Guru Viking Podcast
The Guru Viking Podcast specialises in in-depth interviews with remarkable figures in the fields of meditation, spirituality, and religion.
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Ep116: Occult of Personality - Greg Kaminsky
In this interview I am joined by Greg Kaminsky, host of the Occult of Personality podcast and author of ‘Pronaos: Reflections on the Preliminary Practices of Buddhist Tantra’.
Ep113: American Gurus - Arthur Versluis PhD 2
In this interview, I am once again joined by Professor Arthur Versluis, a professor and Department Chair of Religious Studies in the College of Arts & Letters at Michigan State University.
Ep112: Relaxing Into Nibbana - Bhante Vimalaramsi
In this interview I am joined by Bhante Vimalaramsi: author, American Buddhist monk, and abbot of the Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center in Annapolis, Missouri.
Ep111: Secret Drugs of Buddhism - Mike Crowley
In this interview I am joined by Mike Crowley, Buddhist Lama, musician/composer, and author of ’Secret Drugs of Buddhism: Psychedelic Sacraments and the Origins of the Vajrayana’.
Ep109: Choose Your Yidam - Lama Glenn Mullin
In this interview I am once again joined by Tibetologist, author, and Tantric Buddhist Lama Glenn Mullin.
Ep108: From Tolkien to Tibet - Erik Jampa Andersson
In this episode I am joined by Erik Jampa Andersson, a teacher of Tibetan medicine, astrology, and meditation endorsed by luminaries of the field such as Dr Nida Chenagtsang and Lama Tsultrim Allione.
Ep107: Zen’s True Miracle - Henry Shukman 2
In this episode I am once again joined by Henry Shukman, award-winning poet, Zen teacher, and author of ‘One Blade of Grass; a Zen memoir’.
Ep106: Conversations In Apocalyptic Times - Arthur Versluis PhD
In this interview, I am joined by Professor Arthur Versluis, a professor and Department Chair of Religious Studies in the College of Arts & Letters at Michigan State University.
Ep105: Simply Always Awake - Dr Angelo Dilullo
In this interview, I am joined by Dr Angelo Dilullo, anaesthesiologist, spiritual teacher, and author of ‘Awake! It’s your Turn’.
Ep104: Teaching the Tibetan Language - Lama David Curtis 3
In this episode, I am once again joined by David Curtis, a Lama in the Shangpa-Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism and founder of the Tibetan Language Institute.
Ep102: Cults, Science, & the Dalai Lama - Dr Jay Sanguinetti
In this interview I am joined by Dr Jay Sanguinetti, Research Professor at the University of Arizona, Assistant Director at the Center for Consciousness Studies, and co-director of the SEMA Lab with Shinzen Young.
Ep101: One Blade of Grass - Henry Shukman
In this episode I am joined by Henry Shukman, award-winning poet, Zen teacher, and author of ‘One Blade of Grass, a Zen memoir’.
Ep100: Emancipated Passion of Kaula Tantra - Ian Baker
In this episode I am once again joined by Dr Ian A. Baker, international fellow of the Explorers Club and the Royal Geographic Society, author of 7 books, and an initiate of Buddhist, Taoist, and Hindu Tantric lineages.
Ep99: Making Of A Tantric Lama - Lama David Curtis 2
In this episode, I am once again joined by David Curtis, a Lama in the Shangpa-Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism and founder of the Tibetan Language Institute.
Ep98: Hidden Zen - Meido Roshi
In this interview I am joined by Meido Roshi, Rinzai Zen Abbot of Korinji Monastery, Wisconsin, and author of ‘Hidden Zen: Practices for Sudden Awakening and Embodied Realisation’.
Ep97: From The Heart of Chenrezig - Glenn Mullin
In this episode I am once again joined by Tibetologist, author, and Tantric Buddhist Lama Glenn Mullin.
Ep96: The Garden Of Mystical Love - Gregory Blann
In this interview I am joined by Gregory Blann: mystic, artist, author, and initiate of the Inayati and Halveti-Jerrahi orders of Sufism.
Ep95: Coitus Reservatus - Dr Ben Joffe 4
In this episode I am once again joined by Dr Ben Joffe, anthropologist and scholar practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism.
Ep93: The Epic of King Gesar - Amalia Rubin
In this episode I am joined by Amalia Rubin – internationally known singer, Buddhist practitioner, 8 language polyglot, and scholar currently conducing her PhD research on ‘Gesar as an ongoing mode of reality in the lives of modern Tibetan youths in Eastern Tibet’ at the University of Leeds.
Ep92: Magical Movements of Tibet - Dr Alejandro Chaoul
In this episode I am joined by Alejandro Chaoul PhD, author, meditation teacher, Huffington Foundation Endowed Director of the Mind Body Spirit Institute at the Jung Center of Houston.