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A Compassion Meditation for Difficult Moments — Aproteem Choudhury #231
A guided meditation on healthy masculinity, exploring strength, sexuality, compassion, and self-acceptance...
Compassion Means We’re Not Alone — Aproteem Choudhury #230
Can compassion make loneliness less convincing? Aproteem Choudhury of The Compassion Institute...
How Compassion Helps Us Through High-Stress Situations #229
What does compassion look like when we’re facing intense stress, trauma, or...
Healthy Masculinity: A Meditation on Sex, Strength, and Love #228
A guided meditation on healthy masculinity, exploring strength, sexuality, compassion, and self-acceptance...
Sex, Strength, and Love: Karen Brody on Modern Masculinity #227
What does healthy masculinity look like? Karen Brody explores how men can...
Meditation to Cultivate Hope for the Future with Geshe Legtsok #226
In this guided meditation, Geshe Legtsok leads a reflection on gratitude, good...
Is This Actually the Best Time to Be Alive? — Geshe Legtsok #225
Are we living in a better world than we realize? Discover why...
Remembering Robert Thurman: Psychonaut, Scholar, and Friend #224
Following Robert Thurman’s death, we revisit a favorite conversation exploring the possibility...
Our Best Possible Future: Kim Stanley Robinson #223
Best selling author and climate activist talks to Scott on Earth Day...
You Are Enough Meditation with Lodro Rinzler #222
This guided meditation by Lodro Rinzler focuses on basic goodness and how...
You Are Good, You Are Enough with Lodro Rinzler #221
What if that voice telling you you're broken or fundamentally flawed is...
Preciousness of Human Life Form: A Guided Meditation with Robert Thurman #220
This guided meditation by Tibetan teacher Dr. Robert Thurman invites you to...
Can AI Teach Happiness? Meet Dharma Bob: Robert Thurman’s AI Avatar #219
A conversation with Robert Thurman and his AI counterpart Dharma Bob on...
Equanimity Meditation for Balance and Rest with Margaret Cullen #218
Meditation teacher Margaret Cullen leads a meditation on equanimity to cultivate balance,...
Feel More, React Less with Margaret Cullen #217
How cultivating equanimity helps relationships, activism, mental health struggles, and everyday happiness....
How to Find Mental Peace in Time of War
A discussion & meditation on finding mental peace during difficult situations, especially...
Generative Love: Using AI to Turn Lives Into Song #216
In this solo episode with Scott, he shares some special songs he...
Music, Imagination, and Meditation with Chris Ballew (Caspar Babypants) #215
Chris Ballew discusses his struggles with rockstar fame, why he started Caspar...
What Would You Do If Someone Pulled A Gun On You? Training the Mind for Nonviolence and Compassion in Crisis #214
I share a terrifying personal experience and reflect—through a Buddhist lens—on how...
Art & Emptiness: Tsherin Sherpa on Tradition, Identity, & Freedom #213
Contemporary artist Tsherin Sherpa speaks openly about his work, which draws on...
Laurie Anderson’s Buddhism, Art, Meditation, and Death as Adventure [Full Uncut Interview] #212
A guided Tibetan Buddhist meditation exploring the subtle body (the energetic bridge...
Meditation on the Subtle Body #211
A guided Tibetan Buddhist meditation exploring the subtle body (the energetic bridge...
Scott Snibbe’s Buddhist Art: Hidden Geometries #210
Host Scott Snibbe talks about his artistic career and shares what he...
Rethinking Thanksgiving: A Buddhist Perspective #209
Explore how rethinking Thanksgiving can allow us to enjoy this holiday in...
Guided Drawing Meditation with John Simon Jr. #208
In this guided meditation and drawing practice, artist and teacher John Simon...
Drawing As Meditation with John Simon Jr. #207
Listen to our interview with artist John Simon Jr about art, Buddhism,...
Meditation on Falling in Love with the Future—Rob Hopkins #206
In this imaginative and hopeful episode, Rob Hopkins—founder of the Transition movement...
How to Fall in Love with the Future—Rob Hopkins #205
Climate activist and author Rob Hopkins invites us into his time machine...
