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How to Train a Happy Mind

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Aug 8, 2023 • 42min

Bitcoin and Buddhism #70 [rebroadcast]

What can Buddhism teach us about how Bitcoin works and why it's so valuable? What can Bitcoin teach us about emptiness, the interdependent nature of reality?Episode 70. Bitcoin and BuddhismSupport the show
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Aug 1, 2023 • 12min

Dan Harris Loving-Kindness Guided Meditation #135

Dan Harris, host of the hit podcast Ten Percent Happier, leads a loving-kindness meditation for skeptics. Recent research has shown that this practice positively impacts mental and physical health.Episode 135: Dan Harris Loving-Kindness Guided MeditationSupport the show
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Jul 25, 2023 • 41min

Dan Harris: Love, Skepticism, and the "Cheesy Upward Spiral" #134

Dan Harris, former ABC News anchor and host of the hit podcast Ten Percent Happier, talks with Scott Snibbe about love, skepticism, Buddhism, and the "cheesy upward spiral."Episode 134: Dan Harris: Love, Skepticism, and the "Cheesy Upward Spiral"Support the show
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Jul 18, 2023 • 10min

Mindfulness of the Body - A 10 Minute Guided Meditation

A 10 minute guided meditation on the body, relaxing into the open connection between body and mind through mindful awareness.Episode 63. 10 Minute Body MeditationSupport the show
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Jul 11, 2023 • 20min

Why Mindfulness? #60 [rebroadcast]

Could the true cause of happiness be simply thinking about whatever we are doing at the moment, what scientists and meditators call mindfulness?Episode 60. Why Mindfulness?Support the show
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Jul 4, 2023 • 50min

Kim Stanley Robinson on Solving the Climate Crisis, Buddhism, and the Power of Science Fiction #102 [rebroadcast]

Kim Stanley Robinson is one of the greatest living science fiction writers, and one of the few people ever to have developed a credible solution to the climate crisis, which he describes in his latest novel, The Ministry for the Future. In this interview, we talk about climate change solutions, Buddhism in his life and work, sci-fi and cli-fi (climate fiction), colonizing Mars, the outdoors as meditation, and how to stay optimistic.Episode 102. Kim Stanley Robinson on Solving the Climate Crisis, Buddhism, and the Power of Science FictionSupport the show
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Jun 27, 2023 • 50min

From What If to What Next — Rob Hopkins on Climate Optimism #103 [rebroadcast]

Rob Hopkins, climate activist, co-founder of the Transition Network and host of the podcast series From What If to What Next talks about an engaged, passionate form of Buddhism that actively works for positive change in our communities and in the world.Episode 103. From What If to What Next — Rob Hopkins' Climate OptimismSupport the show
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Jun 20, 2023 • 22min

What Happens When You Die? #58 [rebroadcast]

What happens when you die? No one knows for sure. But the Tibetan Buddhist system describes a precise series of steps that our consciousness may experience as we die, which we can explore in a meditation to probe the boundary of life and death with curiosity and wonder.Episode 58: What Happens When You Die?Support the show
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Jun 13, 2023 • 33min

Where Did I Come From? #57 [rebroadcast]

The idea of past lives may not make make sense, and isn’t scientifically verifiable. But still, the question of what we might have been before our conception is one worth asking. Where did I come from?Episode 57: Where Did I Come From?Support the show
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Jun 6, 2023 • 30min

Birth, Death, and Infinity #56 [rebroadcast]

I want to tell you a story about birth and death and infinity. We’re all born and we’re all going to die, but I don’t know how many of you have ever felt a connection to infinity. I want to tell you about the time in my life when I felt this connection to infinity every day. And I also want to tell you about how I lost it, and whether it’s possible to get it back again.Episode 56: Birth, Death, and InfinitySupport the show

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