Since becoming obsessed with Jung in his early teens leading him into a self described 'obsessed Buddhist', to his current 'bad monk' status - Roger is now running a private therapeutic practice in Manchester.
Ex educator, ex developmental psych major, ex (bad) monk. Roger's main focus is upon countering the reductionist, materialism that he describes as 'in our cultural water, causing an anxiety and depression epidemic'. He's currently studying an Msc in Applied Neuroscience to counter the 'silly concept' that our consciousness is just an emergent property of our brain.
Roger Jayamanne has been a guest on 1 episode.
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VYS0032 | O Buddha, Where Art Thou? - Vayse to Face with Roger Jayamanne
December 13th, 2023 | Season 2 | 1 hr 53 mins
buddhism, dharma, meditation, reality, roger jayamanne, therapy
Bringing a much needed calming zen influence to the Vayse Institute of Over Thinking and Catastrophic Worry, Hine and Buckley welcome therapist and former monk in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, Roger Jayamanne to the podcast. Roger leads Hine and Buckley through a quest which is thousands of years and many life cycles old as they discuss his life within the tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and what it actually teaches: was the Buddha a real person? Is life sorrow and suffering? What is the Tao?... and he divulges some of the weirder, reality-defying experiences he has had on his travels including mind reading, a monk's arm stretching to six feet long and a lama summoning a parliament of owls as a spiritual escort to Edinburgh Airport... (recorded 13 November 2023)