Meditation for Angry Parents #204
Scott Snibbe explores how Buddhist psychology defines anger and offers parents practical...
Emptiness of Self: Guided Meditation with Geshe Sherab #203
Join Geshe Sherab for a deeply reflective guided meditation on the emptiness...
What is Emptiness? with Geshe Sherab #202
This week's guest is from Tibet, Geshe Sherab—he discusses emptiness, not just...
AI and Enlightenment with Dr. David Kittay #201
Dr. David Kittay explores whether AI can lead to enlightenment or surpass...
Is Enlightenment Possible? #200
Scott Snibbe offers a talk and meditation to the Train a Happy...
The Warm Heart of Awareness: A Meditation with Ven. René Feusi #199
This 20 minute guided meditation comes from the sequence Scott shares in...
Concentration Makes Us Happy! with Ven. Rene Feusi #198
Venerable René Feusi talks about how focused awareness can help us live...
20 Minute “Path to a Happy Mind” Guided Meditation #197
This 20 minute guided meditation comes from the sequence Scott shares in...
Joyful Effort: A Guided Meditation with Tenzin Chogkyi #196
Welcome to this guided meditation on accessing joy with Tenzin Chogkyi. In...
Beyond Bombs: A Meditation on Ending War and Cultivating Peace #195
This meditation was recorded the day after the United States launched a...
Joy and Enthusiasm—Even When Life’s Hard—with Tenzin Chogkyi #194
Tenzin Chogkyi talks about one of the six perfections, enthusiasm or joyful...
10-Minute Path to a Happy Mind Guided Meditation #193
Join Scott for this meditation that summarizes every step of the path...
The Complete Path to a Happy Mind #192
Join Scott for this meditation that summarizes every step of the path...
5-Minute Breath Awareness Meditation – Larry Ward #191
Dr. Larry Ward—student of Thich Nhat Hanh and author of America's Racial...
Healing America’s Racial Karma—Larry Ward #190
Dr. Larry Ward, student of Thich Nhat Hanh and author of America's...
Mindfulness Awareness Meditation with Susan Piver #189
Susan Piver leads a short breath awareness meditation in this week's podcast...
Inexplicable Joy—On the Heart Sutra & Buddhism Without Belief with Susan Piver #188
Susan Piver talks about her new book, Inexplicable Joy, which explores one...
From Panic to Peace: A Guided Meditation with Kazu Haga #187
Sit beside your fear with compassion in Kazu Haga’s gentle, grounding guided...
Beyond Us vs Them: Transforming Society Through Fierce Vulnerability with Kazu Haga #186
Transformative activist and restorative justice advocate Kazu Haga talks about his new...
How to Use Your Phone Mindfully: A Guided Meditation for Digital Wellness — Jay Vidyarthi #185
Settle into a mindful state and engage with your phone in this...
How to Build a Healthy Relationship with Technology—Jay Vidyarthi on Digital Wellness #184
Are you in control of your technology, or is it controlling you?...
Meditation on Generosity #183
A Guided meditation on 4 types of generosity: giving material objects, providing...
A Buddhist Take on Homelessness & Generosity #182
Scott shares lessons about generosity that he learned from Buddhism, college girlfriend,...
Two Meditations on Emptiness with Dr. Jan Willis #181
Dr. Jan Willis leads two meditations on emptiness of the "I" and...
What Are the 6 Perfections? Dr. Jan Willis #180
Dr. Jan Willis guides us through the 6 perfections: generosity, morality, patience,...
Self-Compassion with Tenzin Chogkyi #178
Tenzin Chogkyi shares her insights on how to cultivate self-compassion and build...
Exchanging Self with Other #177
A powerful Tibetan Buddhist meditation that was hidden for thousands of years....
How to Live a Happy Life: NPR’s Laura Sydell Talks with Scott Snibbe #176
NPR's Laura Sydell talks with Scott Snibbe about his book, How to...
Compassion for our Country: Meditations for Healing After a Divisive Election #175
Scott Snibbe leads a meditation on compassion after the recent election of...
Meditation on Nonviolence with Kazu Haga #174
Kazu Haga leads a powerful guided meditation for letting go of anger...
