Dorothy Hunt

Teaching

Silence and self-inquiry, with a deep connection to Ramana Maharshi: noticing the awareness that is present even in the midst of thoughts and sounds, and the embodiment of awakening in ordinary life. ^{2, 8, 10, 14}

Who it is for

For people looking for a quiet, experiential approach through short texts and questions about their own perception.

Where to start

• Her short teaching texts on her website, such as Who Am I? and Silence; her text The Mystery of Silence is published by Awakin. ^{2, 7, 8, 9}
• Her talks and guided meditations on the YouTube channel of Moon Mountain Sangha, linked from her website, for example Present Moment Awareness is Timeless Awareness (2021). ^{11, 12, 13}
• Ending the Search: From Spiritual Ambition to the Heart of Awareness (Sounds True, 2018), with a foreword by Adyashanti. ^{3, 14, 16}

Works

• Ending the Search: From Spiritual Ambition to the Heart of Awareness

  Book · 2018 · Sounds True, Boulder

  Her book on the search for awakening, from spiritual ambition to the heart of awareness, with poems and a foreword by Adyashanti.

  View library record · openlibrary.org ↗

• Only This!

  Book · 2004 · San Francisco Center for Meditation and Psychotherapy

  Her poems and reflections; her website quotes an excerpt on the silent Mystery that we are.

  View library record · openlibrary.org ↗

• Teachings (dorothyhunt.org)

  Text · Dorothy Hunt

  Short teaching texts on her website, on silence, self-inquiry, awakening and embodiment, intimacy and grace.

  Visit source page · dorothyhunt.org ↗

• Dorothy Hunt - Moon Mountain Sangha (YouTube channel)

  Video · 2021 · Moon Mountain Sangha, YouTube channel

  Her talks, satsangs and guided meditations on the YouTube channel of her sangha, on presence, silence, letting go and love.

  Visit source page · youtube.com ↗

The short summaries are ours.

In their own words

Short passages in the words of Dorothy Hunt, each with its source. Where the quoted text is not in the language of this page, a translation follows and says whose it is.

• Who am I? is the only question the seeker of reality has to ask. That does not mean that your mind will find the answer. The question itself will stop your mind.

• Sooner or later, everything gets to be seen, met, accepted, and loved. Nothing is excluded.

• It is undivided Silence, empty of nothing, continually moving, continually still. It is what we are.

• And whatever it might be, you can ask yourself, does it ever actually interrupt this quiet, awake presence?

Documented teaching relationships

• Invited to teach by Adyashanti

  Dorothy Hunt’s Moon Mountain Sangha states that Adyashanti invited her to share the Dharma in 2004.

  Self-reported · dorothyhunt.org , living-from-love.com

• Invited John J. Prendergast to teach

  Dorothy Hunt writes in 2012 that she had recently asked John Prendergast to share the dharma as a teacher in her lineage; his own website says he was invited to share the dharma by Dorothy Hunt in 2011.

  Self-reported · dorothyhunt.org , listeningfromsilence.com

• Teaching influenced by Ramana Maharshi

  Dorothy Hunt's website names Ramana Maharshi among the teachers on her path; Open Gate Sangha wrote in 2021 that she has a deep and abiding connection to Ramana Maharshi and the path of Self-Inquiry.

  Self-reported · dorothyhunt.org , web.archive.org

• Teaching influenced by Ramesh Balsekar

  Dorothy Hunt's website says her spiritual path led from Mother Teresa of Calcutta to the Advaita teachers Ramana Maharshi and Ramesh Balsekar and eventually to Adyashanti, and counts each of them among her teachers.

  Self-reported · dorothyhunt.org

Teaching relationships are documented statements. They confer no trust and do not attest realisation.

Compiled by us from the sources listed. Last checked 19 Oct 2026.

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