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A Skeptic's Path to Enlightenment

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by Scott Snibbe

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<p>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. <br><br>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.</p>

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1/28/2020

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Recent Episodes

Episode thumbnail for Is This Actually the Best Time to Be Alive? — Geshe Legtsok #225

July 14, 2026

Is This Actually the Best Time to Be Alive? — Geshe Legtsok #225

Geshe Tenzin Legtsok explores how ancient wisdom and modern progress create an unprecedented opportunity for human flourishing in this interview.

Episode thumbnail for Remembering Robert Thurman: Psychonaut, Scholar, and Friend #224

June 23, 2026

Remembering Robert Thurman: Psychonaut, Scholar, and Friend #224

Host [Host Name] revisits a profound conversation with psychonaut, scholar, and friend Robert Thurman, exploring Tibetan Buddhist wisdom for a happier mind.

Episode thumbnail for Our Best Possible Future—Kim Stanley Robinson #223

June 16, 2026

Our Best Possible Future—Kim Stanley Robinson #223

Bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson discusses humanity's best possible future with host Scott on this insightful interview episode.

304 total episodes available with 38 transcripts

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Lodro Rinzler

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Dr David Kittay

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Dr Jan Willis

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Ven René Feusi

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What is A Skeptic's Path to Enlightenment?
<p>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. <br><br>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.</p>
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