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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Mar 3, 2020 • 19min
What Is the Mind? #6
Scott Snibbe, a meditation leader in an online community, dives into the intricate nature of the mind. He explores profound questions like what truly observes our thoughts and the elusive definition of consciousness. The discussion compares Buddhist and Western psychological views, revealing how our perceptions shape reality. Snibbe highlights the fleeting nature of awareness and the importance of living in the present. Through guided meditation techniques, he illustrates how to cultivate emotional fulfillment and community connection.
Feb 25, 2020 • 16min
Guided Meditation: The Preciousness of Life #5
A guided meditation on the preciousness of our next 24 hours alive and our unique place in the universe as science understands it: intelligent, self-aware beings at the end of 14 billion years’ cosmic and biological evolution.Episode 5. Guided Meditation: The Preciousness of LifeIf you are enjoying our podcast, please leave us a rating and reviewSupport the show
Feb 18, 2020 • 19min
The Preciousness of Life from Cosmos to the Kardashians #4
Regarding the possibility of reincarnation, Voltaire once said, “It is not more surprising to be born twice than once.” In this episode we contemplate the miracle of existing at all, from our place at the end of our universe’s 14 billion years’ evolution, to the simple joy of another 24 hours alive.Episode 4. The Preciousness of Life from Cosmos to the KardashiansIf you are enjoying our podcast, please leave us a rating and reviewSupport the show
Feb 11, 2020 • 31min
Guided Meditation: Stabilizing the Mind and Watching Thoughts #3
A complete guided meditation session expanding your compassion, stabilizing concentration on the breath, and observing your thoughts.Episode 3. Guided Meditation: Stabilizing the Mind and Watching ThoughtsLeave us a rating and reviewSupport the show
Feb 4, 2020 • 34min
What Is Meditation? #2
Discover how meditation goes beyond stress relief to cultivate compassion, kindness, and generosity while reducing negative emotions like anger and jealousy. Learn about the positive impact of meditation on happiness, social connections, and self-improvement, supported by research. Explore the significance of analytical meditation in Tibetan Buddhism for fostering creativity and insights into daily life interactions.
Jan 28, 2020 • 18min
What Is A Skeptic's Path to Enlightenment? #1
Introducing A Skeptic’s Path to Enlightenment, bringing the inner science of Buddhist meditation to twenty-first century people hungry for happy, meaningful lives. We take a secular approach to meditation that requires no belief beyond our current understanding of science and psychology, based on powerful Buddhist mind training techniques that use imagination, intelligence, and emotions to probe our inner and outer realities, and expand our compassion.Leave us a rating and reviewSupport the show