Does Nonviolent Protest Work? Kazu Haga #173
Kazu Haga on why nonviolent protest works and the practical steps we...
Loving Yourself, Loving Others, & Letting Go—Paula Chichester #172
This powerful guided meditation for letting go of negative emotions with Paula...
Diary of a Yogini with Paula Chichester #171
Paula Chichester shares the joys and challenges of being a yogini in...
Stories We Tell Ourselves—Laurie Anderson & Scott Snibbe at Tibet House #170
Laurie Anderson and Scott Snibbe talk at Tibet House about Scott's book,...
Dr. Cornel West: Truth, Justice, and Love #169
Dr. Cornel West discusses compassionate leadership, nonviolence, and social justice with Scott...
DJ Spooky + Snibbe at the Rubin Museum #168
DJ Spooky and Scott Snibbe talk about Scott's new book, How to...
Freeing Ourselves from Suffering: Anger, Craving, Pride, and War #167
An inside peak into one of Scott's guided meditations for the Train...
Ven. Thubten Chodren Meditation on Anger #166
Venerable Thubten Chodron offers a Buddhist meditation to help work through anger...
Venerable Thubten Chodron on Working With Anger #165
Venerable Thubten Chodron, author of Working with Anger, offers a Buddhist perspective...
Tenzin Chogkyi & Scott Snibbe San Francisco Book Launch for How to Train a Happy Mind #164
Tenzin Chogkyi talks to Scott Snibbe about his new book, How to...
Tara Meditation on Hope—Ven. Robina Courtin #163
Venerable Robina Courtin guides a beautiful Tara meditation on hope that uses...
How to Heal Despair with Venerable Robina Courtin #162
Venerable Robina Courtin discusses how to deal with the despair many people...
Robert Thurman & Scott Snibbe: How to Train a Happy Mind #161
Renowned author and scholar Robert Thurman talks with Scott Snibbe about his...
Contentment and Ambition with Yangsi Rinpoche #160
Yangsi Rinpoche talks about how to practice real self-compassion and the ways...
sujatha baliga & Scott Snibbe in conversation: How to Train a Happy Mind #159
Restorative justice practitioner sujatha baliga talks to Scott Snibbe about his new...
Meditation on Embracing Life with Stephen Batchelor #158
In this guided meditation, Stephen Batchelor invites you to unconditionally embrace your...
Buddhism Without Beliefs with Stephen Batchelor #157
Author of Buddhism Without Beliefs, Stephen Batchelor, shares his journey from living...
Book Passage Conversation with Derek Fagerstrom and Scott Snibbe #156
Derek Fagerstrom interviews Scott Snibbe about his new book, How to Train...
Precious Life Meditation with Scott Snibbe #155
Scott Snibbe reads a meditation from his new book, How to Train...
The Precious Life—Chapter Reading from How to Train a Happy Mind #154
Scott Snibbe shares a chapter from his new book, How to Train...
How to Train a Happy Mind book launch conversation with Scott Snibbe and Vicki Mackenzie #153
Scott Snibbe talks to best-selling author Vicki Mackenzie about his new book,...
Meditation on Feeling Good with Meenadchi #152
Meenadchi guides a meditation on discovering and feeling the good things in...
Decolonizing Nonviolent Communication with Meenadchi #151
Meenadchi, a somatic healing practitioner, talks about her book, Decolonizing Nonviolent Communication,...
Compassionate Speech with Dr. Suzanne Wertheim #150
Dr. Suzanne Wertheim, author of The Inclusive Language Field Guide, shares how...
Equanimity Meditation with Scott Tusa #149
What Is the Right Thing to Do? with Scott Tusa #148
Scott Tusa and Scott Snibbe discuss how Buddhism approaches hard choices: in...
Letting Go and Looking Forward in the New Year #147
Scott Snibbe shares a gentle Buddhist approach to self-forgiveness, letting go, establishing...
RAFT Meditation with Dr. Katherine MacLean #146
Dr. Katherine MacLean leads a meditation practice called RAFT: Remembering to be...
Psychedelics, Meditation, and Buddhism with Dr. Katherine MacLean #145
Dr. Katherine MacLean discusses what psychedelics and meditation have in common and...
