web02.fireside.fm Sat, 30 May 2026 07:52:31 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Vayse - Episodes Tagged with “Buddhism” https://www.vayse.co.uk/tags/buddhism Wed, 20 May 2026 18:30:00 +0200 Vayse documents the experiences of enthusiastic rookies Peter C Hine and Stephen James Buckley as they take their first bewildered steps into mysticism, magic, high strangeness and the occult with open eyes and open minds. Join them as they re-evaluate reality and expand their minds with guidance from knowledgeable guests, inspirational texts, questionable intuition and bizarre experiments. Weird stuff is everywhere - if you're listening... en-us episodic A Podcast about weird stuff... Vayse Vayse documents the experiences of enthusiastic rookies Peter C Hine and Stephen James Buckley as they take their first bewildered steps into mysticism, magic, high strangeness and the occult with open eyes and open minds. Join them as they re-evaluate reality and expand their minds with guidance from knowledgeable guests, inspirational texts, questionable intuition and bizarre experiments. Weird stuff is everywhere - if you're listening... yes occult, esoteric, weird, high-strangeness, high strangeness, occulture, paranormal, supernatural, spirits, demons, magic, magick, chaos magic, chaos magick, ultraterrestrial, ultra-terrestrial, ultra terrestrial, mysticism, mystical Vayse vaysebiz@gmail.com VYS0061 | Talking About Talking About Talking About UFOs https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0061 93784a43-755e-4932-a2f3-4b9d7bee932b Wed, 20 May 2026 18:30:00 +0200 Vayse full 4 Vayse The truth is out there... sometimes... maybe... well, Hine and Buckley just aren't sure. UFOs, UAPs, Flying Saucers, Alien Spacecraft, whatever you think they are, you don't know for sure - and if you think you do know for sure, it's a sure sign you don't. What you do know for sure is that you are told a lot of different things about them by a lot of different people: abductees spinning stories of high strangeness, senators pressuring whistle-blowers for information in congress, devoutly religious authors telling tales of angels and demons, folklorists and scholars of comparative religion painting vivid pictures of ancient beings dressed up in the skin of Technicolor sci-fi nightmares... no-one agrees and everyone is out to prove that their interpretation is the right interpretation - but what does any of it actually mean? In this episode Hine and Buckley don't analyse the verisimilitude of the stories or the veracity of the storytellers but instead examine the discourse around the phenomena or more accurately the discourse around the discourse around UFOs. The mechanisms with which people might think about this topic and the reasons that they may think in that way. The conversation around UFOs is big business, a lot of people making a lot of money - but who are these people and what happens to that money? Where did it all start? Was it Peter Levenda that stealthily laid the ground work over the last 50 years to shape the UFO movement as we know it today? Why would people lie about this stuff? Why should you believe some conspiracy theorist warning you of the terrible dangers of the existential crisis that UFOs pose anymore than you should trust some conspiracy theorist warning you of the terrible dangers of vaccines and their link to childhood autism?... and if the people who are trying to take control of the discourse are lying, overly-gullible or deluded, then is there really any truth out there at all? (recorded 23 April 2026) 2:01:43 yes <p><strong>VYS0061 | Talking About Talking About Talking About UFOs</strong> - Show notes</p> <p>The truth is out there... sometimes... maybe... well, Hine and Buckley just aren't sure. UFOs, UAPs, Flying Saucers, Alien Spacecraft, whatever you think they are, you don't know for sure - and if you think you do know for sure, it's a sure sign you don't.</p> <p>What you do know for sure is that you are told a lot of different things about them by a lot of different people: abductees spinning stories of high strangeness, senators pressuring whistle-blowers for information in congress, devoutly religious authors telling tales of angels and demons, folklorists and scholars of comparative religion painting vivid pictures of ancient beings dressed up in the skin of Technicolor sci-fi nightmares... no-one agrees and everyone is out to prove that their interpretation is the right interpretation - but what does any of it actually mean?</p> <p>In this episode Hine and Buckley don't analyse the verisimilitude of the stories or the veracity of the storytellers but instead examine the discourse around the phenomena or more accurately the discourse around the discourse around UFOs. The mechanisms with which people might think about this topic and the reasons that they may think in that way.</p> <p>The conversation around UFOs is big business, a lot of people making a lot of money - but who are these people and what happens to that money? Where did it all start? Was it Peter Levenda that stealthily laid the ground work over the last 50 years to shape the UFO movement as we know it today? Why would people lie about this stuff? Why should you believe some conspiracy theorist warning you of the terrible dangers of the existential crisis that UFOs pose anymore than you should trust some conspiracy theorist warning you of the terrible dangers of vaccines and their link to childhood autism?... and if the people who are trying to take control of the discourse are lying, overly-gullible or deluded, then is there really any truth out there at all? (recorded 23 April 2026)</p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitley_Strieber" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Whitley Strieber - Wikipedia </a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ufology" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">UFOlogy - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/unidentified-flying-object-navy.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">2 Navy Airmen and an Object That 'Accelerated Like Nothing, I've Seen' - New York Times (Pay Wall)</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagon_UFO_videos" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Pentagon UFO Videos - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://tothestars.media/en-gb?srsltid=AfmBOopOfLi7mRUn1yrQCf_3qIbs9CuzchxUieYx5Lc4kFY91qFIi2K0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">To the Stars</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Levenda" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Peter Levenda - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/258874-sinister-forces" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Sinister Forces by Peter Levenda - Goodreads</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51967.Unholy_Alliance?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=WnRbVcW3E6&amp;rank=3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Unholy Alliance: A History of Nazi Involvement with the Occult by Peter Lavenda - Goodreads</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_DeLonge" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Tom DeLonge - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://thesolfoundation.org/people/jim-semivan/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Jim Semivan - The Sol Foundation</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_E._Puthoff" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Hal Puthoff - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Elizondo" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Luis Elizondo - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58973.The_Necronomicon?ref=nav_sb_ss_3_12" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Necronomicon: A Study of Ancient Ritual Magic and Esoteric Grimoire Traditions by Simon - Goodreads</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">HP Lovecraft - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0036" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">VYS0036 | Infinite Game - Vayse to Face with Joseph Matheny</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/864377.Dead_Names?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=aBBGDtUkmc&amp;rank=2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Dead Names: The Dark History of the Necronomicon: The Untold Story of Lovecraft's Stolen Grimoire by Simon - Goodreads</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://josephmatheny.com/ongs-hat-compleat/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Ong's Hat</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32505811-sekret-machines?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=0ohyCIaOqP&amp;rank=2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Sekret Machines by Tom DeLonge and Peter Levenda - 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The truth is out there... sometimes... maybe... well, Hine and Buckley just aren't sure. UFOs, UAPs, Flying Saucers, Alien Spacecraft, whatever you think they are, you don't know for sure - and if you think you do know for sure, it's a sure sign you don't.

