
Guru Viking Podcast
The Guru Viking Podcast specialises in in-depth interviews with remarkable figures in the fields of meditation, spirituality, and religion.
NEW EPISODE EVERY FRIDAY
Ep31: Pandemic - Tina Rasmussen
Tina Rasmussen Ph.D, meditation teacher and co-author of ‘Practicing the Jhanas’, is my featured guest in this episode of the Guru Viking Podcast: Pandemic Series.
Ep30: Pandemic - Lorin Roche
Lorin Roche PhD, meditation teacher and author of ‘The Radiance Sutras’, is my featured guest in this episode of the Guru Viking Podcast: Pandemic Series.
Ep29: Pandemic - Dhammarato
In this episode, I talk with Dhammarato – a lineage teacher in the Thai Buddhist tradition who has gained an enthusiastic internet following for his unique, 1-1 teaching style conducted over Skype.
Ep28 Dream Yoga, Solo Retreat Guide, & Unlocking the Human Potential - Glenn Mullin
In this episode I talk with Tibetologist, translator, and Tantric Buddhist meditation teacher Glenn Mullin about the fascinating subject of dream yoga.
Ep27: Mystic of Sukhasiddhi - Lama Palden
In this episode I talk with Lama Palden, author and Lama in both the Shangpa and Karma Kagyu lineages of Tibetan Buddhism.
Ep26: Illusory Body Yogas of Waking, Sleep, & Death - Glenn Mullin
Glenn is a Tibetologist, translator, and Tantric Buddhist meditation teacher, who studied for many years in Dharmsala with the Dalai Lama’s own gurus.
Ep25: Taoist Energy Arts - Paul Cavel
In this interview I talk with Paul Cavel, author and Taoist teacher in the Water Tradition of Lao Tse.
Ep24: A Stroke of Realisation - Stephen Snyder
In this episode I talk with Stephen Snyder, meditation teacher and author who is perhaps best known as being the first non-monastic Western man to master the virtuoso-level shamata meditation system of Pa Auk Sayadaw.
Ep23: The Secret Yogas of Tibet - Ian A Baker
Ian A. Baker is the author of 7 books, an initiate of Buddhist, Taoist, and Hindu Tantric lineages, an international fellow of the Explorers Club and the Royal Geographic Society, and was joint curator of the 2016 exhibition “Tibet’s Secret Temple” at the Wellcome Collection, London.
Ep22: Jhana Master - Tina Rasmussen Ph.D
In this episode I talk with Tina Rasmussen Ph.D, a meditation teacher and author who is best known as being the first Western woman to master the virtuoso-level shamata meditation system of Pa Auk Sayadaw.
Ep21: The Dutch Lama - Bar-ché Dorje
In this episode I talk with Bar-ché Dorje, a Dutch Lama in the Aro gTer tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
Ep20: Supra-Mundane Dhamma - Dhammarato
In this episode, I talk with Dhammarato – a lineage teacher in the Thai Buddhist tradition who has gained an enthusiastic internet following for his unique, 1-1 teaching style conducted over Skype.
Ep19: Karmamudra, Chu Len, & Tummo – Glenn Mullin 2
Glenn is a Tibetologist, translator, and Tantric Buddhist meditation teacher, who studied for many years in Dharmsala with the Dalai Lama’s own gurus.
Ep18: The Jhanas - Leigh Brasington
In this episode I am joined by Leigh Brasington, Buddhist meditation teacher and author of ‘Right Concentration, A Practical Guide to the Jhanas’.
Ep17: The Ninja - Stephen K Hayes
In this episode I talk with Stephen K Hayes, martial arts master and ex security advisor to the Dalai Lama. We discuss Stephen’s early interest in the martial arts and his journey to Japan in search of the Ninja.
Ep16: English Dzogchen Masters - Ngakpa Chögyam & Khandro Déchen
In this episode I travel to the deepest Wales to meet Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, English Lamas and lineage holders in a non-celibate Tantric Buddhist order.
Ep15 Yoga Unveiled - Godfrey Devereux
In this episode I interview Godfrey Devereux, yoga and meditation teacher of over 45 years experience, and author of several books – including ‘Dynamic Yoga’ and ‘Yoga Unveiled’, a translation and commentary of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras.
Ep14: The Arahant - Daniel Ingram
In this interview I am joined by meditation teacher and author Daniel Ingram. Daniel sparked great controversy when in 2008 he named himself an ‘arahant’, one of the highest attainments in Buddhism.
Ep13: Mind Illuminated - Culadasa
Culadasa is a meditation master with more than four decades of experience in the Tibetan and Theravadin Buddhist traditions. A former professor, he taught physiology and neuroscience for many years, and later worked in the field of complementary and alternative medicine.
Ep12: Meeting A Wandering Ascetic - Bhante Jason
37-year old Bhante Jason is an Australian monk who left a career in law to wander the countryside as an aescetic Buddhist monk. Ordained in the Theravanda tradition in Sri Lanka over eight years ago, he lives outdoors without possessions except for his robes and begging bowl.