Mindful Awareness Meditation with Michael Sapiro #144
Dr. Michael Sapiro leads a guided meditation on mindful awareness that connects...
Psychedelic Psychotherapy with Dr. Michael Sapiro #143
Dr. Michael Sapiro discusses the profound benefits of psychedelic pyschotherapy and its...
War Meditation #142
What does the Dalai Lama say about ending war? This meditation helps...
Are We Fundamentally Good? with Dr. Jan Willis #140
Dr. Jan Willis talks about buddha nature, enlightenment, and how to recognize...
Guided Meditation on Compassion with Tenzin Chogkyi #139
Tenzin Chogkyi leads a guided meditation to cultivate compassion for yourself and...
Patriarchy, Gender, and Sexism in Buddhism with Tenzin Chogkyi #138
Former Buddhist nun Tenzin Chogkyi dives head on into the challenging topics...
Guided Meditation on Healing Trauma with sujatha baliga #137
Sujatha baliga leads a guided meditation to work through past traumas in...
sujatha baliga on Healing Trauma and Restorative Justice #136
Macarthur Award winner sujatha baliga discusses healing trauma, restorative justice, and the...
Dan Harris Loving-Kindness Guided Meditation #135
Dan Harris, host of the hit podcast Ten Percent Happier, leads a...
Dan Harris: Love, Skepticism, & the “Cheesy Upward Spiral” #134
Dan Harris, host of the 10% Happier podcast, talks about love, skepticism,...
Guided Meditation: Compassion through Looking Inside #133
Buddhist teacher Wendy Haylett leads an analytical meditation to reflect on our...
Everyday Buddhism: Compassion, Trauma, and Self-Acceptance with Wendy Haylett #132
Wendy Shinyo Haylett, from the Everyday Buddhism podcast, discusses compassion, trauma, and...
Guided Meditation on Consciousness #131
What does it mean to be aware? Is your mind limited to...
Free Will, Consciousness, & Reality with Dr. Anil Seth #130
Dr. Anil Seth on the science of consciousness, whether we have free...
Compassion with Ven. Sangye Khadro and Scott Snibbe #129
Venerable Sangye Khadro and Scott Snibbe discuss compassion in this talk organized...
Kim Stanley Robinson and Robert Thurman: Climate, Politics, and the Dalai Lama #128
Kim Stanley Robinson and Robert Thurman meet for the first time to...
Guided Meditation: Exploring the Texture of the Mind #126
Buddhist teacher Emily Hsu leads an analytical meditation that explores the inner...
The Buddhist Understanding of the Mind with Emily Hsu #125
Emily Hsu talks about the Buddhist view of the mind, navigating disturbing...
Meditation on Equanimity for Parents and Teens #125
Buddhist family counselor Richard Prinz leads a meditation on equanimity for teens...
Parenting Teens with Buddhist Family Counselor Richard Prinz #124
Buddhist family counselor Richard Prinz talks about ways parents can transform their...
Guided Meditation for Kids with Francesca Hampton #123
Francesca Hampton leads a loving-kindness meditation suitable for kids and adults alike....
How to Teach Children Meditation — Francesca Hampton #122
Francesca Hampton discusses her children's book Leo Learns to Meditate that teaches...
Robert Thurman: Wisdom is Bliss #121
Robert Thurman discusses his book Wisdom Is Bliss, which talks about Buddhism...
Tantric Meditation on Compassion and Wisdom with Rob Preece #120
Rob Preece leads a Buddhist tantra meditation on Green Tara. This powerful...
The Psychology of Buddhist Tantra with Rob Preece #119
Psychotherapist Rob Preece talks about Buddhist tantra, how exercise and nature relate...
Guided Meditation: Being Yourself with Susan Piver #118
Susan Piver leads a breath-awareness meditation on being your authentic self, watching...
Susan Piver: Understanding Our Differences with the Buddhist Enneagram #117
Susan Piver's unique Buddhist take on the Enneagram's nine different personality types...
Meditation on Healing Anxiety with Ven. Amy Miller #116
Venerable Amy Miller leads a guided meditation for healing anxiety, creating a...