What you do know for sure is that you are told a lot of different things about them by a lot of different people: abductees spinning stories of high strangeness, senators pressuring whistle-blowers for information in congress, devoutly religious authors telling tales of angels and demons, folklorists and scholars of comparative religion painting vivid pictures of ancient beings dressed up in the skin of Technicolor sci-fi nightmares... no-one agrees and everyone is out to prove that their interpretation is the right interpretation - but what does any of it actually mean?

In this episode Hine and Buckley don't analyse the verisimilitude of the stories or the veracity of the storytellers but instead examine the discourse around the phenomena or more accurately the discourse around the discourse around UFOs. The mechanisms with which people might think about this topic and the reasons that they may think in that way.

The conversation around UFOs is big business, a lot of people making a lot of money - but who are these people and what happens to that money? Where did it all start? Was it Peter Levenda that stealthily laid the ground work over the last 50 years to shape the UFO movement as we know it today? Why would people lie about this stuff? Why should you believe some conspiracy theorist warning you of the terrible dangers of the existential crisis that UFOs pose anymore than you should trust some conspiracy theorist warning you of the terrible dangers of vaccines and their link to childhood autism?... and if the people who are trying to take control of the discourse are lying, overly-gullible or deluded, then is there really any truth out there at all? (recorded 23 April 2026)

Whitley Strieber - Wikipedia
UFOlogy - Wikipedia
2 Navy Airmen and an Object That 'Accelerated Like Nothing, I've Seen' - New York Times (Pay Wall)
Pentagon UFO Videos - Wikipedia
To the Stars
Peter Levenda - Wikipedia
Sinister Forces by Peter Levenda - Goodreads
Unholy Alliance: A History of Nazi Involvement with the Occult by Peter Lavenda - Goodreads
Tom DeLonge - Wikipedia
Jim Semivan - The Sol Foundation
Hal Puthoff - Wikipedia
Luis Elizondo - Wikipedia
The Necronomicon: A Study of Ancient Ritual Magic and Esoteric Grimoire Traditions by Simon - Goodreads
HP Lovecraft - Wikipedia
VYS0036 | Infinite Game - Vayse to Face with Joseph Matheny
Dead Names: The Dark History of the Necronomicon: The Untold Story of Lovecraft's Stolen Grimoire by Simon - Goodreads
Ong's Hat
Sekret Machines by Tom DeLonge and Peter Levenda - Goodreads
Penny Royal Podcast
The Collins Elite/Final Events - Wikipedia
Aleister Crowley - Wikipedia
Helena Blavatsky - Wikipedia
Anton LaVey - Wikipedia
Brandon Sanderson - Wikipedia
Hellier - Youtube
Hyperstition - Wikipedia
ARG - Wikipedia
Kayfabe - Wikipedia
LARPing - Wikipedia
Andrew Collins
Synchronicity - Wikipedia
Cosmic Trigger - Wikipedia
Robert Anton Wilson - Wikipedia
Chapel Perilous - Wikipedia
JFK Assassination - Wikipedia
AP Strange
Steph Quick
Rob Reiner - Who Killed JFK? Podcast
Occam's Razor - Wikipedia
Capitalism - Wikipedia
MrBeast - Wikipedia
Extraterrestrial UFO hypothesis - Wikipedia
Psychosocial UFO hypothesis - Wikipedia
VYS0054 | You Can't Make An Omelette Without Breaking A Few Egregores - Vayse to Face with Joshua Cutchin
Joshua Cutchin
Demonic UFO hypothesis - Wikipedia
Buddhism - Wikipedia
The Diamond Sutra - Wikipedia
Mayahna
Buddhism and Quantum Mechanics by Michael Behrens - Sience and Non-Duality
Reality in Buddhism - Wikipedia
The Matrix
The Matrix Trailer - Youtube
UFO of God: The Extraordinary True Story of Chris Bledsoe by Chris Bledsoe
Diana Walsh Pasulka - Wikipedia
Steven M. Greer - Wikipedia
Meditation - Wikipedia
Flow State - Wikipedia
Mindfulness - Wikipedia
Elon Musk - Wikipedia
Jeff Bezos - Wikipedia
Count to a Billion (How I began to grasp the atrocity of Musk) by Susan Duerksen - The Jumping Off Place
Amazon Breaks Record For Lobbyist Spending Amid Anti-Union Drive by Jordan Zakarin - perfectunion.us
Predator - Wikipedia
Predator Trailer - Youtube
Saul Hudson (Slash)
Slash by Slash and Anthony Bozza - Goodreads
Philip K Dick - Wikipedia
John Nash - Wikipedia
A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar - Goodreads
A Beautiful Mind (Film) - Wikipedia
A Beautiful Mind Trailer - Youtube
Joan of Arc - Wikipedia
The Schizophrenia of Joan of Arc by Clifford Allen
Schizophrenia - Wikipedia
Temperal Lobe Epilepsy - Wikipedia
Focal Seizures - Epilepsy Action (British Epilepsy Association)
living with the rarest form of epilepsy - reddit
Is AI Really Just a Tool? It Could Be Altering How You See Reality by University of Exeter - Sci-tech Daily
Mirage Men - Wikipedia
Mirage Men: An Adventure into Paranoia, Espionage, Psychological Warfare, and UFOs by Mark Pilkington - Goodreads
Mirage Men Trailer - Youtube
VYS0020 | Messages of Deception - Vayse to Face with Mark Pilkington
False or misleading statements by Donald Trump - Wikipedia
L Ron Hubbard - Wikipedia
L. Ron Hubbard's 5 Most Impressive Lies (Besides Scientology) by Kristi Harrison - Cracked
Carlos Castaneda - Wikipedia
Laurens van der Post - Wikipedia
More myth than man by JDF Jones - The Guardian
The Trickster and the Paranormal by George P. Hansen
Voices for Vaccines - Website which helps de-bunk harmful misinformation about Vaccines
Autism, Vaccines and Immunization - Autism Today - debunking misinformation about the link between childhood autism and vaccines - spoilers: there isn't a link
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]]> VYS0061 | Talking About Talking About Talking About UFOs - Show notes

The truth is out there... sometimes... maybe... well, Hine and Buckley just aren't sure. UFOs, UAPs, Flying Saucers, Alien Spacecraft, whatever you think they are, you don't know for sure - and if you think you do know for sure, it's a sure sign you don't.

