This week on the Mindrolling Podcast, Raghu is joined by Zen priest Zoketsu Norman Fischer for a conversation about the ways that we can bring balance and compassion into our lives. Zoketsu Norman Fischer is a poet and Zen Buddhist priest. For many years he has taught at the San Francisco Zen Center, the oldest and largest of the new Buddhist organizations in the West, where he served as Co-abbot from 1995-2000. He is presently a Senior Dharma Teacher there as well as the founder and spiritual d...
May 01, 2019•59 min•Ep. 288
Raghu Markus is joined live on stage by Sharon Salzberg, Jack Kornfield, and Joseph Goldstein! In this episode of the Mindrolling Podcast, Raghu and his guests discuss what set them on the spiritual path early in life and explore the link between generosity, compassion and the spiritual awakening. Our group of Buddhist teachers closes the show with a unique round-robin meditation session. This episode was recorded live from the 2018 Open Your Heart In Paradise retreat with Ram Dass and friends. ...
Apr 24, 2019•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 287
Kanwer Singh, aka Humble The Poet, visits Raghu Markus on the Mindrolling Podcast for a conversation around building a better life from rock bottom, using fear as a tool, bringing awareness to our feelings and more! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Apr 18, 2019•59 min•Ep. 286
Dr. Judson Brewer visits the Mindrolling Podcast for an exploration of how we can overcome the craving and habits of the mind. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Apr 12, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 285
Author and entrepreneur Aubrey Marcus visits the Mindrolling Podcast for a conversation about what is necessary to wake up from our false narratives and live life fully. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Apr 02, 2019•59 min•Ep. 284
Mirabai Starr, the author of Wild Mercy, shares a conversation with Raghu Markus about the subversive wisdom of mystics throughout history and bringing balance to the feminine and masculine within ourselves. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Mar 27, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 283
Author and artist Amber Rae visits the Mindrolling Podcast! Explore the possibility of overcoming our fears, discomforts, and false narratives by pursuing our inner wonder. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Mar 20, 2019•54 min•Ep. 282
Dr. Mark Epstein returns to the Mindrolling Podcast for a conversation that touches on the topics of emptiness, untangling our self-narrative and working with the fear that comes with impermanence and surrender. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Mar 13, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 281
Author and speaker Charles Eisenstein visits Mindrolling to talk about climate change, the societal myths that steer us wrong, and transcending our own stories. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Mar 06, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 280
Contemplative psychotherapist Dr. Miles Neale visits Mindrolling to chat with Raghu about intuition, emptiness, renunciation, and the mystical being that is Bob Thurman. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Feb 27, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 279
Bestselling author Martha Beck visits the Mindrolling Podcast for a conversation with Raghu that touches on how we can best navigate the waves of change, uncover our true nature and find freedom through telling the truth. Martha Beck is the author of several bestselling memoirs and self-help books, life coach and columnist for O, The Oprah Magazine. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Feb 20, 2019•57 min•Ep. 279
Mindrolling co-host David Silver returns to the podcast for a conversation that looks at the teachings of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche that show us how we can best live an ordinary life in the modern world. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Feb 12, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 278
Author Anne Lamott returns to the Mindrolling Podcast! She and Raghu talk about finding hope through the practice of compassion, escaping our narratives and liberating ourselves from our fear of death. Anne Lamott writes and speaks about subjects that begin with capital letters: Alcoholism, Motherhood, Jesus, Hope. But armed with self-effacing humor – she is laugh-out-loud funny – and ruthless honesty, Lamott converts her subjects into enchantment. Actually, she writes about what most of us don’...
Feb 06, 2019•57 min•Ep. 277
Psychotherapist and meditation teacher Ralph De La Rosa shares a conversation with Raghu about moving beyond the wounded narratives of our monkey mind with spiritual practice. Ralph De La Rosa is the author of the #1 bestselling The Monkey Is the Messenger: Meditation & What Your Busy Mind Is Trying to Tell You and has been named amongst Sonima’s “Next Generation of Meditation Teachers.” Ralph is a state-licensed therapist in private practice in NYC and offers virtual life coaching services ...
Jan 30, 2019•59 min•Ep. 276
This week on the Mindrolling Podcast, Mirabai Bush shares a conversation with Raghu about reworking the conditioning of the brain, bringing clarity to the moment and the practice of being with someone in their time of dying. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jan 22, 2019•1 hr•Ep. 275
Comedian and actor Pete Holmes returns to the Mindrolling Podcast, sharing a conversation with Raghu that touches on generosity, spiritual practice and seeing through the stories we tell ourselves. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jan 16, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 274
Michael “Jadu” Daner returns to the Mindrolling Podcast to share more stories of the seekers and smugglers who traveled The Hippie Trail. Michael “Jadu” Daner is the co-founder of the Conscious Living: Conscious Working Program . In Goa, India in 1970 Michael was inspired to begin practicing yoga and meditation. He explored Bhakti Yoga as a devotee of Neem Karoli Baba, studied Dzogchen Buddhism with Namkhai Norbu, and returned to the West to teach mindfulness practices in NYC for 14 years at NY ...