Transforming Anxiety, Depression and Other Difficult Emotions with Ven. Amy Miller #115
Venerable Amy Miller on managing anxiety, depression, and other difficult emotions with...
“Cutting the Cat in Two”: A Guided Meditation for Dealing with Conflict #114
Dr. Mark Westmoquette leads a Zen Buddhist meditation to help navigate conflict...
Zen and the Art of Dealing with Difficult People with Dr. Mark Westmoquette #113
Mark Westmoquette talks about the meaty topic of dealing with difficult people,...
Finding Refuge in the Mind—A Guided Meditation #112
What do you do when you’re alone? When you’re scared, anxious, lonely,...
Guided Loving-kindness Meditation with Lorne Ladner #111
Lorne Ladner leads a loving-kindness meditation with themes of connection, gratitude, and...
Buddhist Psychologist Lorne Ladner on Depression, Compassion, and Positive Psychology #110
Buddhist psychologist Lorne Ladner on his patients' top questions, the difference between...
Meditation, Science, and Christianity with Father Laurence Freeman #108
Catholic priest and Benedictine monk Father Laurence Freeman discusses the role of...
Universal Love in Christianity and Buddhism with Greg Hillis #108
Christian Scholar Greg Hillis speaks on the parallels between Christianity and Buddhism,...
Guided Death and Rebirth Meditation with Laurie Anderson #107
Laurie Anderson leads a guided meditation on death and rebirth inspired by...
Laurie Anderson’s Buddhism: Art, Meditation, and Death as Adventure #106
Grammy Award winning artist Laurie Anderson, a longtime student of Buddhism and...
Ten Million Percent Happier – Interview with Scott Snibbe
Scott Snibbe on finding meaning and spirituality through art and creativity, love...
Dr. Thupten Jinpa on Buddhism, Science, Compassion, and Climate #104
Dr. Thupten Jinpa on the intersection of science, Buddhism, and critical thinking,...
From What If to What Next? — Rob Hopkins’ Climate Optimism #103
Climate activist Rob Hopkins talks about engaged Buddhism that actively works for...
Kim Stanley Robinson on Solving the Climate Crisis, Buddhism, and the Power of Science Fiction #102
Kim Stanley Robinson on climate change solutions, Buddhism in his life and...
Guided Meditation: Empathetic Joy With Ayya Dhammadipa #101
Ayya Dhammadipa leads a 12-minute meditation on empathetic joy, also known as...
Gifts Greater Than the Oceans With Ayya Dhammadipa #100
Ayya Dhammadipa spoke with us about her unique path to becoming a...
Mommysattva: Meditation and Motherhood with Jenna Hollenstein #99
Author, mother and meditation teacher Jenna Hollenstein offers an engaged form of...
Guided Meditation: Turning Towards with Ben Connelly #98
Soto Zen Teacher Ben Connelly leads a guided meditation integrating two ways...
Esoteric and Everyday Buddhism with Ben Connelly #97
Soto Zen Teacher Ben Connelly on the relationship between science and reality,...
Guided Meditation for Fear with Kiri Westby #96
Lifelong human rights activist, writer, and Buddhist practitioner Kiri Westby guides us...
Finding Fearlessness with Kiri Westby #95
"In that moment I literally let go of my life. I was...
Vaccines and Compassion #94
How does the Buddhist view on compassion help us think about COVID...
Cultivating Our Inner Awareness with Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo – 10 Minute Meditation #93
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo is one of the world’s most revered Buddhist teachers...
Women, Buddhism, and Equality with Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo #92
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo is one of the world’s most revered Buddhist teachers...
Guided Meditation: The Possibility of Enlightenment #91
In today's meditation, we explore the idea of enlightenment: whether it’s possible,...
What is Enlightenment? with Dr. Jan Willis #90
Is enlightenment really possible? Are there people on earth who are enlightened...
10-Minute Mindful Awareness Meditation with Susan Piver #89
A 10-minute mindful awareness meditation led by NYT bestselling author and Buddhist...
Four Noble Truths of Love with Susan Piver #88
NYT bestselling author and Buddhist meditation teacher Susan Piver shares her Four...
