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
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...
Neuroscientist Gül Dölen explores how psychedelics paired with mindful integration can reopen the brain’s sensitive learning windows to rewire habits, heal trauma, and expand consciousness.
Join the 2025 MAPS conference this June in Denver, Colorado and be a part of the movement that will shape the next era of mental health, medicine, and consciousness. MAPS, The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, is a n...
Honoring the life of a longtime friend of the Be Here Network, Ralph De La Rosa, this special episode explores Ralph’s wisdom on moving through trauma via the heart of compassion.
If you’d like to honor Ralph De La Rosa’s legacy by supporting his family, a GoFundMe has been created to help with the significant and unexpected expenses following his passing - Honoring Ralph's Life: Support their family
In this conversati...
Embodied awareness practitioner Jill Satterfield joins Raghu to unpack how meditative poses, creativity, and slowing down can help us release pain, move energy, and heal somatically.
In this delightful episode of the Mindrolling Podcast, Raghu and Jill Satterfield converse about:
- Out-of-body experiences through immersive art and altered states of consciousness
- Jill’s college days and spiritual insights from taking peyote ...
Dr. Melinda Edwards sits down with Raghu for a journey through psyche and spirit, revealing the doorways that led her out of trauma, into healing, and ultimately home to her heart.
This time on Mindrolling, Raghu and Dr. Melinda Edwards discuss:
- How Dr. Melinda Edwards grew up as a child of medical missionaries in Guatemala
- The build-up of trauma in Dr. Edwards’ life and how it manifested as an eating disorder
- ...
International bestselling author and Zen Buddhist teacher Haemin Sunim joins Raghu Markus to explore awakening, emotional healing, and returning to joy in a unified reality.
In this episode, Raghu and Haemin explore:
- Haemin’s early spiritual influences, including his fascination with J. Krishnamurti
- Understanding genuine freedom as freedom from the known
- Oneness and the truth of a unified, non-dual reality beyond inner and...
Discussing his new book, The Intimate Way of Zen, Nondual spiritualist James Ishmael Ford joins Raghu for an exploration of our relationship to all things.
This time on Mindrolling, Raghu and James explore:
- James’ upbringing and how his maternal grandmother was the spiritual orientation for his family
- Having an intimate relationship with all things
- The goal of discovering what this life truly is
- Spiritual friend...
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