9: Sampath Krishna: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Adventure

Sampath Krishna takes Subu and Vikram on a story-telling trip to the Arctic and back, describing his encounters on the way, and explains what it means to take on a motorcycle ride of massive proportions. Always a traveler, and never a tourist - Sampath talks about the solitude of long rides, the journey into the inner self, and about exploration and discovery - in foreign lands, or within oneself.


Chapters

 00:00 Intro and Follow-up from The Giving Tree 
03:41 Motorcycle ride to the Arctic Ocean 
08:04 Avenging the last journey to the Arctic 
11:59 Being rescued and de-risking the ride 
15:50 How Sampath got into Motorcyle rides 
20:15 Planning vs Overplanning Travel 
26:15 Long way round, Long way down 
31:07 What is Vipassana, how does it work? 
34:49 Role of Silence in Vipassana 
39:23 Meditation and Influence on the Self 
41:52 Managing conditioned responses
44:05 Retaining realization of the Self 
50:12 Finding the balance 
56:34 Wrap up 

Links

• Full Transcript
• Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
• Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman on their Bike Adventures
  • Long Way Up
  • Long Way Round
  • Long Way Down
• Adventure Rider
• Horizons Unlimited
• Vipassana Meditation
• 17 minutes of  meditation
• Bullet Journal

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Chapters

• 0:00 Intro and Follow-up from The Giving Tree
• 3:41 Motorcycle ride to the Arctic Ocean
• 8:04 Avenging the last journey to the Arctic
• 11:59 Being rescued and de-risking the ride
• 15:50 How Sampath got into Motorcyle rides
• 20:15 Planning vs Overplanning Travel
• 26:15 Long way round, Long way down
• 31:07 What is Vipassana, how does it work?
• 34:49 Role of Silence in Vipassana
• 39:23 Meditation and Influence on the Self
• 41:52 Managing conditioned responses
• 44:05 Retaining realization of the Self
• 50:12 Finding the balance
• 56:34 Wrap up