Becoming Loving-Kindness: A Guided Meditation with Elaine Jackson #87
Elaine Jackson guides a heart-warming Buddhist loving-kindness meditation (metta meditation). This meditation...
Buddhist Relationship Advice with Elaine Jackson #86
How do we integrate the wisdom of Buddhism into our intimate relationships?...
Guided Meditation on Pleasure #85
How can we use pleasure in our meditation practice? Buddhism offers specific...
Pleasure and Buddhism: Food, Sex, and Netflix on the Path to Enlightenment #84
Pleasure is often viewed as a hindrance to the spiritual path, a...
Guided Meditation on Four Levels of Happiness #83
This week's episode is a daily meditation on the four levels of...
Four Kinds of Happiness with Ven. Sangye Khadro #82
Explore the four kinds of happiness in Buddhism with Ven. Sangye Khadro...
A Biologist and a Buddhist Monk on the Nature of Reality: Geshe Namdak and Dr. Rupert Sheldrake #81
A biologist and a Buddhist monk have a conversation on how science...
Compassionate AI with Kristian Simsarian #80
Artificial intelligence expert Kristian Simsarian joins host Scott Snibbe to discuss how...
Guided Meditation: Four Foundations of Mindfulness with Dr. David Kittay #79
Tour the four foundations of mindfulness in this sweeping guided meditation with...
Buddhism and Technology with Dr. David Kittay (Part 2) #78
In Part 2, Dr. David Kittay discusses science fiction, emptiness and whether...
Buddhism and Technology with Dr. David Kittay (Part 1) #77
Dr. David Kittay joins the show to talk about the possibility of...
Loving Our Parents, Loving Our Children #76
Host Scott Snibbe offers a touching personal talk and meditation on how...
10-Minute Meditation to Relax the Mind with Dza Kilung Rinpoche #75
Tibetan Buddhist Lama Dza Kilung Rinpoche leads a 10 minute meditation to...
The Relaxed Mind with Dza Kilung Rinpoche #74
Tibetan Buddhist teacher Dza Kilung Rinpoche shares seven meditation practices for a...
Guided Meditation: 7 Steps to Compassion with Ven. Gyalten Lekden #73
Buddhist monk Ven. Gyalten Lekden guides a Seven-Fold Cause and Effect Meditation...
Engaged Buddhism with Ven. Gyalten Lekden #72
Buddhist monk Ven. Gyalten on engaged Buddhism that actively grapples with social...
Guided Meditation: How Money Exists #71
A 20-minute guided analytical meditation on how money exists through parts, causes,...
Bitcoin and Buddhism #70
What can Buddhism teach us about how Bitcoin works & why it's...
Mindfulness at Work with Theo Koffler #69
Theo Koffler, founder of Mindfulness Without Borders, talks about meditation techniques for...
Theo Koffler on Mindfulness for Teens & Young Adults #68
Theo Koffler, founder of Mindfulness Without Borders talks about mindfulness programs for...
Four Ways to Meditate at Work #67
Four meditations for the workplace including mindful work-life balance, turning every moment...
Ruchika Sikri on Compassionate Corporations and Mindfulness at Google #66
Google's Ruchika Sikri talks about meditation at work and how Elon Musk,...
10-Minute Breath Meditation #64
A 10-minute guided meditation on the breath with mindfulness and open awareness....
10-Minute Body Meditation #63
A 10 minute guided meditation on the body, relaxing into the open...
Scott Tusa’s Guided Meditation on Open Awareness #62
Scott Tusa leads a guided meditation on open awareness, allowing feelings and...
Scott Tusa on Meditation and Mindfulness in Everyday Life #61
Buddhist teacher Scott Tusa on balancing the life of a meditation practitioner...
Why Mindfulness? #60
Could the true cause of happiness be simply thinking about whatever we...
Vicki Mackenzie on Buddhist Nuns Tenzin Palmo and Freda Bedi #59
Author Vicki Mackenzie on pioneering Buddhist nuns Tenzin Palmo and Freda Bedi...
What Happens When You Die? #58
What happens when you die? This Tibetan Buddhist meditation takes you through...
