Ep268: Sitting with Terror - Khandro Kunzang Dechen Chodron
In this episode I am joined by Khandro Kunzang Dechen Chodron, teacher of Tibetan Buddhism and executive director of Saraswati Bhawan Publications. Khandro Kunzang recalls her childhood samadhi exper...
23 Aug 20241h 41min
Ep267: American Chan Master - Gilbert M Gutierrez
In this episode I am joined by Gilbert M Gutierrez, Chan Buddhism teacher and a dharma heir of Master Sheng Yen. Gilbert recounts his early childhood mystical and meditation experiences, his deep-div...
16 Aug 20241h 37min
Ep266: Meeting of Masters - Guo Gu & Meido Roshi
In this episode, I host a dialogue between Guo Gu, Chan Buddhist teacher and scholar and author of ‘Silent Illumination: A Chan Buddhist Path to Natural Awakening’, and Meido Roshi, Rinzai Zen Abbot o...
9 Aug 20241h 45min
Ep265: Occult Experiments - Duncan Barford
In this episode I am joined by Duncan Barford, occult practitioner, counsellor, and author of ‘Occult Experiments in the Home’. Duncan discusses his own journey into the occult including reality-bend...
2 Aug 20241h 32min
Ep264: Vajrayana & Performance Art - Naljorma Tsül'dzin
In this episode, filmed on location in Boudhanath, Kathmandu, I am joined by Naljorma Tsül'dzin, an internationally acclaimed performance artist and ordained apprentice in the Aro gTer sect of Tibetan...
26 Juli 20241h 15min
Ep263: Encounters with Living Exorcism Traditions - Mattias Daly 3
In this episode I am once again joined by Mattias Daly, Taoist practitioner and translator of ‘Taoist Inner Alchemy’, published by Shambala. Mattias tells the story of his affliction by a malevolent ...
19 Juli 20242h 17min
Ep262: Life of Liberation - Dorje
In this episode, filmed on location in Boudhanath, Kathmandu, I am joined by Dorje, an American Vajrayana practitioner born in 1947. Dorje recounts his childhood in the American South, his move to Sa...
12 Juli 20241h 37min
Ep261: Original Love - Henry Shukman
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’ and the new book ‘Original Love’. Henry discusses the surpr...
5 Juli 20241h 19min