What you do know for sure is that you are told a lot of different things about them by a lot of different people: abductees spinning stories of high strangeness, senators pressuring whistle-blowers for information in congress, devoutly religious authors telling tales of angels and demons, folklorists and scholars of comparative religion painting vivid pictures of ancient beings dressed up in the skin of Technicolor sci-fi nightmares... no-one agrees and everyone is out to prove that their interpretation is the right interpretation - but what does any of it actually mean?

In this episode Hine and Buckley don't analyse the verisimilitude of the stories or the veracity of the storytellers but instead examine the discourse around the phenomena or more accurately the discourse around the discourse around UFOs. The mechanisms with which people might think about this topic and the reasons that they may think in that way.

The conversation around UFOs is big business, a lot of people making a lot of money - but who are these people and what happens to that money? Where did it all start? Was it Peter Levenda that stealthily laid the ground work over the last 50 years to shape the UFO movement as we know it today? Why would people lie about this stuff? Why should you believe some conspiracy theorist warning you of the terrible dangers of the existential crisis that UFOs pose anymore than you should trust some conspiracy theorist warning you of the terrible dangers of vaccines and their link to childhood autism?... and if the people who are trying to take control of the discourse are lying, overly-gullible or deluded, then is there really any truth out there at all? (recorded 23 April 2026)

