Don't Trust Your Mind - A Monk & an Ultrarunner talk about transcendance | Swami Aniruddha | EP 110

An Italian raised in the Alps who became a Hindu monk.

Swami Aniruddha (Bhakti Marga) joins Vipin Sharma fresh off a 21-day Himalayan pilgrimage-recorded close to midnight, just hours after an 8-hour drive from Rishikesh-for a conversation at the intersection of the body and the spirit.

They explore how challenging the body becomes a doorway to the mind: the four stages of ultrarunning and how they mirror Vipassana, the crab that only sheds its shell under pressure, taming the mind through mantra and self-talk, the Bhagavad Gita's chariot, and why all 8 billion of us are ultimately searching for the same thing.

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Chapters

• 00:00 – Trailer
• 01:29 – Intro
• 06:19 – From the Italian Alps to an Indian monk
• 07:12 – Age 6: Asking a priest, "Who am I?"
• 09:11 – The seeking years: Jobs, travel & what was always missing
• 13:47 – Childhood, family & church as culture
• 16:23 – How India found him: Autobiography of a Yogi
• 19:12 – First journey to India (2004)
• 23:26 – The lingam, the healer & meeting his Sadhguru
• 28:29 – When the whole world turned against him
• 30:34 – The rational mind: A man's biggest obstacle
• 32:12 – Vipin on staying open: Fatherhood & letting go
• 37:27 – Sharing wisdom without imposing it
• 42:13 – The Bhagavad Gita in a nutshell
• 43:34 – Inside the 21-day Himalayan pilgrimage
• 52:40 – Sacred places & the real inner pilgrimage
• 54:50 – Why the mountains? Challenge reveals you
• 57:03 – Vipassana & the four stages of ultrarunning
• 1:00:03 – The fourth stage: Watching yourself from a distance
• 1:06:22 – Challenges are a gift: The crab & its shell
• 1:11:03 – When the mind wants to quit: Don't trust it
• 1:13:18 – Bannister, Kipchoge & self-talk becoming reality
• 1:19:08 – 80,000 thoughts & the root of negative self-talk
• 1:22:23 – The chariot of the Gita: Senses, mind & Self
• 1:26:37 – Hard things: Building ego vs. dissolving it
• 1:29:04 – Why is everyone searching for happiness?
• 1:34:11 – The answers & his closing message

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Find Your Ultra is a podcast about deep health, personal growth, and human potential. Hosted by ultra-marathon runner and certified nutritionist Vipin Sharma, each episode features conversations with inspiring experts, athletes, monks, scientists, and thinkers to uncover practical wisdom for living a healthier, more purposeful life.