Mindrolling with Raghu Markus

This week on the Mindrolling Podcast, contemplative scientist Cortland Dahl and Raghu Markus discuss the Tibetan Buddhist perspective of a healthy mind and how to transition from rumination to exploration. In this conversation, Cortland Dahl and Raghu chat about: Cortland Dahl’s journey to mindfulness practice Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche and loving the world Being Human, meditation, and coping with an...

Raghu shares a conversation with Susan Bauer-Wu, PhD, RN about climate crisis and our interconnection with all things. In this episode of the Mindrolling Podcast, Susan Bauer-Wu talks about her work as a teacher, clinician, and academic researcher and discusses the public meeting between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Greta Thunberg that inspired her new book –  A Future We Can Lov...

Bestselling author Carol Sanford and Gagan (Jared) Levy sit down with Raghu Markus for an insightful conversation about transforming our cultural perception of death and infusing consciousness into all aspects of life. Carol Sanford has been an inspirational catalyst and guide, helping change agents and businesses around the world realize their aspirations to make a difference. Now she needs our h...

Author Andy Karr invites us to look into the mirror, speaking with Raghu about why it is so essential for each of us to develop the habits of self-reflection and mindfulness practice. In this week’s episode, Raghu speaks with Andy about: The themes of self-reflection, applied mindfulness and cultivating a personal practice that are explored in Andy’s newest book,  Into The Mirror Andy’s conne...

For the 500th episode of the podcast, Mindrolling co-founder David Silver and old friend Danny Goldberg return! In this special episode, the group reflects on the question, “Are we living in the darkest hour of a dark age?” and explores different sources of light that can guide us through the darkness. In this episode, the group talks about: Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s belief that our era of human...

South African Shaman John Lockley returns to the Mindrolling podcast to share his experiences as a Sangoma in the Xhosa tradition and speak with Raghu about bringing indigenous wisdom into the modern world and opening the doors of our perception. In this episode, Raghu speaks with John Lockley about: Different methods for opening the doors of one’s own perception How plant medicine is used in the...

Tim Burkett joins Raghu to chat about his journey and the lessons along the way of writing his book,  Enlightenment Is an Accident . Tim joins Raghu to shine light on: Stories of studying zen with Suzuki Roshi  The various perceptions of the term, “enlightenment” “Idiot compassion,” spiritual bypassing, and authentic generosity  The amygdala’s role in our behavior  The Japanese...

Dr. Sylver Quevedo and Raghu jam on psychedelic preparation and integration, the MAPS MDMA studies, a Ram Dass ketamine story in India, and how 'love, serve, remember' connects to Indigenous wisdom. “One of the cardinal features that's been learned in the second psychedelic renaissance in the clinical trials has been the importance of two things that were not really understood that well in the 196...

Comedian, Mike Finoia, joins Raghu to share his difficult patch with mental health and the tools that have helped him cultivate inner peace. “I realized that there’s only two ways of operating: It’s either from a place of love or a place of fear. If you're operating from a place of fear, you really can’t be open to the love there is around us. But if you’re operating from a place of love, fear doe...

Exploring the wisdom of Selfistry, Sarah Marshank joins to share her spiritual journey through the lens of Ram Dass's teaching of "from role to soul." "There is a place that's always here that's in us and that holds us, that is 'okayness.' It's a relief to finally land there. And from there, to feel happy and sad, and witness the horrors as well as the exquisite beauty of the world, and feel okay...

Raghu is joined by singer and songwriter Kesha to talk about living authentically, finding happiness, and bringing spiritual practice into our busy lives. Check out Kesha's new record,  Gag Order , featuring a heartful interlude from Ram Dass. Kesha joins Raghu on Mindrolling to chat about: Her experiences with Ram Dass’s teachings and her inspiration to sample him on her track, Ram Dass Inte...

"The Hidden Artists podcast is about people who haven't been discovered yet—entrepreneurs, musicians, someone who is creative in what they do. People have all these talents, but they don't all have an opportunity to be known for what they do. I just want to give these people a chance to be able to do what they love for a living." – Natalie Dayan In this episode, Raghu and Natalie dive into: What i...

Raghu’s longtime friend, Daniel Goleman, returns to Mindrolling to catch up on his book co-authored with Tsoknyi Rinpoche,  Why We Meditate . “There’s more than normal consciousness. There are other possibilities that have their own kind of richness. There are paths to those possibilities.” – Daniel Goleman In this episode of Mindrolling, Raghu and Daniel chat about: Wild stories at Raghu’s f...

