Rizwan “Riz” Virk, MS, is an entrepreneur, video game pioneer, film producer, venture capitalist, and computer scientist. He was the founder of Play Labs @ MIT and is currently doing a PhD and teaching classes at both the College of Global Futures and the Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. He is also an advisor to the Galileo Project. He is author of The Simulation Hypothesis: An MIT Computer Scientists Shows Why AI, Quantum Physics and Eastern Mystics Agree We Are in a Video Game, Startup Myths & Models: What You Won’t Learn in Business School, Treasure Hunt: Follow Your Inner Clues to Find True Success, Zen Entrepreneurship: Walking the Path of a Career Warrior, and Wisdom of a Yogi: Lessons for Modern Seekers from Autobiography of a Yogi. His website is zenentrepreneur.com.
In celebration of its 75th anniversary, Rizwan Virk highlights stories and lessons from saints and mystics from the book, Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramhansa Yogananda. He offers that life is like a video game where we all must find our own karmic path through quests and achievements.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:07:40 Yogananda
00:16:01 Stories from Autobiography of a Yogi
00:20:40 Vison of Yogananda
00:30:20 Karma
00:46:19 Purpose of the game
00:55:41 Siddhis
01:06:29 Astral object
01:14:09 Yoga and religion
01:16:08 Conclusion
Edited subtitles for this video are available in Russian, Portuguese, Italian, German, French, and Spanish.
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(Recorded on September 8, 2023)
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Thanks so much Emmy. I really enjoy your presentations in place of Jeffery. His channel here has changed my life, it all started with His interview with Terence McKenna
Incredible guest thus far. So Incredibly interesting. Thank you
🙏 I am stuggling to be a ZEN ENTREPRENEUR
Thank you. Great discussion. Look forward to reading the book. ❤❤❤
I love this man
I keep seeing stories on Yoginanda..thinking was a woman. 😮 So this may be a synchronicity here. As a bodywork therapist, I need to add Yoga practice to further my own practice professionally & personally.
interesting guest and interview, thanks.
WOW!!!
This was so inspirational, thank you 🙂