Where Did I Come From? #57
The idea of past lives may not make make sense, and isn’t...
Birth, Death, and Infinity #56
We’re all born and we’re all going to die, but how many...
Meditation on Loving-Kindness and Compassion with Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche #55
A short guided meditation on loving-kindness and compassion by Tibetan Buddhist lama,...
Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche on Patience, Compassion, and Art #54
Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, renowned Tibetan Buddhist lama, author, and abstract expressionist painter...
Stephen Butler on Openness, Gentleness, and Mr. Rogers’ Buddhism #53
Our podcast producer finally steps in front of the mic! Stephen Butler,...
I Want to Know What Love Is #52
If you want to know what love is, search beyond eighties songs...
Video: What Is Love? (Scott Snibbe at Tara Buddhist Center)
Scott Snibbe gives a talk and guided meditation on romantic love and...
Ten Questions for Dr. Robert Thurman (Part 2) #51
Dr. Robert Thurman on the healthy kind of ego, how to be...
Video: Father Laurence Freeman for Science & Wisdom LIVE on Meditation and Christianity
Father Laurence Freeman, Benedictine monk and director of the World Community for...
Ten Questions for Dr. Robert Thurman (Part 1) #50
Dr. Robert Thurman on time, enlightenment, nihilism, psychonauts, and skepticism in a...
Dr. Rick Hanson’s Five Breaths Meditation #49
Dr. Rick Hanson, best-selling author of Buddha’s Brain, Hardwiring Happiness, shared his...
Interview with 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,...
Beginning the New Year with a Purification Meditation #47
Our first episode of 2021 is a guided meditation on "purification": a...
Dr. Jay Garfield on Healthy Realities #46
Dr. Jay Garfield on the connection between compassion and emptiness, that dissolves...
Meditation on Gratitude, Dedication, and Determination #45
The process of feeling gratitude and dedication creates the mental and neurological...
Secular Guided Meditation on the Buddhist Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (Lamrim) #44
A complete secular guided meditation on the Tibetan Buddhist stages of the...
Guided Meditation: The Interdependent Self #43
Who am I? From the Buddhist perspective, there’s a systematic way of...
Who Am I? #42
Are you your body? Are you your mind? The Buddhist notion of...
Video: Science & Wisdom LIVE — An Interview With Neuroscientist Dr. Elena Antonova
Dr. Elena Antonova shares life experiences that led her to become an...
Geshe Tenzin Namdak on the Mind, Disturbing Emotions, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality #41
"Buddhism is not meant to make people Buddhist" Western Tibetan Buddhist master...
20-Minute Meditation: the Interdependent Nature of Reality #40
Meditating on the interdependent nature of reality, or emptiness, breaks down the...
The Interdependent Nature of Reality #39
The Buddhist analysis of how things exist breaks objects down into parts,...
Guided Meditation: How Things Exist #38
Science & Buddhism show us that as we examine reality more closely,...
How Things Exist: Emptiness, Dependent Origination, and your Smartphone #37
The Buddhist view on reality, called emptiness, combines the awe of scientific...
Guided Meditation on the Natural Goodness of our Mind: Ven. Sangye Khadro (Kathleen McDonald) #36
Renowned Tibetan Buddhist nun and teacher Venerable Sangye Khadro on the natural...
Venerable Sangye Khadro (Kathleen McDonald) on The Natural Goodness of our Mind #35
Renowned Tibetan Buddhist nun and teacher Venerable Sangye Khadro on the natural...
Sympathetic Joy: Opening Your Heart to the Happiness of Others #34
Sympathetic joy is rejoicing in all the good things that others do....
Be Willing to Get Woke with Dr. Jan Willis #33
Dr. Jan Willis, renowned scholar and teacher of Buddhism, talks about race...
Guided Meditation: Universalizing our Problems and Pleasures #32
A guided meditation on “universalizing” transforming our everyday problems and pleasures through...
Universalizing: Transforming Pain and Pleasure into Love and Compassion #31
The Tibetan Buddhist mind training meditation of “universalizing” transforms our everyday experiences...
Guided Compassion Meditation #29
A 15-minute guided meditation on compassion: the wish to take away others’...
