Audio Interviews


Hard Questions for a Vajra Master

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon, Founder of Sounds True and senior student of Reggie's, asks him a series of challenging and difficult questions on being a "Vajra Master." (52 minutes)

Tami Simon, Interviewer

August 2009

 

Your Body is Your Guru - Listen Online

New Dimensions Radio

In this interview Reggie explores a range of topics such as how your body can help you become enlightened, why a calm state of mind may interfere with spiritual development, and why some Asian Buddhist traditions may be unhealthy for the Western psyche. 

Michael Toms, Interviewer

May 2009

 

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The Spirituality of Everyday Life - Listen Online

Drishti Point Radio, Vancouver

In this interview, Reggie recalls his first meeting with Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, discusses the importance of working with fear on the path, and explains that the ego is nothing other than is a defense response to trauma.  Other topics covered in this interview include parenting, discovering joy through embracing life's negativities, the role of the spiritual teacher, solitary retreat, and the "laziness of busyness." 

Loren Spagnuolo, Interviewer

Sri Venu, Host

January 2009

  

The Forest Dwelling Yogi - Part 1 - Listen Online

Buddhist Geeks

Hosts Vince Horn and Ryan Oelke explore with Reggie the role that retreat — both group and solitary — plays for the type of practitioner that does intensive retreat but is not a full-time practitioner.  Reggie also discusses his teaching emphasis on the shamanic aspect of Vajrayana Buddhism, particulary the role that the body plays in awakening.

Vince Horn and Ryan Oelke, Interviewers

January 2009

 

The Forest Dwelling Yogi - Part 2

Buddhist Geeks

This interview explores Reggie's experience several years ago with the Shambhala tradition, and the larger implications of becoming a Western teacher in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.  Connected with that, Reggie explores the whole issue of Westerners not being regularly empowered to be teachers, and several of the factors involved in that dynamic.  Lastly: Do westerners make the best practitioners?  What seems to keep them from going deep?

Vince Horn and Ryan Oelke, Interviewers

January 2009

 

Embodying Enlightenment: An Interview with Reggie Ray - Listen Online

The Tibet Connection

From the November 2008 "The Tibet Connection" program, Producer Julie Adler talks with Reggie Ray about his latest book, 'Touching Enlightenment' and what it means to embody spirituality in a what is becoming a more disembodied world.

Julie Adler, Interviewer

November 2008

 

Trungpa Rinpoche and Shambhala International

Chronicles Radio Interview

Reggie talks about his training with Trungpa Rinpoche, the process which led him to start teaching and taking on students, practicing with the body, his decision to leave Shambhala International, and the view and practice of dharma that he presents to his students at Dharma Ocean Foundation.
Julia Sagebien, Interviewer
June 26, 2008

 

Health, Well Being, and Meditation
Vancouver Radio Interview on Dynamic Health Radio Program
Dr Reggie Ray: "Health is a modern metaphor for total well-being and self-fulfillment. Health is a very interesting way to talk about why we're on the planet, what the purpose is of human life, and the kind of journey that unfolds when we engage deeply." Dynamic Health is a radio show devoted to bringing their audience information that spans the many facets of health - physical, mental, and emotional.
Vancouver, BC
Allart, Interviewer
January 23, 2008

 

Embodiment and Earth Energy: Outdoors, Indoors, and In the City
Vancouver Radio Interview on Drishti Point Radio Program
Reggie discusses obstacles encountered during meditation, and how embodiment and earth connection overcomes these obstacles. One can connect with the earth wherever we are: the waters of BC, the mountains of Colorado, industrialized cities. Drishti Point is a one hour talk show on yoga, meditation, and spirituality.
Vancouver, BC
Farah Nazarali, Interviewer
January 2008