Whitley Strieber - Wikipedia
UFOlogy - Wikipedia
2 Navy Airmen and an Object That 'Accelerated Like Nothing, I've Seen' - New York Times (Pay Wall)
Pentagon UFO Videos - Wikipedia
To the Stars
Peter Levenda - Wikipedia
Sinister Forces by Peter Levenda - Goodreads
Unholy Alliance: A History of Nazi Involvement with the Occult by Peter Lavenda - Goodreads
Tom DeLonge - Wikipedia
Jim Semivan - The Sol Foundation
Hal Puthoff - Wikipedia
Luis Elizondo - Wikipedia
The Necronomicon: A Study of Ancient Ritual Magic and Esoteric Grimoire Traditions by Simon - Goodreads
HP Lovecraft - Wikipedia
VYS0036 | Infinite Game - Vayse to Face with Joseph Matheny
Dead Names: The Dark History of the Necronomicon: The Untold Story of Lovecraft's Stolen Grimoire by Simon - Goodreads
Ong's Hat
Sekret Machines by Tom DeLonge and Peter Levenda - Goodreads
Penny Royal Podcast
The Collins Elite/Final Events - Wikipedia
Aleister Crowley - Wikipedia
Helena Blavatsky - Wikipedia
Anton LaVey - Wikipedia
Brandon Sanderson - Wikipedia
Hellier - Youtube
Hyperstition - Wikipedia
ARG - Wikipedia
Kayfabe - Wikipedia
LARPing - Wikipedia
Andrew Collins
Synchronicity - Wikipedia
Cosmic Trigger - Wikipedia
Robert Anton Wilson - Wikipedia
Chapel Perilous - Wikipedia
JFK Assassination - Wikipedia
AP Strange
Steph Quick
Rob Reiner - Who Killed JFK? Podcast
Occam's Razor - Wikipedia
Capitalism - Wikipedia
MrBeast - Wikipedia
Extraterrestrial UFO hypothesis - Wikipedia
Psychosocial UFO hypothesis - Wikipedia
VYS0054 | You Can't Make An Omelette Without Breaking A Few Egregores - Vayse to Face with Joshua Cutchin
Joshua Cutchin
Demonic UFO hypothesis - Wikipedia
Buddhism - Wikipedia
The Diamond Sutra - Wikipedia
Mayahna
Buddhism and Quantum Mechanics by Michael Behrens - Sience and Non-Duality
Reality in Buddhism - Wikipedia
The Matrix
The Matrix Trailer - Youtube
UFO of God: The Extraordinary True Story of Chris Bledsoe by Chris Bledsoe
Diana Walsh Pasulka - Wikipedia
Steven M. Greer - Wikipedia
Meditation - Wikipedia
Flow State - Wikipedia
Mindfulness - Wikipedia
Elon Musk - Wikipedia
Jeff Bezos - Wikipedia
Count to a Billion (How I began to grasp the atrocity of Musk) by Susan Duerksen - The Jumping Off Place
Amazon Breaks Record For Lobbyist Spending Amid Anti-Union Drive by Jordan Zakarin - perfectunion.us
Predator - Wikipedia
Predator Trailer - Youtube
Saul Hudson (Slash)
Slash by Slash and Anthony Bozza - Goodreads
Philip K Dick - Wikipedia
John Nash - Wikipedia
A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar - Goodreads
A Beautiful Mind (Film) - Wikipedia
A Beautiful Mind Trailer - Youtube
Joan of Arc - Wikipedia
The Schizophrenia of Joan of Arc by Clifford Allen
Schizophrenia - Wikipedia
Temperal Lobe Epilepsy - Wikipedia
Focal Seizures - Epilepsy Action (British Epilepsy Association)
living with the rarest form of epilepsy - reddit
Is AI Really Just a Tool? It Could Be Altering How You See Reality by University of Exeter - Sci-tech Daily
Mirage Men - Wikipedia
Mirage Men: An Adventure into Paranoia, Espionage, Psychological Warfare, and UFOs by Mark Pilkington - Goodreads
Mirage Men Trailer - Youtube
VYS0020 | Messages of Deception - Vayse to Face with Mark Pilkington
False or misleading statements by Donald Trump - Wikipedia
L Ron Hubbard - Wikipedia
L. Ron Hubbard's 5 Most Impressive Lies (Besides Scientology) by Kristi Harrison - Cracked
Carlos Castaneda - Wikipedia
Laurens van der Post - Wikipedia
More myth than man by JDF Jones - The Guardian
The Trickster and the Paranormal by George P. Hansen
Voices for Vaccines - Website which helps de-bunk harmful misinformation about Vaccines
Autism, Vaccines and Immunization - Autism Today - debunking misinformation about the link between childhood autism and vaccines - spoilers: there isn't a link
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]]> VYS0032 | O Buddha, Where Art Thou? - Vayse to Face with Roger Jayamanne https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0032 4def0f07-7376-4d8f-ac3d-6c7669d466c8 Wed, 13 Dec 2023 19:30:00 +0100 Vayse full 2 Vayse 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) 1:53:33 yes <p>Bringing a much needed calming zen influence to the Vayse Institute of Over Thinking and Catastrophic Worry, Hine and Buckley welcome therapist and former Tibetan Buddhist monk, 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 just 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)</p> <p>Thanks to Roger for putting up with our frenzied anxiety and thanks as always to Keith for the show notes. </p> <p><strong>Roger Jayamanne Online</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://jayacounselling.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Jaya counselling website</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@thewellbeingevolution5113/videos" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Wellbeing Evolution YouTube channel</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/the_wellbeing_evolution/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Wellbeing Evolution on Instagram</a></strong> <br> <strong><a href="https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/counsellors/roger-jayamanne" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Roger’s Counselling Directory profile</a></strong> <br> <strong><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/practical-techniques-for-self-discovery-embracing-awareness/id1607765524?i=1000633375551" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Practical Techniques for Self-Discovery &amp; Embracing Awareness with Roger Jayamanne, Therapy Talks podcast</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Introduction</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Dharma - Wikipedia</a></strong> <br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reincarnation" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Reincarnation - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Nirvana (concept) - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong>[Nirvana (band) - Wikipedia](<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(band)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(band)</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Day" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Green Day - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_Buddhism" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Tibetan Buddhism - Wikipedia</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Roger’s early exposure to Buddhism</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_the_United_Kingdom#History_of_Buddhism_in_the_UK" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">History of Buddhism in the UK - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Buddha" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Buddha - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_meditation" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Buddhist meditation - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Sri Lanka - Wikipedia</a></strong> <br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batik" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Batik - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.srilankabusiness.com/blog/sri_lankas_batik_industry.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Sri Lanka's Batik Industry - SriLankaBusiness.com</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Carl Jung - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Dream - Wikipedia</a><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_unconscious" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Collective unconscious - Wikipedia</a></strong> <br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungian_archetypes" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Jungian archetypes - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurology" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Neurology - Wikipedia </a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardo" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Bardo - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma_in_Buddhism" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Karma in Buddhism - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma_in_Tibetan_Buddhism" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Karma in Tibetan Buddhism - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9j%C3%A0_vu" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Deja vu - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/rediscovering-love/201505/haven-t-we-met" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Haven’t We Met Before? 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Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungus" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Fungus - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Christianity - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Heaven - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Paradise - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong>[Lineage (Buddhism) - Wikipedia](<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lineage_(Buddhism)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lineage_(Buddhism)</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_Belt" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Bible Belt - Wikipedia</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Who is the Buddha?</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Buddha" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Buddha - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodh_Gaya" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Bodh Gaya - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlightenment_in_Buddhism" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Enlightenment in Buddhism - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Hinduism - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Vishnu - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha_in_Hinduism" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Gautama Buddha in Hinduism - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Nepal - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakya" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Shakya - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_sights" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Four sights (senescence, disease, demise, asceticism) - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du%E1%B8%A5kha#Buddhism" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Duhkha:Buddhism - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_of_Eden#Parallel_concepts" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Garden of Eden: parallel concepts - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://positivepsychology.com/comfort-zone/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">How to Leave Your Comfort Zone and Enter Your ‘Growth Zone' - PositivePsychology.com</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Eastern spirituality in the West</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_meditation" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Buddhist meditation - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Yoga - 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Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductionism" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Reductionism - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determinism" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Determinism - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_Revolution" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Scientific Revolution - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Chaos Theory - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Mind - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.clearerthinking.org/post/the-three-types-of-binary-thinking" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The three types of binary thinking - ClearerThinking.org</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intuition" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Intuition - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.simplypsychology.org/left-brain-vs-right-brain.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Left Brain vs. Right Brain: Hemisphere Function - SimplyPsychology.org</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://thesiteofyourdreams.com/dreams-in-different-cultures/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Whispers of the Night: Deciphering Dreams in Different Cultures - TheSiteOfYOurDreams.com</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://nautil.us/the-fine-line-between-reality-and-imaginary-238266/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Fine Line Between Reality and Imaginary - Nautil.us</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/memberarticles/why-imagination-is-essential-for-effective-counselling" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Why imagination is essential for effective counselling by Roger Jayamanne, Counselling-Directory.org</a></strong></p> <p><strong>What are dreams?