Podcast Episodes

Inexplicable Joy—On the Heart Sutra & Buddhism Without Belief with Susan Piver #188

Episode 188

This year, we're using the framework of Buddhism's Six Perfections to guide most of our episodes. Our last one with returning guest and activist Kazu Haga, focused on patience or not returning harm. …

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

The Interdependent Nature of Reality #39 [rebroadcast]

The Buddhist understanding of how things exist, called emptiness, breaks objects down into parts, causes, and a mind that bundles them into the illusion of a solid, singular, unchanging entity. When …

Published on 5 months ago

From Panic to Peace: A Guided Meditation with Kazu Haga #187

Episode 187

When the world feels like it’s unraveling, how do we come back to ourselves?

In this gentle, grounding guided meditation, activist and educator Kazu Haga invites us to sit beside our fear—not to fix o…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Beyond Us vs Them: Transforming Society Through Fierce Vulnerability with Kazu Haga #186

Episode 186

This week, Scott is joined by transformative activist and restorative justice advocate Kazu Haga to discuss his new book, Fierce Vulnerability, which rethinks nonviolence as a path to healing and con…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Guided Meditation: How Things Exist #38 [rebroadcast]

Objects around us ordinarily appear as if they are solid, singular, and separate from us. However, both science and the Buddhist understanding of reality show us that as we examine things more closel…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

How Things Exist: Emptiness, Dependent Origination, and your Smartphone #37 [rebroadcast]

The Buddhist view on reality, called emptiness, combines the awe of scientific knowledge with the inner, experiential knowledge that comes from meditation and critical reasoning to arrive at a feelin…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

How to Use Your Phone Mindfully: A Guided Meditation for Digital Wellness—Jay Vidyarthi #185

Episode 185

Settle into a mindful state and engage with your phone in this conscious exercise with digital wellness expert Jay Vidyarthi. Use this guided meditation to deeply and mindfully investigate your phone…

Published on 6 months ago

How to Build a Healthy Relationship with Technology–Jay Vidyarthi on Digital Wellness #184

Episode 184

Are you in control of your technology, or is it controlling you?

In this episode of How to Train a Happy Mind, we sit down with Jay Vidyarthi, author of Reclaim Your Mind, a powerful new book released…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Bitcoin and Buddhism #70 [rebroadcast]

Episode 70

What can Buddhism teach us about how Bitcoin works & why it’s so valuable? What can Bitcoin teach us about emptiness, the interdependent nature of reality? Find out in this episode with Scott Snibbe!…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Meditation on Generosity #183

Episode 183

Meditate on the four types of generosity according to Buddhism, giving material objects, providing protection, teaching the Dharma, and spreading love. It has an emphasis on the generosity that we ma…

Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago