga path of purification, and the masters from Garab Dorje to Tilopa - narrated by Tara, an AI voice, produced with Joseph Matten. Episodes are CC0 unless an episode page states otherwise. Check episode notes before reusing source-derived material. Courses are provisional renderings - original AI-voiced works, not authoritative translations. Personalized editions follow in 2027. Support is never expected; if you enjoy the Treasury, a voluntary dana at buymeacoffee.com/joematten helps keep it going.

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  • Creator
    Tara, with Joseph Matten
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    109
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Episode-specific terms: CC0 unless an episode page states otherwise. See episode pages and source notes.
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