</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream#Buddhist" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Dreams in Buddhism - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archetype" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Archetype - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precognition" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Precognition - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/dream-catcher/201606/can-two-people-have-the-same-dream" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Can Two People Have the Same Dream?, PsychologyToday.com</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_interpretation" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Dream interpretation - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/think-act-be/201908/can-dreams-connect-you-to-a-spiritual-reality" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Can Dreams Connect You to a Spiritual Reality? - PsychologyToday.com</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lynch" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">David Lynch - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2713374521000066" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Understanding creative intuition, Journal of Creativity - ScienceDirect.com</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Tarkovsky" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Andrei Tarkovsky - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Tao (Dao) - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoism" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Taoism (Daoism) - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao_Te_Ching" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing) - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_wei#Daoist_development" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Wu wei (inaction): Daoist development - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://neurosciencenews.com/unconscious-brain-activity-20571/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">When Unconscious, the Brain Is Anything but ‘Silent’ - NeuroscienceNews.com</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotonin" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Serotonin - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_serotonin_reuptake_inhibitor" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/why-we-worry/201401/overprescribing-drugs-treat-mental-health-problems" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Overprescribing Drugs to Treat Mental Health Problems - PsychologyToday.com</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Is it true that "life is suffering"?</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Noble_Truths" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Four Noble Truths - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du%E1%B8%A5kha" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Duhkha (suffering):Buddhism - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/connecting-coincidence/202207/does-everything-contain-its-opposite" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Does Everything Contain Its Opposite? - PsychologyToday.com</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_and_yang" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Yin and Yang - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://poemanalysis.com/kahlil-gibran/on-joy-and-sorrow/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Kahlil Gibran: On Joy and Sorrow - PoemAnalysis.com</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-industrial_society" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Post-industrial society - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addiction" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Addiction - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopamine" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Dopamine - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefrontal_cortex" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Pre-frontal cortex - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_capitalism" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Late stage capitalism - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernicke's_area" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Wernicke’s area (neurology) - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogito,_ergo_sum" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Cogito ergo sum (“I think, therefore I am”) - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Descartes" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Rene Descartes - Wikipedia</a></strong></p> <p><strong>What is the Dao?</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Tao (Dao) - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao_Te_Ching" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing) - Wikipedia</a></strong> <br> <strong><a href="http://tao-mother.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Tao: The Great Mother - tao-mother.org</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9A%C5%ABnyat%C4%81" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Sunyata - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://buddhaweekly.com/dharma-and-the-tao-how-buddhism-and-daoism-have-influenced-each-other-why-zen-and-taoism-can-be-compliementary/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Dharma and the Tao: how Buddhism and Daoism have influenced each other - BuddhaWeekly.com</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoism" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Taoism (Daoism) - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahayana" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Mahayana - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church#Doctrine" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Catholic Church: Doctrine - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judeo-Christian" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Judeo-Christian - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma_in_Buddhism" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Karma in Buddhism - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conceptions_of_God" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Conceptions of god - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_drug" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Psychedelic drug - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Heaven - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlightenment_in_Buddhism" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Enlightenment in Buddhism - Wikipedia</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Buddhism and the simulation hypothesis</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_in_Buddhism" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Reality in Buddhism - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Simulation hypothesis - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Quantum mechanics - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://studybuddhism.com/en/advanced-studies/abhidharma-tenet-systems/types-of-phenomena/overview-of-divisions-of-phenomena" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Overview of Divisions of Phenomena - StudyBuddhism.com</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tao_of_Physics" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Tao of Physics (book) - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_(religion)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Maya (religion, “illusion”) - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.thearchitect.global/eastern-religions-and-simulation-theory-part-2-the-world-could-be-an-illusion/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The world could be an illusion or simulation - TheArchitect.global</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_experiment" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Thought experiment - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minecraft" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Minecraft - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9A%C5%ABnyat%C4%81" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Śūnyatā (emptiness) - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahayana" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Mahayana - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://buddhajourney.net/the-ten-levels-of-the-bodhisattva/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Ten Levels of the Bodhisattva - BuddhaJourney.net</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Matrix - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pYyzolIN3I" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Matrix: Neo sees the code</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddhi" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Siddhi - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirtan" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Kirtan (musically recited story in Indian traditions) - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khenpo" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Khenpo - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="http://tibetanbuddhistencyclopedia.com/en/index.php?title=Four_maras" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Maras - tibetanbuddhistencyclopedia.com</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_owl" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Barn Owl - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayas" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Himalayas - Wikipedia</a></strong></p> <p><strong>How to start with Buddhism and meditation</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://oneminddharma.com/how-to-practice-buddhism/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">How to practice Buddhism - OneMindDharma.com</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.zen-buddhism.net/letting-go-understanding-attachment-in-buddhism/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Letting Go: Understanding Attachment from a Buddhist Perspective - Zen-Buddhism.net</a></strong> <strong><a href="https://intrinsicself.us/learning-formless-meditation/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Learning formless meditation - InstrinsicSelf.us</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s2-18-peter-hine-and-stephen-buckley-dreams/id1504757824?i=1000622843537" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Peter Hine and Stephen Buckley, Dreams, Nightmares and Pan - Spirit Box podcast S2 #18</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://thegregarioushermit.com/meditation/meditation-boot-camp/11-follow-the-breath" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Follow the breath - TheGregariousHermit.com</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://positivepsychology.com/body-scan-meditation/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">How to Perform Body Scan Meditation - PositivePsychology.com</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Mindfulness - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/trauma-and-hope/201801/mindfulness-and-being-present-in-the-moment" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Mindfulness and Being Present in the Moment - PsychologyToday.com</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zazen" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Zazen - Wikipedia</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Roger’s (and Hine’s) recommendations</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_Mind%2C_Beginner's_Mind" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/238843.Not_Always_So" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Not Always So: Practising the True Spirit of Zen by Shunryu Suzuki, Goodreads</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunry%C5%AB_Suzuki" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Shunryū Suzuki, Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Master_and_His_Emissary" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Master and His Emissary - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddhartha_(novel)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Siddhartha (novel) - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52036.Siddhartha" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse - Goodreads</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1362979.The_Sun_of_Wisdom" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Sun of Wisdom: Teachings on the Noble Nagarjuna's Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso, Goodreads</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Buckley’s closing question</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalai_Lama" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Dalai Lama - Wikipedia</a></strong> <br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartleby_(1970_film)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Bartleby (1970 film) - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrREmd4ds_w" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Bartleby (1970)</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Dinner_with_Andre" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">My Dinner with Andre (1981 film) - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4lvOjiHFw0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">My Dinner with Andre (1981)</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Ghostbusters (1984 film) - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQAljlSmjC8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Ghostbusters (1984) | Official Trailer</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Vayse Online</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.vayse.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Vayse website</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/vayseesyav" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Vayse on Twitter</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/vayseesyav/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Vayse on Instagram</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://vayse.bandcamp.com/album/music-from-vayse-volume-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Music From Vayse - Volume 1 by Polypores</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://ko-fi.com/vayse" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Vayse on Ko-Fi</a></strong><br> <strong>Vayse email: <a href="mailto:vayseinfo@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">vayseinfo@gmail.com</a></strong> Special Guest: Roger Jayamanne.</p> Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, Vayse, Roger Jayamanne, Reality, Religion, Therapy, Meditation, Dreams, Dharma, Buddah, the Dao, Tao, Dao De Jing, Tao Te Ching Bringing a much needed calming zen influence to the Vayse Institute of Over Thinking and Catastrophic Worry, Hine and Buckley welcome therapist and former Tibetan Buddhist monk, 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 just 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)