Jan 08, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 273
David Nichtern and Duncan Trussell return to the Mindrolling Podcast for a conversation about understanding the real value of emptiness and recognizing the active role we play in our own ignorance. How can we cultivate the ability to see through the distortion of our own thoughts and emotions? In this episode, the group examines what the Buddhist teachings around dependent origination and emptiness can teach us about seeing through the fabrications of the mind. See Privacy Policy at https://art1...
Dec 28, 2018•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 272
Author and teacher Thanissara joins Raghu for a conversation about the waking up together and breaking our karmic patterns. Thanissara, author of Time To Stand Up, A Buddhist Manifesto for Our Earth, was a Buddhist nun for 12 years. She has been teaching meditation retreats with her partner Kittisaro since 1992. Together they founded Dharmagiri Sacred Mountain Retreat in 2000 in South Africa and co-authored Listening to the Heart, A Contemplative Guide to Engaged Buddhism. See Privacy Policy at ...
Dec 19, 2018•1 hr•Ep. 271
In this special episode of the Mindrolling Podcast, Raghu is joined live on stage by Ram Dass, Trudy Goodman, Jack Kornfield, and Duncan Trussell to explore practices for waking up from the movie of “me”. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Dec 12, 2018•1 hr•Ep. 270
This time on the Mindrolling Podcast, Dr. Dan Siegel shares a conversation with Raghu around the exploration of consciousness and the intersection between science and awareness. Dan Siegel, MD, is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and the founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA. He is also the Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute which focuses on the development of mindsight, which teaches insight, empathy, and integration in...
Dec 04, 2018•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 269
Lama Surya Das returns to the Mindrolling Podcast for a conversation about navigating the battlefield of our interior selves. Find show notes and links here: https://beherenownetwork.com/mindrolling-ep-267-the-interior-battlefield-with-lama-surya-das/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Nov 27, 2018•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 268
Old friend and former host, David Silver, of Mindrolling Podcast is back to talk about correcting our own wrong knowing with compassion and wisdom. Find show notes and links here: https://beherenownetwork.com/mindrolling-ep-266-wrong-knowing-with-david-silver/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Nov 20, 2018•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 267
This week on The Mindrolling Podcast, Raghu sits down with Sister Jenna and Gagan Levy to talk about bringing a sense of sacredness and compassion to social action. The group talks about methods of approaching the intersection of media and activism in a way that does not require fear to engage the public. Find show notes and resources here: https://beherenownetwork.com/mindrolling-ep-265-a-sacred-theory-of-change-with-sister-jenna-and-gagan-levy/ Sister Jenna is a spiritual leader, author, radio...
Nov 14, 2018•55 min•Ep. 266
Raghu sits down with Lutheran pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber for a heartwarming conversation about the emphasis of grace at the heart of the Lutheran tradition and breaking the cycle of harm with forgiveness. Find show notes and resources: beherenownetwork.com/mindrolling-ep-264-nadia-bolz-weber/ Nadia Bolz-Weber is the founding pastor of House for All Sinners and Saints in Denver, Colorado. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People , as w...
Nov 03, 2018•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 265
David Silver returns to the Mindrolling Podcast for a conversation around the fixation on “me” that we all share and an exploration of ways that we can transform our own narratives and how we relate to the world. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Oct 27, 2018•1 hr 10 min
Dr. Mitch Abblett shares a conversation with Raghu about the hurdles that get in the way of our happiness and cloud our awareness. Find show notes and resources here: https://beherenownetwork.com/mindrolling-ep-262-hurdles-to-happiness/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Oct 19, 2018•54 min
Raghu continues his conversation with Robert Thurman, Krishna Das and Duncan Trussell around questions of death and cultivating a heart of compassion. The group touches on questions of enlightenment, karma, ego, death, and the doorway to love that is opened through faith. Find show notes and resources here: https://beherenownetwork.com/mindrolling-ep-261-doorway-of-faith/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-inf...
Oct 12, 2018•53 min
Live from the 2018 “ Spring on Maui ” retreat, Raghu is joined by Robert Thurman, Krishna Das and Duncan Trussell for a conversation that explores difficult questions around death and embracing the emptiness that comes from the practice of compassion. Find show notes and resources here: https://beherenownetwork.com/mindrolling-ep-260-spring-on-maui-part-1/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Oct 05, 2018•51 min
This week on the Mindrolling Podcast, Dr. Omid Safi joins Raghu for a conversation about the path of radical love found in the Sufi tradition. Show notes and resources: https://beherenownetwork.com/mindrolling-ep-259-sufi-heart/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Sep 28, 2018•56 min
