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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Ep132: Student of the Mysteries - Dr Thomas Clough Daffern
In this interview I am joined by Dr Thomas Clough Daffern, poet, historian, philosopher, educator, and peace officer for the Council of British Druid Orders.
Ep131: Art & Spirituality - Rupert Spira & Henry Shukman
A dialogue between Rupert Spira: a teacher of the direct path method of Advaita and an internationally acclaimed ceramic artist; and Henry Shukman, Zen teacher and award winning poet and writer.
Ep130: Awakened Scientist - Dr Jay Sanguinetti 2
Dr Jay Sanguinetti is a Research Professor at the University of Arizona and co-director of the SEMA Lab with Shinzen Young.
Ep129: Chan Master - Guo Gu
In this interview I am joined by Guo Gu, Chan Buddhist teacher, author, and scholar of Buddhism.
Ep128: Pioneering Science – Dr Jud Brewer, Shinzen Young, Chelsey Fasano, & Dr Sanguinetti
Special guest Dr Jud Brewer – pioneering psychiatrist, neurosciencist, and New York Times best-selling autho - joins Shinzen Young, Chelsey Fasano and Dr Jay Sanguinetti.
Ep127: Siddha Tales – Delson Armstrong
Delson recalls tales of unusual spiritual mentors, including an Indian cobbler who taught Delson to read peoples’ karma, unlocking the ability to see not only others’ past lives, but also their future fate.
Ep126: Zen Confidential – Jack Haubner
In this interview I am joined by Jack Haubner, prize winning author of the memoirs Zen Confidential: Confessions of a Wayward Monk; and Single White Monk: Tales of Death, Failure, and Bad Sex.
Ep124: Art of Awakening – Rupert Spira
In this interview I am joined by Rupert Spira: a teacher of the direct path method of Advaita, and an internationally acclaimed ceramic artist.
Ep123: Master of Memory – Anthony Metivier
In this interview I am joined by Anthony Metivier, author and memory expert who’s life was unexpectedly transformed by the meditation practice of memorising long form Sanskrit texts.
Ep122: Mysteries of Dependent Origination – Leigh Brasington
In this episode I am joined by Leigh Brasington, Buddhist meditation teacher to discuss his new book ‘Dependent Origination and Emptiness: SODAPI’.
Ep121: Leaving Monasticism – Thupten Phuntsok
In this interview I am joined by Thupten Phuntsok, Buddhist teacher who, after 21 years as a monk in the Gelugpa order, disrobed to live the life of a lay person in New York City.
Ep120: Meditation Virtuoso – Delson Armstrong
In this episode I am joined by Delson Armstrong, spiritual teacher and star student of Bhante Vimalaramsi, who’s senior student David Johnson has said ‘Delson Armstrong has mastered every practice we have given him. He is the most amazing student we have ever seen.’
Ep118: Zen & the Crucible - Henry Shukman 3
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’.
Ep117: A Life In Yoga - Angela Farmer
In this interview I am joined by internationally renowned yoga teacher Angela Farmer.
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.