Thanks to Roger for putting up with our frenzied anxiety and thanks as always to Keith for the show notes.

Roger Jayamanne Online

Jaya counselling website
The Wellbeing Evolution YouTube channel
The Wellbeing Evolution on Instagram
Roger’s Counselling Directory profile
Practical Techniques for Self-Discovery & Embracing Awareness with Roger Jayamanne, Therapy Talks podcast

Introduction

Dharma - Wikipedia
Reincarnation - Wikipedia
Nirvana (concept) - Wikipedia
[Nirvana (band) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(band)
Green Day - Wikipedia
Tibetan Buddhism - Wikipedia

Roger’s early exposure to Buddhism

History of Buddhism in the UK - Wikipedia
The Buddha - Wikipedia
Buddhist meditation - Wikipedia
Sri Lanka - Wikipedia
Batik - Wikipedia
Sri Lanka's Batik Industry - SriLankaBusiness.com
Carl Jung - Wikipedia
Dream - Wikipedia
Collective unconscious - Wikipedia
Jungian archetypes - Wikipedia
Neurology - Wikipedia
Bardo - Wikipedia
Karma in Buddhism - Wikipedia
Karma in Tibetan Buddhism - Wikipedia
Deja vu - Wikipedia
Haven’t We Met Before? Uncanny “past life” memories - PsychologyToday.com
Nyingma - Wikipedia
Esoteric transmission (Wang, Lung, and Tri) - Wikipedia
Vajracharya (Buddhist priest) - Wikipedia
Yurt - Wikipedia
Tibetan Plateau - Wikipedia
Householder (Buddhism) - Wikipedia
Buddhist monasticism - Wikipedia
Buddhahood - Wikipedia
Nondualism - Wikipedia

What is Buddhism?

Buddhism - Wikipedia
Dharma - Wikipedia
Religion - Wikipedia
Godhead - Wikipedia
Noble Eightfold Path - Wikipedia
[Merit (Buddhism) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merit_(Buddhism)
Karma in Buddhism - Wikipedia
Karma in Tibetan Buddhism - Wikipedia
Buddhist meditation - Wikipedia
The Buddha - Wikipedia
Theravada - Wikipedia
Vajrayana - Wikipedia
Snakes and Ladders - Wikipedia
Rebirth: The Tibetan Game of Liberation - HimalayanArt.org
Samsara - Wikipedia
Thangka (painting) - Wikipedia
Bhavacakra (Wheel of Life) - Wikipedia
Bodhisattva - Wikipedia
Allen Greenfield on Twitter
Ascended master - Wikipedia
Fungus - Wikipedia
Christianity - Wikipedia
Heaven - Wikipedia
Paradise - Wikipedia
[Lineage (Buddhism) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lineage_(Buddhism)
Bible Belt - Wikipedia

Who is the Buddha?

The Buddha - Wikipedia
Bodh Gaya - Wikipedia
Enlightenment in Buddhism - Wikipedia
Hinduism - Wikipedia
Vishnu - Wikipedia
Gautama Buddha in Hinduism - Wikipedia
Nepal - Wikipedia
Shakya - Wikipedia
Four sights (senescence, disease, demise, asceticism) - Wikipedia
Duhkha:Buddhism - Wikipedia
Garden of Eden: parallel concepts - Wikipedia
How to Leave Your Comfort Zone and Enter Your ‘Growth Zone' - PositivePsychology.com

Eastern spirituality in the West

Buddhist meditation - Wikipedia
Yoga - Wikipedia
Mindfulness - Wikipedia
The Truth About Western Cultural Appropriation of Eastern Spirituality - FairObserver.com
Shamanic Initiations - RealitySandwich.com
The Wisdom of Uncertainty - Tricycle.org
Cartesianism - Wikipedia
Mechanism (philosophy) - Wikipedia
Reductionism - Wikipedia
Determinism - Wikipedia
Scientific Revolution - Wikipedia
Chaos Theory - Wikipedia
Mind - Wikipedia
The three types of binary thinking - ClearerThinking.org
Intuition - Wikipedia
Left Brain vs. Right Brain: Hemisphere Function - SimplyPsychology.org
Whispers of the Night: Deciphering Dreams in Different Cultures - TheSiteOfYOurDreams.com
The Fine Line Between Reality and Imaginary - Nautil.us
Why imagination is essential for effective counselling by Roger Jayamanne, Counselling-Directory.org

What are dreams?

Dreams in Buddhism - Wikipedia
Archetype - Wikipedia
Precognition - Wikipedia
Can Two People Have the Same Dream?, PsychologyToday.com
Dream interpretation - Wikipedia
Can Dreams Connect You to a Spiritual Reality? - PsychologyToday.com
David Lynch - Wikipedia
Understanding creative intuition, Journal of Creativity - ScienceDirect.com
Andrei Tarkovsky - Wikipedia
Tao (Dao) - Wikipedia
Taoism (Daoism) - Wikipedia
Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing) - Wikipedia
Wu wei (inaction): Daoist development - Wikipedia
When Unconscious, the Brain Is Anything but ‘Silent’ - NeuroscienceNews.com
Serotonin - Wikipedia
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) - Wikipedia
Overprescribing Drugs to Treat Mental Health Problems - PsychologyToday.com

Is it true that "life is suffering"?

Four Noble Truths - Wikipedia
Duhkha (suffering):Buddhism - Wikipedia
Does Everything Contain Its Opposite? - PsychologyToday.com
Yin and Yang - Wikipedia
Kahlil Gibran: On Joy and Sorrow - PoemAnalysis.com
Post-industrial society - Wikipedia
Addiction - Wikipedia
Dopamine - Wikipedia
Pre-frontal cortex - Wikipedia
Late stage capitalism - Wikipedia
Wernicke’s area (neurology) - Wikipedia
Cogito ergo sum (“I think, therefore I am”) - Wikipedia
Rene Descartes - Wikipedia

What is the Dao?

