How to Train a Happy Mind
Scott Snibbe
The How to Train a Happy Mind podcast brings meditation to modern people hungry for happy, meaningful lives. Each week, host Scott Snibbe and his guests share powerful mind training techniques that go beyond mindfulness to harness our intelligence, emotions, and imagination. Learn how to build a happy mind, fulfilling relationships, and a better world through a secular approach to meditation that is based on modern science and psychology, yet grounded in the authentic thousand-year old Tibetan Buddhist tradition of analytical meditation. How to Train a Happy Mind is a project of the nonprofit Skeptic's Path to Enlightenment. Our host, Scott Snibbe, is a twenty-five-year student of Tibetan Buddhism whose teachers include His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Snibbe is the author of the popular How to Train a Happy Mind book, and leads meditation classes and retreats worldwide infused with science, humor, and the realities of the modern world.
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Feb 23, 2021 • 30min
Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche on Patience, Compassion, and Art #54
Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, renowned Tibetan Buddhist lama, author, and abstract expressionist painter talks about the mind, compassion, patience, and art.Episode 54. Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche on Patience, Compassion, and ArtSupport the show
Feb 16, 2021 • 38min
Stephen Butler on Openness, Gentleness, and Mr. Rogers' Buddhism #53
Our podcast producer finally steps in front of the mic! Stephen Butler, producer of Grammy-nominated Indigenous and Native American music on gentleness, openness, and the Buddhism of Mr. Rogers. Episode 53. Stephen Butler on Openness, Gentleness, and Mr. Rogers' BuddhismSupport the show
Feb 12, 2021 • 10min
10 Minute Meditation on Love
A 10-Minute guided meditation on love shows us how to expand our love for our partner and family to a loving-kindness that embraces all beings.10 Minute Meditation on LoveSupport the show
Feb 9, 2021 • 29min
I Want to Know What Love Is #52
If you want to know what love is, search beyond eighties songs to the wisdom of Buddhist loving-kindness that expands our love to all beings while also deepening our connection to our partner and family. This special Valentine's Day episode on love asks great Buddhist teachers the question of what love is, including Dr. Jan Willis, Ven. Kathleen McDonald, Dr. Rick Hanson, Geshe Tenzin Namdak, and Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche.Episode 52: I Want to Know What Love IsSupport the show
Feb 2, 2021 • 34min
Ten Questions for Dr. Robert Thurman (Part 2) #51
Part two of our mind expanding interview with Buddhist scholar and author Dr. Robert Thurman, who shares what is a healthy kind of ego, how to be a Buddhist without belief, and a powerful vision of enlightenment and Nirvana.Episode 51. Ten Questions for Dr. Robert Thurman (Part 2)Support the show
Jan 26, 2021 • 33min
Ten Questions for Dr. Robert Thurman (Part 1) #50
Buddhist scholar Dr. Robert Thurman answers 10 profound questions: What is the nature of time? What is enlightenment? Why is there no evidence for "nothing?" What is a psychonaut? And why is it important to be skeptical of both Buddhism and science? Join us for this first half of a wonderful conversation with one of the world's greatest minds.Episode 50. Ten Questions for Dr. Robert Thurman (Part 1)Support the show
Jan 19, 2021 • 11min
Dr. Rick Hanson's Five Breaths Meditation
Dr. Rick Hanson, best-selling author of Buddha’s Brain and Neurodharma, shares his "Five Breaths" neuroscience-based guided meditation.Dr. Rick Hanson's Five Breaths MeditationSupport the show
Jan 12, 2021 • 1h 6min
Dr. Rick Hanson, Author of Neurodharma and Buddha’s Brain #48
Dr. Rick Hanson, best-selling author of Buddha’s Brain, Hardwiring Happiness, and Neurodharma, shares insights from neuroscience on how to grow our extraordinary potential for inner happiness without denying any of our pain.Episode 48. Interview with Dr. Rick Hanson, Author of Neurodharma and Buddha’s BrainSupport the show
Jan 5, 2021 • 37min
Beginning the New Year with a Purification Meditation #47
Our first episode of 2021 is a guided meditation on "purification": a healthy way to let go of regrets from the last year and make a realistic path to being our best self this year through forgiveness and self-acceptance.Episode 47: Beginning the New Year with a Purification MeditationSupport the show
Dec 29, 2020 • 50min
Dr. Jay Garfield on Healthy Realities #46
In this deep and fascinating interview with Dr. Jay Garfield on the connection between compassion and emptiness, he shows how, when we realize our interdependence on other beings, ideas, and the world around us, it helps us to dissolve our self-centered view and embrace the needs of all beings and the reality around us.Episode 46. Dr. Jay Garfield on Healthy RealitiesSupport the show