What Is Compassion? #28
What is compassion? From the Buddhist perspective, it's not just empathizing with...
Khen Rinpoche Geshe Tashi Tsering on Karma, Analytical Meditation, and Mindfulness #27
Geshe Tashi Tsering's profound insights on secular karma, the importance of analytical...
Guided Meditation on Love #26
A guided meditation on love, or loving kindness, wishing happiness not only...
What Is Love? #25
Love is complex in our culture, tied up with finding a single...
The Dalai Lama’s “Simple Meditation” #24
The Dalai Lama recommends this meditation for the early morning, right when...
Guided Meditation: Transforming Bias with Equanimity #23
The Buddhist meditation on equanimity teaches a technique to eliminate bias and...
Spiritual Democracy #22
The Buddhist meditation on equanimity teaches us a technique of “spiritual democracy”...
Venerable Robina Courtin: Buddha’s Science of Mind #21
Venerable Robina Courtin, Buddhist nun and advocate for prisoner’s rights, on how...
Guided Meditation: Fighting Systemic Racism through Compassionate Action #BlackLivesMatter #20
A guided meditation on fighting the systemic racism against Black Americans through...
The Adventure So Far: Analytic Meditation on the Stages of the Path #19
A guided analytical meditation inspired by Tibetan Buddhism’s Lamrim Stages of the...
Guided Meditation: Renunciation #18
Meditating on renunciation gains a clear sense of our deluded state of...
Video: “Taste of Buddhism: Mental Cause and Effect” at Tse Chen Ling
A discussion and meditation on taking control of our mental cause and...
The Red Pill of Renunciation: Embracing Reality as It Is #17
What do The Matrix and Jerry Seinfeld have to do with renouncing...
Guided Meditation: Letting Go of Suffering #16
A meditation on what suffering is and how to apply mental antidotes...
Video: “Meditation on the Clarity of Mind Like a Mountain Lake”
A visualization of a mountain lake helps to connect to the subtler...
Am I More Important Than Everyone Else in the Universe? #15
Am I just a little bit more important than everyone else? My...
Video: “Taste of Buddhism: What Is the Mind?” at Tse Chen Ling
If the mind is our thoughts, then what observes those thoughts? What...
Video: “Taste of Buddhism: Nothing Lasts, Everything Changes – How to Embrace Impermanence” at Tse Chen Ling
We cling to things as if they won’t change, but as the...
Video: “Taste of Buddhism: Combatting Coronavirus Fear with Compassion” at Tse Chen Ling
We share the meditation technique of Taking and Giving (Tonglen) that soothes...
What Do You Do When You’re Alone? #14
What do you do when you’re alone? When you’re anxious, lonely, or...
Guided Meditation: Alone Together #13
Millions are now faced with enforced solitude, while others, in the crush...
Guided Meditation: Mental Cause and Effect #12
A self-reflection meditation, taking control of our mental cause and effect that's...
Mental Cause and Effect #11
Evolution, habits, and society all affect our behavior, but we can gain...
Guided Meditation: Embracing Impermanence #10
A guided mediation to embrace impermanence, releasing fear and anxiety to become...
Embracing Impermanence #9
We cling to things as if they won’t change, but change is...
Guided Meditation: Combatting Coronavirus Fear with Compassion #8
A guided meditation combatting fear of the Coronavirus through compassion using the...
Guided Meditation: What is the Mind? #7
What is the mind without thoughts? Where is the space of our...
What Is the Mind? #6
If the mind is our thoughts, then what observes those thoughts? What...
Guided Meditation: The Preciousness of Life #5
A guided meditation on the preciousness of our next 24 hours alive,...
The Preciousness of Life, from Cosmos to the Kardashians #4
“It is not more surprising to be born twice than once.” Contemplating...
Guided Meditation: Stabilizing the Mind and Watching Thoughts #3
A complete guided meditation session expanding your compassion, stabilizing concentration on the...
What Is Meditation? #2
The lesser-known technique of analytic meditation doesn't just reduce stress, but enhances...
What Is A Skeptic’s Path to Enlightenment? #1
“Don’t become a Buddhist,” was one of the first things the Dalai...
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