Tao (Dao) - Wikipedia
Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing) - Wikipedia
Tao: The Great Mother - tao-mother.org
Sunyata - Wikipedia
Dharma and the Tao: how Buddhism and Daoism have influenced each other - BuddhaWeekly.com
Taoism (Daoism) - Wikipedia
Mahayana - Wikipedia
Catholic Church: Doctrine - Wikipedia
Judeo-Christian - Wikipedia
Karma in Buddhism - Wikipedia
Conceptions of god - Wikipedia
Psychedelic drug - Wikipedia
Heaven - Wikipedia
Enlightenment in Buddhism - Wikipedia

Buddhism and the simulation hypothesis

Reality in Buddhism - Wikipedia
Simulation hypothesis - Wikipedia
Quantum mechanics - Wikipedia
Overview of Divisions of Phenomena - StudyBuddhism.com
The Tao of Physics (book) - Wikipedia
Maya (religion, “illusion”) - Wikipedia
The world could be an illusion or simulation - TheArchitect.global
Thought experiment - Wikipedia
Minecraft - Wikipedia
Śūnyatā (emptiness) - Wikipedia
Mahayana - Wikipedia
The Ten Levels of the Bodhisattva - BuddhaJourney.net
The Matrix - Wikipedia
The Matrix: Neo sees the code
Siddhi - Wikipedia
Kirtan (musically recited story in Indian traditions) - Wikipedia
Khenpo - Wikipedia
Maras - tibetanbuddhistencyclopedia.com
Barn Owl - Wikipedia
Himalayas - Wikipedia

How to start with Buddhism and meditation

How to practice Buddhism - OneMindDharma.com
Letting Go: Understanding Attachment from a Buddhist Perspective - Zen-Buddhism.net Learning formless meditation - InstrinsicSelf.us
Peter Hine and Stephen Buckley, Dreams, Nightmares and Pan - Spirit Box podcast S2 #18
Follow the breath - TheGregariousHermit.com
How to Perform Body Scan Meditation - PositivePsychology.com
Mindfulness - Wikipedia
Mindfulness and Being Present in the Moment - PsychologyToday.com
Zazen - Wikipedia

Roger’s (and Hine’s) recommendations

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind - Wikipedia
Not Always So: Practising the True Spirit of Zen by Shunryu Suzuki, Goodreads
Shunryū Suzuki, Wikipedia
The Master and His Emissary - Wikipedia
Siddhartha (novel) - Wikipedia
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse - Goodreads
The Sun of Wisdom: Teachings on the Noble Nagarjuna's Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso, Goodreads

Buckley’s closing question

Dalai Lama - Wikipedia
Bartleby (1970 film) - Wikipedia
Bartleby (1970)
My Dinner with Andre (1981 film) - Wikipedia
My Dinner with Andre (1981)
Ghostbusters (1984 film) - Wikipedia
Ghostbusters (1984) | Official Trailer

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]]> Bringing a much needed calming zen influence to the Vayse Institute of Over Thinking and Catastrophic Worry, Hine and Buckley welcome therapist and former Tibetan Buddhist monk, 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 just 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)

Thanks to Roger for putting up with our frenzied anxiety and thanks as always to Keith for the show notes.

Roger Jayamanne Online

Jaya counselling website
The Wellbeing Evolution YouTube channel
The Wellbeing Evolution on Instagram
Roger’s Counselling Directory profile
Practical Techniques for Self-Discovery & Embracing Awareness with Roger Jayamanne, Therapy Talks podcast

Introduction

Dharma - Wikipedia
Reincarnation - Wikipedia
Nirvana (concept) - Wikipedia
[Nirvana (band) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(band)
Green Day - Wikipedia
Tibetan Buddhism - Wikipedia

Roger’s early exposure to Buddhism

History of Buddhism in the UK - Wikipedia
The Buddha - Wikipedia
Buddhist meditation - Wikipedia
Sri Lanka - Wikipedia
Batik - Wikipedia
Sri Lanka's Batik Industry - SriLankaBusiness.com
Carl Jung - Wikipedia
Dream - Wikipedia
Collective unconscious - Wikipedia
Jungian archetypes - Wikipedia
Neurology - Wikipedia
Bardo - Wikipedia
Karma in Buddhism - Wikipedia
Karma in Tibetan Buddhism - Wikipedia
Deja vu - Wikipedia
Haven’t We Met Before? Uncanny “past life” memories - PsychologyToday.com
Nyingma - Wikipedia
Esoteric transmission (Wang, Lung, and Tri) - Wikipedia
Vajracharya (Buddhist priest) - Wikipedia
Yurt - Wikipedia
Tibetan Plateau - Wikipedia
Householder (Buddhism) - Wikipedia
Buddhist monasticism - Wikipedia
Buddhahood - Wikipedia
Nondualism - Wikipedia

What is Buddhism?

Buddhism - Wikipedia
Dharma - Wikipedia
Religion - Wikipedia
Godhead - Wikipedia
Noble Eightfold Path - Wikipedia
[Merit (Buddhism) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merit_(Buddhism)
Karma in Buddhism - Wikipedia
Karma in Tibetan Buddhism - Wikipedia
Buddhist meditation - Wikipedia
The Buddha - Wikipedia
Theravada - Wikipedia
Vajrayana - Wikipedia
Snakes and Ladders - Wikipedia
Rebirth: The Tibetan Game of Liberation - HimalayanArt.org
Samsara - Wikipedia
Thangka (painting) - Wikipedia
Bhavacakra (Wheel of Life) - Wikipedia
Bodhisattva - Wikipedia
Allen Greenfield on Twitter
Ascended master - Wikipedia
Fungus - Wikipedia
Christianity - Wikipedia
Heaven - Wikipedia
Paradise - Wikipedia
[Lineage (Buddhism) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lineage_(Buddhism)
Bible Belt - Wikipedia

Who is the Buddha?

