In this interview I am joined by Mordy Levine, serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author of ‘The Tibetan Book of the Dead for Beginners’ with Lama Lhanang and published by Sounds True.

Mordy reveals the origins of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, considers the validity of the claims of its supernatural transmission, and pulls back the curtain on his own writing process in collaboration with Nyingma meditation master Lama Lhanang.

Mordy discusses the subject of money and spirituality and recounts his own journey from poverty and avarice to financial and business success and beyond, to a more enlightened view informed by Buddhist doctrines.

Mordy also addresses the range of dysfunctional money attitudes found in American Buddhism such aversive attitudes to money based on beliefs that money is fundamentally unspiritual, immoral, and evil.

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Video version: https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep216-death-money-dharma-mordy-levine

Also available on Youtube, iTunes, & Spotify – search ‘Guru Viking Podcast’.

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Topics include:

00:00 - Intro

01:50 - Tibetan religious teachings about death

02:35 - Why another book on the Tibetan Book of the Dead?

05:04 - Collaborating with Lama Lhanang

08:03- Lineage vs psychedelics and Timothy Leary

10:34 - Does Mordy really believe in Tibetan terma claims?

12:31 - Mordy’s experiences of the supernatural

14:05 - ’God of the gaps’

18:03 - How important are the supernatural claims of the Tibetan Book of the Dead’s transmission?

21:27 - Energetic transmission of spiritual lineage

23:05 - The purpose of energy transmission

24:40 - Perceiving the light body

26:20 - Mordy’s practice of karate

31:55 - Conversion to Buddhism

34:03 - From Zen to Tibetan Buddhism

37:29 - Initial experiences of Tibetan Buddhism and search for a teacher

39:24 - Meeting Lama Lhanang

41:33 - About Lama Lhanang

44:21 - Applying lessons from the business world to dharma organisations

46:42 - Origin of Mordy’s motivation to become rich

48:45 - Addiction to success and money

50:47 - Grasping and clinging to feed one’s identity

53:17 - Childhood programming about money

56:03 - What woke Mordy up to his money addiction?

59:36 - Seeing through the BS of identity

01:02:04 - Addictions and grasping

01:04:04 - American Buddhists’ dysfunctional attitudes to money

01:08:34 - Advice for contemplating one’s relationship to money

01:11:47 - Is money unspiritual?

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To purchase ‘The Tibetan Book of the Dead for Beginners’, visit:

- https://www.soundstrue.com/blogs/authors/mordy-levine

To find out more about Mordy Levine, visit:

- https://www.mordylevine.com/

For more interviews, videos, and more visit:

- www.guruviking.com

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Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James