Dr. Shamini Jain connects with Raghu Markus to discuss harmonizing our autonomic nervous system via an integration of the mind and body. “What we know now is that our emotions have a deep effect on our physiology; they're very interconnected. We can create health simply with our breathing, with our connection with energy, with our connection with a deeper core of who we are.” – Shamini Jain, Ph. D...

On a mission to connect hearts all over the world through Indigenous wisdom, Anita Sanchez illuminates her new book, The Four Sacred Gifts , with Raghu. Sign up for  Ram Dass's Yoga of Heartfulness Course , starting May 15th, at  RamDass.org/heart “Out of the beingness that is whole, loving, collaborative, and grateful, then we do the doing. Wellbeing inspires well-doing.” – Anita Sanche...

In this special episode, Raghu, RamDev (Dale Borglum), and Jackie Dobrinska weave the tapestry for heartfulness as a way of life. Sign up for Ram Dass's Yoga of Heartfulness Course , starting May 15th, at RamDass.org/heart “The development of heartfulness will help—we expect—to transform the polarity that we’re living in within ourselves and in our society and culture.” – Raghu Markus In this epis...

Author, musician, and astrologist, Ahad Cobb dissects his new memoir,  Riding the Spirit Bus , with Raghu Markus. “The very fact of living in cooperative community on the earth together is itself a gift to many people in our culture.” – Ahad Cobb This time on mindrolling, Raghu Markus and Ahad Cobb discuss: Ahad Cobb's background with  Ram Dass Maharaj-ji's grace Writing Riding the Spiri...

Teacher, translator, and Rumi Scholar, Kabir Helminski, gets together with Raghu to discuss Sufi mysticism and his new book, The Mysterion . "In Sufism, sincerity would be understood to be something like doing whatever you do for the sake of God; not for anyone's approval, not for attention, not for pleasure." – Kabir Helminski In this episode of Mindrolling, Raghu Markus and Kabir Helminski chat...

Making friends with death, David Silver and Raghu Markus explore Tibetan Traditions and the wisdom of death and dying. "'Mindfulness is the path to the deathless, headlessness is the path to death. The mindful do not die, but the headless are as if dead already.' If you are not mindful through the flow of your earthly life, that will bring death and its fury." – David Silver quoting/commentin...

Integrating the self, identity, and belonging; mindfulness researcher, Dr. Dan Siegel, joins Raghu Markus to explore his new book, IntraConnected. "From a mathematical point of view, the modern construction of a separate solo self is actually a violation of a complex system's ability to adapt and learn." – Dr. Dan Siegel In this episode Raghu Markus and Dr. Dan Siegel ponder: The integration of se...

In a discussion on transcendence, Raghu Markus and Zen Priest Hozan Alan Senauke describe embodying zen practices and having a stable mind. "What really impressed me about the Chinese/Japanese poetry was that there was a sense of the ordinary. There was something marvelous and transcendent in ordinary perceptions." – Hozan Alan Senauke In this episode Raghu Markus and Hozan Alan Senauke explore: T...

Scholar Michael Meade sits down with Raghu Markus for a mythical episode on storytelling, symbolism, and human nature. "Myth is about vertical imagination. Myth opens up the connections we have to the heavens and the connections we have to the underworld... On the surface a myth is false, but it carries deeper truths than you can find anywhere else." – Michael Meade In this episode Raghu Markus an...

Moving out of constriction and into connection with reality, Sharon Salzberg reunites with Raghu to talk about her new book, Real Life. "When we are out of harmony with the truth, we are not realistic. Everything is distorted, we reach for happiness in all the wrong places, we let other people define us instead of finding out who we truly are." – Sharon Salzberg In this episode we hear Sharon...

Centering on her new book, Big Mama Speaks , Dr. Sabrina N'Diaye and Raghu discuss forgiveness and the wisdom we gain from our ancestors. "The older I get, the more I realize being a good therapist has nothing to do with all these acronyms behind my name. I know my grandmother didn't even graduate from high school, but she had a degree in the soul." – Dr. Sabrina N'Diaye In this episode...

Author and teacher, Kevin Griffin sits down with Raghu to discuss finding a higher power and responding to everything with love. "The Dharma can be your higher power rather than praying to some sort of Abrahamic God. The Dharma itself is powerful and provides all you need for turning your life over to the Dharma." – Kevin Griffin In this episode Kevin Griffin and Raghu explore: A Buddhist path to...