The Buddha - Wikipedia
Bodh Gaya - Wikipedia
Enlightenment in Buddhism - Wikipedia
Hinduism - Wikipedia
Vishnu - Wikipedia
Gautama Buddha in Hinduism - Wikipedia
Nepal - Wikipedia
Shakya - Wikipedia
Four sights (senescence, disease, demise, asceticism) - Wikipedia
Duhkha:Buddhism - Wikipedia
Garden of Eden: parallel concepts - Wikipedia
How to Leave Your Comfort Zone and Enter Your ‘Growth Zone' - PositivePsychology.com

Eastern spirituality in the West

Buddhist meditation - Wikipedia
Yoga - Wikipedia
Mindfulness - Wikipedia
The Truth About Western Cultural Appropriation of Eastern Spirituality - FairObserver.com
Shamanic Initiations - RealitySandwich.com
The Wisdom of Uncertainty - Tricycle.org
Cartesianism - Wikipedia
Mechanism (philosophy) - Wikipedia
Reductionism - Wikipedia
Determinism - Wikipedia
Scientific Revolution - Wikipedia
Chaos Theory - Wikipedia
Mind - Wikipedia
The three types of binary thinking - ClearerThinking.org
Intuition - Wikipedia
Left Brain vs. Right Brain: Hemisphere Function - SimplyPsychology.org
Whispers of the Night: Deciphering Dreams in Different Cultures - TheSiteOfYOurDreams.com
The Fine Line Between Reality and Imaginary - Nautil.us
Why imagination is essential for effective counselling by Roger Jayamanne, Counselling-Directory.org

What are dreams?

Dreams in Buddhism - Wikipedia
Archetype - Wikipedia
Precognition - Wikipedia
Can Two People Have the Same Dream?, PsychologyToday.com
Dream interpretation - Wikipedia
Can Dreams Connect You to a Spiritual Reality? - PsychologyToday.com
David Lynch - Wikipedia
Understanding creative intuition, Journal of Creativity - ScienceDirect.com
Andrei Tarkovsky - Wikipedia
Tao (Dao) - Wikipedia
Taoism (Daoism) - Wikipedia
Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing) - Wikipedia
Wu wei (inaction): Daoist development - Wikipedia
When Unconscious, the Brain Is Anything but ‘Silent’ - NeuroscienceNews.com
Serotonin - Wikipedia
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) - Wikipedia
Overprescribing Drugs to Treat Mental Health Problems - PsychologyToday.com

Is it true that "life is suffering"?

Four Noble Truths - Wikipedia
Duhkha (suffering):Buddhism - Wikipedia
Does Everything Contain Its Opposite? - PsychologyToday.com
Yin and Yang - Wikipedia
Kahlil Gibran: On Joy and Sorrow - PoemAnalysis.com
Post-industrial society - Wikipedia
Addiction - Wikipedia
Dopamine - Wikipedia
Pre-frontal cortex - Wikipedia
Late stage capitalism - Wikipedia
Wernicke’s area (neurology) - Wikipedia
Cogito ergo sum (“I think, therefore I am”) - Wikipedia
Rene Descartes - Wikipedia

What is the Dao?

Tao (Dao) - Wikipedia
Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing) - Wikipedia
Tao: The Great Mother - tao-mother.org
Sunyata - Wikipedia
Dharma and the Tao: how Buddhism and Daoism have influenced each other - BuddhaWeekly.com
Taoism (Daoism) - Wikipedia
Mahayana - Wikipedia
Catholic Church: Doctrine - Wikipedia
Judeo-Christian - Wikipedia
Karma in Buddhism - Wikipedia
Conceptions of god - Wikipedia
Psychedelic drug - Wikipedia
Heaven - Wikipedia
Enlightenment in Buddhism - Wikipedia

Buddhism and the simulation hypothesis

Reality in Buddhism - Wikipedia
Simulation hypothesis - Wikipedia
Quantum mechanics - Wikipedia
Overview of Divisions of Phenomena - StudyBuddhism.com
The Tao of Physics (book) - Wikipedia
Maya (religion, “illusion”) - Wikipedia
The world could be an illusion or simulation - TheArchitect.global
Thought experiment - Wikipedia
Minecraft - Wikipedia
Śūnyatā (emptiness) - Wikipedia
Mahayana - Wikipedia
The Ten Levels of the Bodhisattva - BuddhaJourney.net
The Matrix - Wikipedia
The Matrix: Neo sees the code
Siddhi - Wikipedia
Kirtan (musically recited story in Indian traditions) - Wikipedia
Khenpo - Wikipedia
Maras - tibetanbuddhistencyclopedia.com
Barn Owl - Wikipedia
Himalayas - Wikipedia

How to start with Buddhism and meditation

How to practice Buddhism - OneMindDharma.com
Letting Go: Understanding Attachment from a Buddhist Perspective - Zen-Buddhism.net Learning formless meditation - InstrinsicSelf.us
Peter Hine and Stephen Buckley, Dreams, Nightmares and Pan - Spirit Box podcast S2 #18
Follow the breath - TheGregariousHermit.com
How to Perform Body Scan Meditation - PositivePsychology.com
Mindfulness - Wikipedia
Mindfulness and Being Present in the Moment - PsychologyToday.com
Zazen - Wikipedia

Roger’s (and Hine’s) recommendations

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind - Wikipedia
Not Always So: Practising the True Spirit of Zen by Shunryu Suzuki, Goodreads
Shunryū Suzuki, Wikipedia
The Master and His Emissary - Wikipedia
Siddhartha (novel) - Wikipedia
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse - Goodreads
The Sun of Wisdom: Teachings on the Noble Nagarjuna's Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso, Goodreads

Buckley’s closing question

Dalai Lama - Wikipedia
Bartleby (1970 film) - Wikipedia
Bartleby (1970)
My Dinner with Andre (1981 film) - Wikipedia
My Dinner with Andre (1981)
Ghostbusters (1984 film) - Wikipedia
Ghostbusters (1984) | Official Trailer

Vayse Online

Vayse website
Vayse on Twitter
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Music From Vayse - Volume 1 by Polypores
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Special Guest: Roger Jayamanne.

Support Vayse

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