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Lorin Roche

Kashmir Shaivism · Vijnana Bhairava Tantra · Instinctive Meditation

American meditation teacher and researcher (1949-2026) who founded Instinctive Meditation and translated the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra as The Radiance Sutras. He taught natural meditation for more than fifty years and died at home on 18 April 2026; the school he founded with Camille Maurine continues.

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Lorin Roche

Dr. Lorin Roche holds a PhD and has researched the physiology of meditation for over fifty years. He is known for his translation and interpretation of the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, published as The Radiance Sutras, which Deepak Chopra has described as evoking 'spontaneous joyful insights into the nature of reality, self, and existence.'

Roche developed Instinctive Meditation and Pranava Meditation approaches, and co-founded the Radiance Sutras School of Meditation with his wife Camille Maurine, offering 200-hour meditation teacher training certification, live classes, workshops and masterclasses.

“Meditation is a naturally occurring rest state; it is resting in yourself while remaining awake and alert.”
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Ecstasy in Meditation: Interview with Lorin Roche, Author of The Radiance Sutras

Lorin Roche discusses meditation and his translation of the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra as The Radiance Sutras.

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Kashmir Shaivism

Non-dual tantric philosophy from medieval Kashmir, teaching that all experience is the self-expression of one conscious reality.

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