Several years ago, I read Venerable Thubten Chodron’s book, Working with Anger, and found it quite inspiring. A couple of months ago, her schedule finally allowed time to speak with me. We talked exclusively about anger: what it is, why it’s harmful, and how we can work with anger in ways that heal relationships, rather than destroy them. She touches on anger’s role in some of the most challenging situations, like gender bias and war protests, and how we can deal with these situations courageously and skillfully. Venerable Thubten Chodron is an author, teacher, and the founder and abbess of S ..read more

A big crowd showed up for the San Francisco book launch of How to Train a Happy Mind a couple of months ago to listen to me in conversation with my dear friend and fellow Buddhist teacher Tenzin Chogkyi. You may remember her from a podcast episode last year, where we talked about Patriarchy, Gender, and Sexism in Buddhism. Listen now to our lively conversation about the book, how Buddhism is adapting to our culture, and whether or not we can still call it Buddhism. [00:01:15] Tenzin Chogkyi: Welcome everybody, thank you for coming out to this event. I have been enthusiastically gobbling up the ..read more

Our very first podcast guest, Venerable Robina Courtin, is back in today’s timely episode on how to deal with the despair and hopelessness many people feel today about war, injustice, inequity, and the environment. Venerable Robina was ordained as a Buddhist nun in the late 1970s. She’s worked closely with her teachers Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, to help spread Buddhist wisdom as an Editorial Director of Wisdom Publications, Editor of Mandala Magazine, Executive Director of Liberation Prison Project, and the lively, charismatic touring teacher of Buddhism. [00:00:00] Scott Snibb ..read more

Yangsi Rinpoche’s gave a beautiful talk a couple of months ago with the intriguing title “Contentment Plus Ambition.” He was generous enough to sit down with me afterwards for an interview about the same topic in which he talks about how to practice real self-compassion and even how we can create the causes for world peace. Yangsi Rinpoche studied at Sera Jey Monastery in south India until 1995 when he graduated with the highest degree of Geshe Lharampa. Rinpoche now lives in Portland, Oregon where he’s president and professor of Buddhist studies at Maitripa College, a Buddhist Institute of h ..read more

subscribe for free AND GET the latest PODCAST episodes in your favorite player: Restorative justice practitioner sujatha baliga talks to Scott Snibbe about his new meditation book, How to Train a Happy Mind. [00:01:03] sujatha baliga: Thank you so much for joining us, it’s a blessing to have all of you here with us tonight. I am so thrilled to have been asked to be a part of this event for the launch of Scott’s brand new book, How to Train a Happy Mind. I’m really honored that Scott asked me to have this conversation here at the place where Scott and I both teach secular meditation ..read more

For years, people have asked me where to start with an accessible book for modern people to practically apply the teachings of Buddhism. I’ve never been able to suggest one single book that clearly describes how to practice an authentic Buddhist path for non-religious readers, which is why I eventually wrote How to Train a Happy Mind. How to Train a Happy Mind by Scott Snibbe with a foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Inspired by the ancient Buddhist path to enlightenment yet firmly grounded in modern science, How to Train a Happy Mind is the first mainstream book to show how you can go ..read more

In this guided meditation, Stephen Batchelor invites you to unconditionally embrace your experience of the moment, to simply watch all thoughts, feelings, and emotions, and notice the ground of nonreactive awareness. This guides you toward a path rooted in freedom, openness, and love. Stephen Batchelor: Thank you for joining this meditation session. I’m going to give a guided meditation which will start with where we are right now and explore how our experience might unfold along a path. Settling in Let’s begin by finding a comfortable posture. If you’re sitting on a chair then make sure your ..read more

Derek Fagerstrom interviews Scott Snibbe about his new book, How to Train a Happy Mind, at the San Francisco’s Book Passage. Derek is the co-founder of Pop-up Magazine, and has worked at Esquire, Interview, and Francis Ford Coppola’s literary journal Zoetrope: All-Story. How to Train a Happy Mind is out now in paperback, e-book, and audiobook. You can find it anywhere you buy books. Introduction to Scott and Derek [00:00:50] Cheryl Bronstein: Good evening, everyone, and welcome to Book Passage. Thanks for joining us for an in-person event. My name’s Cheryl Bronstein, I’m one of the event coor ..read more

See Scott Snibbe in person with prominent artists, musicians, authors, and Buddhist teachers during the 2024 tour for his new book How to Train a Happy Mind. VICKI MACKENZIE & SCOTT SNIBBE IN LONDON Best-selling author Vicki Mackenzie interviews Scott Snibbe at London’s Jamyang Buddhist Centre in a pre-release event for his book How to Train a Happy Mind. February 23, 2024 WATCH / LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW NORTH BAY CONVERSATION & BOOK SIGNING—SCOTT SNIBBE AND DEREK FAGERSTROM Scott Snibbe and Pop Up Magazine co-founder Derek Fagerstrom chat about Scott’s new book at Corte Madera ..read more

Scott Snibbe reads a meditation from his new book, How to Train a Happy Mind, on the Tibetan tradition called the Precious Life. Scott Snibbe: In this episode I’m going to lead a meditation that’s the first topic among the sequence of analytical meditations we practice in the Tibetan tradition called the Precious Life. It’s different from the way Buddhists typically practice this topic, because it relies only on an understanding of the world the way science and psychology can currently validate. It also draws on some of the profound wonder we can feel when we understand the place of humanity ..read more