Greg Kaminsky is a scholar of medieval studies and one of the most thoughtful occult and paranormal podcasters out there. Now, he brings great care to Buddhist literature with his first book, PRONAOS: Reflections on the Preliminary Practices of Buddhist Tantra from a Western Perspective. In the first half ofread more
In 1972, shortly after earning his Ph.D. in molecular genetics from the Pasteur Institute in France, Matthieu Ricard left his life in academia for the Himalayas, to study Tibetan Buddhism. His studies would eventually lead him to become the French interpreter and a confidant to the Dalai Lama, and to author books on meditation and compassion. Ricard also has the interesting distinction of having been declared "happiest person in the world" by popular media, due to the results of his participation in a study on the effects of long-term meditation.
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People with different religions and different cultural backgrounds have very different experiences of the close encounter phenomenon. This week we talk Visitors and Buddhism with a Buddhist experiencer. We also get a sense of what the experience is like and how such topics are treated overseas where the "gray alien" isn’t as prevalent. This uniquely interesting material is practically unknown in the western UFO community, but it is very provocative and revealing.