Mindrolling with Raghu Markus
Escapades in Mind-Expansion and Cultural Misadventures. Mindrolling Podcast is about coming unstuck and the recent history of awoken awareness. It’s about the intersection of culture, consciousness and realization with Raghu Markus.
Episodes
Carried by a discourse on The Heart Sutra, teacher and author Susan Piver joins Raghu to explore the truth of emptiness.
Grab your copy of Susan’s book: Inexplicable Joy: On the Heart Sutra
This week on Mindrolling, Raghu and Susan chat about:
- Practicing The Heart Sutra with only one syllable: ahh
- The truth of emptiness through recitation of non-truths
- Understanding emptiness as bliss, not as voidness
- The commitment to...
Author and changemaker Shermin Kruse examines the timeless principles of Stoicism and their power to foster mindful, intentional, and empathetic living.
Grab a copy of Stoic Empathy HERE to learn more about living a Life of Influence, Self-Leadership, and Integrity
This week on Mindrolling, Raghu and Shermin Kruse:
- Embracing discomfort and challenges as catalysts for personal and spiritual growth
- Shermin’s powerful story o...
David Silver and Raghu Markus explore the life and teachings of George Gurdjieff, the Russian-born mystic and philosopher of consciousness.
This time on Mindrolling, Raghu and David have a discussion about:
- How a teenage David Silver was first introduced to Gurdjieff’s teachings
- Gurdjieff’s influence on the 1960s counterculture and the evolution of consciousness movements
- The call to “do only what is new and fresh” and liv...
Offering a perspective of hope and unity, Danny Goldberg and Raghu Markus explore morality, polarization, and how negative media drives collective anxiety.
Pre-order Danny’s upcoming book, Liberals with Attitude: The Rodney King Beating and the Fight for the Soul of Los Angeles
This time on Mindrolling, Raghu and Danny discuss:
- The uproar surrounding the brutal beating of Rodney King by the L.A. police
- Seeing history as th...
Holding grief alongside wise teachings on death, Jaymee Carpenter and Raghu Markus discuss the great loss of Lady Diana J. Mukpo, wife of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
Listen to Jaymee’s interview with Lady Diana J. Mukpo HERE
This week on Mindrolling, Raghu and Jaymee chat about:
- Remembering Lady Diana J. Mukpo, the wife of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, the great Tibetan Lama
- Chogyam Trungpa’s leadership out of occupied Tibet, th...
Author Andy Chaleff speaks to personal and collective grief, teaching listeners that embracing loss can help us live a more fulfilling life.
Get your copy of Andy’s book, Dying to Live: Finding Life’s Meaning Through Death
This week on Mindrolling, Raghu and Andy have a conversation on:
- Andy’s early experiences with fear, existential dread, and childhood loss
- Andy’s emotional and intellectual process of writing
- Childhood gr...
Raghu Markus and Ann Tashi Slater dive into The Tibetan Book of the Dead, bardo states, and how embracing death and impermanence can help us live with greater presence and purpose.
Pick up a copy of Ann's September 2025 book, Traveling in Bardo: The Art of Living in an Impermanent World.
This week on Mindrolling, Raghu and Ann discuss:
- The Tibetan Book of the Dead and how it can help us in modern Western culture
- Bardo stat...
Recorded live at the 2025 Summer Mountain Retreat, this homestyle chat with Raghu Markus, Nina Rao, and Robert Thurman explores the Bhakti-Buddhist lineage of Ram Dass and Maharaj-ji.
Join us this December for the 2025 Ram Dass Legacy Open Your Heart in Paradise retreat in Maui!
This time on Mindrolling, Raghu, Nina, and Robert discuss:
- The story of finding Neem Karoli Baba and filling up on poori and potatoes
- How Maharaj-...
Continuing their earlier conversation, Dr. Bruce Damer and Raghu Markus have a socially charged discussion on facing our collective karma with equanimity and grace.
Start with the first part of this conversation HERE.
In this episode, Raghu and Dr. Damer explore:
- Ram Dass’s teachings on social justice and keeping our hearts open in hell
- Understanding collective karma and how it shapes the world we live in today
- Why th...
Discussing the spiritual experiences that shaped his life, Dr. Michael Shandler describes the lessons he learned from taking psychedelics, meeting Baba Hari Dass, and more.
Grab your copy of Dr. Michael’s award-winning memoir, Karma and Kismet, HERE.
In this episode, Raghu and Michael have an elaborate discussion on:
- Dr. Michael’s early encounters with antisemitism and racism in boarding school and the South African milit...
Explaining all that anger can reveal, activist and yoga instructor Reggie Hubbard encourages listeners to use their anger for positive change.
In this week’s episode of Mindrolling, Raghu and Reggie reflect upon:
- Reggie's powerful upbringing as a person of color, shaped by family stories from the Civil Rights era and beyond
- How surviving a stroke became a transformative spiritual experience for Reggie
- Anger as ...
Blending psychedelic wisdom with the sacred power of sound, Raghu Markus and East Forest explore music as a gateway to nonduality, healing, and everyday spirituality.
Check out Music for Mushrooms, a narrative documentary highlighting the personal journey of East Forest.
In this episode of Mindrolling, Raghu and East Forest explore:
- East Forest’s creative process and setting Ram Dass’ teachings to music
- Putting trust into ...
Examining transformative times in human history, Dr. Damer discusses how psychedelics can amplify our consciousness and spark both personal and global change.
In this episode of Mindrolling, Raghu and Dr. Damer explore:
- Dr. Damer’s recent work with the resurgence of psychedelics as tools for insight, creativity, and expanded consciousness
- Altered states of perception and Dr. Damer’s groundbreaking chemical model for...
Joined by his son, Noah, Raghu invites Sharon Salzberg onto Mindrolling for an expansive conversation on embracing change, understanding the roots of our fear, and aging mindfully.
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Delving into the profound teachings of J. Krishnamurti, David Silver and Raghu Markus explore timeless questions of existence, social ethics, and the deeper truths that shape our lives.
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Raghu speaks with psychotherapist and author John Tsilimparis about how trauma and adversity can be transformed into personal growth and inner strength.
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In a conversation on cultivating compassion, authors and professors John Maransky and Paul Condon explore how to activate our natural capacity to care for all beings.
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Inviting us into the heart of India, Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati and Raghu dive into divine flow, navigating karmic life, and the value of spiritual community.
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Offering practical insights for developing emotional intelligence, Psychologist Daniel Goleman and Raghu unpack skills like mindful self-awareness, self-management, and empathy.
Learn more about Emotional Intelligence with Daniel Goleman’s self-paced course.
In this episode, Daniel and Raghu reflect on:
- Daniel's first introduction to the concept of emotional intelligence and its lifelong impact
- 4 core elements of emotional...
From psychedelic breakthroughs to breaking the boundaries of compassion, Duncan Trussell and Raghu Markus offer unfiltered wisdom on the messy magic of waking up.
Take the opportunity to support Ram Dass’ Love Serve Remember Foundation and step into another dimension with a one-of-a-kind pair of custom Midnight Gospel sneakers. Hand-crafted by The Shoe Surgeon to replicate the iconic shoes worn by Clancy himself in the grou...
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