{"podcast":{"title":"Guru Viking Podcast","slug":"guru-viking-podcast-1161340","podcast_index_feed_id":1161340,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:226070020/sounds.rss","website_url":"http://www.guruviking.com/","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-000576061611-rlmdm8-original.jpg","author":"Guru Viking","episode_count":395,"summary":"The Guru Viking Podcast specialises in in-depth i…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T00:19:04.476477+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/guru-viking-podcast-1161340"},"episode":{"title":"Steve James Interviewed on the Clear Mountain Monastery Podcast","slug":"steve-james-interviewed-on-the-clear-mountain-monastery-podcast","published_at":"2026-06-25T18:19:05+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/guru-viking-podcast-1161340/steve-james-interviewed-on-the-clear-mountain-monastery-podcast","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/guru-viking-podcast-1161340","url":"https://soundcloud.com/guruviking/clear-mountain-podcast","audio_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2346874427-guruviking-clear-mountain-podcast.mp3","summary":"I was recently interviewed by Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho from the Clear Mountain Monastery Project. They asked wonderful questions and we talked a lot about the power of listening. ... Their shownotes: In this session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho interview Steve James, meditation teacher & host of the Guru Viking Podcast (https://www.guruviking.com/). 00:00:00 Introduction and Welcome 00:01:32 Formative faith moments and vocation 00:06:18 Life on an English canal boat 00:08:40 The rhythm of travel and interviewing 00:10:59 Interviewing the same guest over time 00:14:20 Most moving and luminous conversations 00:17:21 Handling negative reactivity in conversation 00:22:24 Balancing internal and external awareness 00:23:50 Advice for engaging with teachers and mentors 00:29:50 Finding beauty in people on different paths 00:34:45 Questions that bring out conversational depth 00:41:06 Personal frameworks for organizing experience 00:48:15 Belief alignments and the \"pie chart\" of faith 00:55:30 Personal relationship to the Buddha 00:59:44 Navigating dual vs. non-dual teachings","meta_description":"I was recently interviewed by Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho from the Clear Mountain Monastery Project. They asked wonderful questions and we talked a lot…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4004,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/guru-viking-podcast-1161340/episodes/steve-james-interviewed-on-the-clear-mountain-monastery-podcast/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/guru-viking-podcast-1161340/steve-james-interviewed-on-the-clear-mountain-monastery-podcast.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}