http://vikram.no/Vikram.no]]>enSpiritualityCopyright Vikram Kolmannskoghttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/00f692b4dba2c42dddc839f27e075664.jpghttp://vikram.no/Wed, 06 Aug 2025 14:42:17 +0000Vikram KolmannskogVikram Kolmannskogvikram@mohini.noJoin Vikram on a meditation journey. Start at the beginning with ‘Looking’ to follow the podcast as a story and gradual training - or go directly to an episode that feels particularly relevant. The podcast is based on the book with the same title....Vikram.no]]>trueserialhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/looking--24261196https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24261196Tue, 24 Mar 2020 19:46:41 +0000Vikram KolmannskogBa, my maternal grandma, had a Buddha. She must have noticed that I often looked at him. One day when we were visiting she gathered all us, me, my mom and dad. We sat in a circle on a carpet on the living room floor. In the middle was Buddha. Ba...198buddha,buddhism,gaybuddhist,gaymeditation,gaymeditator,gaymindfulness,gaytantra,gestalttherapy,idol,idolmeditation,lgbtq,meditation,mindfulness,murti,murtimeditation,queerbuddhist,queerofcolour,tantrameditation,visualisation,visualisationmeditationfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sitting--24287557https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24287557Wed, 25 Mar 2020 11:14:26 +0000Vikram KolmannskogI sit like Buddha sits. I just sit. It’s simple. Just sitting means not doing much, not chasing after anything. I can simply be, rather than constantly doing something. It's simple, but not easy. I need to practice. I need to practice just sitting.304awareness,gaybuddhist,gestalttherapy,meditation,meditationcourse,mindfulness,queerbuddhist,shikantaza,sitting,sittingmeditation,zenfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/breathing--24287574https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24287574Wed, 25 Mar 2020 11:17:29 +0000Vikram KolmannskogI breathe like Buddha breathes. I focus on the area where the air touches the nostrils. I sense my chest filling and emptying. I sense the breath as a bodily sensation.351anapanasati,breathing,breathingmeditation,gaybuddhist,gestalttherapy,impermanence,interbeing,interconnection,mindfulness,queerbuddhistfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/listening--24385885https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24385885Thu, 26 Mar 2020 16:09:06 +0000Vikram KolmannskogI listen like Buddha listens. I hear sounds close to me, my own breathing, in and out of my nostrils, sounds that are more distant, the humming of the fridge and the fan in the kitchen, and even more distant, a car that starts on the street outside,...318becomingbuddha,listening,listeningmeditation,mindfulnessfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sensing--24498613https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24498613Sat, 28 Mar 2020 09:36:11 +0000Vikram KolmannskogI sense the body like Buddha senses the body. I move the attention from the top of my head down to my toes, slowly through the entire body, then back up, and then down, again and again. First I notice only strong and gross sensations, tension in the...702bodilysensations,bodymeditation,goenka,sensations,vipassanafalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thinking--24499063https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24499063Sat, 28 Mar 2020 09:42:23 +0000Vikram Kolmannskog‘Why should I write a book? There are already many good books on meditation. Who do I think I am?’ I realize I've been lost in thought for a while. ‘Thinking,’ I say in my mind, this too a thought but a helpful one, a conscious thought, a thought in...441cometoyoursenses,loseyourmind,nothinking,rumination,thinking,thinkingmeditationfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/smiling--24539858https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24539858Sun, 29 Mar 2020 08:27:39 +0000Vikram KolmannskogI smile like Buddha smiles. A welcoming smile. I remember that this being human is a guest house. Guests keep arriving. Now a joy. Now a sadness. Some are expected, others are unexpected. I meet them at the door smiling and invite them in. Some stay...299guesthouse,meditation,mindfulness,rumi,smiling,smilingmeditationfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chanting--24539875https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24539875Sun, 29 Mar 2020 08:28:39 +0000Vikram KolmannskogA mantra emerges spontaneously in my mind. And along with the mantra: a memory. In the morning, before the others got up, I went to Ba’s room. I looked inside. The old woman was sitting on her bed. She held a mala in her right hand, mumbling...446becomingbuddha,chanting,mantra,mantrameditation,meditationfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/loving--24665505https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24665505Tue, 31 Mar 2020 06:06:01 +0000Vikram KolmannskogI love like Buddha loves. I start with myself. I put a hand on my heart and wish myself well. ‘Vikram.’ I remember Ba, her smile and tone of voice when she said my name. ‘May you be happy, Vikram.’ I repeat it gently a few times.665becomingbuddha,fear,love,lovemeditation,lovingkindness,metta,mettameditation,selfcare,selflovefalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/eating--24682858https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24682858Tue, 31 Mar 2020 18:13:40 +0000Vikram KolmannskogI bring Buddha an orange. I place it next to him on the windowsill. Buddha and the orange glow golden in the morning sun. I look at them. I think of the components making up the orange: sunlight, rainwater, air, nutrients in the soil.358becomingbuddha,eating,eatingmeditation,foodmeditation,mindfuleating,orangefalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shitting--24682873https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24682873Tue, 31 Mar 2020 18:15:38 +0000Vikram KolmannskogI sense some internal pressure. I tense the pelvic and sphincter muscles. I get up and go to the bathroom. I pull down my trousers and briefs and sit down, sensing the coolness of the toilet seat against my butt cheeks.170becomingbuddha,defecation,mindfulness,shit,tantra,toiletmeditationfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/walking--24706202https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24706202Wed, 01 Apr 2020 11:18:55 +0000Vikram KolmannskogI'm rushing. I have an idea of the place I'm going, where, who, what. But am I present on the way there? The way is a big part of life, if not all of it. I remember this and come to my senses. I notice the yellow flower growing through a crack in the...323becomingbuddha,home,stress,walking,walkingmeditationfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/suffering--24706440https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24706440Wed, 01 Apr 2020 11:20:31 +0000Vikram KolmannskogAlone, I’m moving restlessly around the apartment, as if I can move away from the discomfort in my chest or find another man here somewhere. At some point, I find myself in the bathroom in front of the mirror. Maybe I have peed and washed my hands....424becomingbuddha,compassion,karuna,kristinneff,loneliness,longing,self-compassion,sufferingfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/scrolling--24738506https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24738506Thu, 02 Apr 2020 09:22:43 +0000Vikram KolmannskogI post a picture of myself on Instagram. Smiling. Fit. Wearing only swimming shorts. I get a lot of likes. I check again. Even more. I check again and again. More and more likes. But it’s not satisfactory. I stop posting half-naked pictures of myself....416becomingbuddha,consciousdating,consciousscrolling,grindr,instagram,instayogi,phoneaddiction,scrolling,socialmedia,tinderfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fucking--24738509https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24738509Thu, 02 Apr 2020 09:24:42 +0000Vikram KolmannskogI wake up with a hard-on, an almost bursting sensation in my cock. I look at the clock; it’s early, but not too early. Buddha is awake on the windowsill. I look over at Dan. He is on his side, turned away from me, and I see his naked back. I move...512becomingbuddha,buddhisttantra,gaybuddhist,gaytantra,mindfulsex,sexmeditation,tantra,tantrasex,tantricsextrue1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fighting--24772550https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24772550Fri, 03 Apr 2020 09:26:46 +0000Vikram KolmannskogDan is reading something on his phone. He finds it interesting and shows me. I glimpse something about immigrant problem. I’m a man with immigrant background, mamma is an immigrant. ‘Am I the problem? Is mamma the problem?’351abetterworld,activism,anger,becomingbuddha,bethechange,burnout,engagedbuddhism,mindfulactivism,oppression,racism,radicaldharma,traumafalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/playing--24772553https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24772553Fri, 03 Apr 2020 09:28:40 +0000Vikram KolmannskogIt's Friday evening and we have the weekend off. Dan asks me what I want to do. ‘I don't know.’ I ask him. He doesn't know either. I get annoyed. I want him to suggest something. He suggests we can go on a trip to the mountains if I want to. ‘I don't...194becomingbuddha,exaggeration,gestalttherapy,humandrama,laughing,playfulness,stuckfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dying--24772623https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24772623Fri, 03 Apr 2020 09:30:55 +0000Vikram KolmannskogWe are lying in savasana, the corpse pose. Dan has been guiding us both in yoga, accompanied by songs from a playlist on his phone. Now we have reached the end, the most difficult pose, letting go. I become aware of a mantra playing on his phone. It’s...566ancestors,becomingbuddha,carpediem,corpsemeditation,corpsepose,deathmeditation,dying,hereandnow,lifeanddeath,mementomori,memories,mindfuldying,mindfulliving,savasanafalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shining--24772814https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24772814Fri, 03 Apr 2020 09:32:29 +0000Vikram KolmannskogI read a story about a Buddha statue. In 1955, the large concrete statue was to be moved from one place to another in Bangkok. On the way, an accident happened and the statue was damaged. But only the surface was damaged. And the damage revealed what...418awakening,becomingbuddha,buddhanature,goldenbuddha,lightwithin,mindfulness,nondualism,shining,shiningalight,tantra,visualisationmeditationfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/buddha-day-buddha-moment--26913517
For more about the book, go to www.Mohini.no]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/26913517Fri, 08 May 2020 17:07:07 +0000Vikram KolmannskogThis meditation includes sitting, breathing, listening, sensing and loving, and draws on various meditations from the previous episodes. The meditation was part of the book launch of 'Becoming Buddha' on Buddha Day, 7 May 2020, a day when many...
For more about the book, go to www.Mohini.no]]>1306becomingbuddha,breathing,breathingmeditation,buddhaday,buddhajayanti,justsit,lovingkindness,mindfullistening,sittingmeditation,vesak,vipassanafalse2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/meditasjon-med-vikram-pa-norsk--41106572https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41106572Thu, 24 Sep 2020 20:08:03 +0000Vikram KolmannskogVikram har laget en norsk podcast som er løst basert på boka: Meditasjon med Vikram. Finn og følg den der du lytter på podcast.45becomingbuddha,meditasjonmedvikram,meditasjonpånorsk,mindfulnesspånorskfalse3full