A Skeptic's Path to Enlightenment

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4.8
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215 episodes
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Date created
2020/01/28
Average duration
30 min.
Release period
7 days

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A Skeptic’s Path to Enlightenment brings the inner science of Buddhist philosophy and meditation to twenty-first century people hungry for happy, meaningful lives. In our weekly podcast, we share talks, guided meditations, and interviews exploring happiness, love, compassion, relationships, family, politics, technology, and work. Skeptic’s Path explores powerful "analytical meditation" techniques that use imagination, emotions, and critical inquiry to probe our inner and outer realities and expand our compassion based on the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. We expand on the popular mindfulness approach to meditation to help us better understand our minds from the inside out, building healthy mental habits that are the true causes of happiness.

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Compassionate Speech with Dr. Suzanne Wertheim
2024/02/20
Dr. Suzanne Wertheim is the author of The Inclusive Language Field Guide. An academic for many years, she now specializes in analyzing and addressing bias at work, helping companies like Google and Reddit promote speech that's more inclusive and more connecting. After I read Suzanne's book, I was struck by the parallels between her work and the Buddhist ethical foundation of right speech.  In our interview, we talk about embarrassing mistakes we both made in our speech, how to both forcefully and compassionately confront harmful speech, and how to recognize and transform the bias in our own language. Suzanne and I spoke for so long that it far outran our normal episode length. So, if you'd like to hear the full unedited hour and a half of our great conversation, including many specific examples of ways to speak inclusively and compassionately, check out the Skeptic's Path YouTube channel. Episode 150: Compassionate Speech with Dr. Suzanne Wertheim Support the show
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Meditation on Stabilizing the Mind and Watching Thoughts
2024/02/13
A complete guided meditation session expanding your compassion, stabilizing concentration on the breath, and observing your thoughts. Episode 3: Guided Meditation: Stabilizing the Mind and Watching Thoughts Four years ago, we created A Skeptic’s Path to Enlightenment to share the rich tradition of Tibetan Buddhist analytical meditation in a form that requires no belief beyond what science currently accepts. The first 40 episodes of the podcast gradually go through all of these topics, in order, beginning with appreciating the gift of our life and our place in the universe, and gradually moving up to cultivating boundless compassion for all beings and understanding the ultimate nature of our inner and outer realities. Over the next year, interspersed with new interviews, we will be re-releasing newly recorded versions of these talks and meditations. Support the show
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What Is Meditation? [updated rebroadcast]
2024/02/06
Over the past few years meditation has become popular as a way to help reduce stress, be focused at work, sleep better, or simply relax. Yet meditation isn’t just a tool to improve focus or relax, but a way to strengthen the positive qualities we all naturally possess: compassion, kindness, generosity, patience, humor, and finding joy in everyday life. This episode explores this higher purpose of meditation through the less familiar technique of analytic meditationthat uses stories, thoughts, and emotions to steer our minds toward happiness, meaning, and benefiting others. Episode 2: What Is Meditation? Four years ago, we created A Skeptic’s Path to Enlightenment to share the rich tradition of Tibetan Buddhist analytical meditation in a form that requires no belief beyond what science currently accepts. The first 40 episodes of the podcast gradually go through all of these topics, in order, beginning with appreciating the gift of our life and our place in the universe, and gradually moving up to cultivating boundless compassion for all beings and understanding the ultimate nature of our inner and outer realities. Over the next year, interspersed with new interviews, we will be re-releasing newly recorded versions of these talks and meditations. Support the show
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Equanimity Meditation with Scott Tusa
2024/01/30
Scott Tusa leads an equanimity meditation—based on the Mahayana Buddhist tradition—that works with three kinds of relationships in our life. The purpose is to cultivate compassion, loving-kindness, and understanding. Episode 149: Equanimity Meditation with Scott Tusa Support the show
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What Is the Right Thing to Do? with Scott Tusa
2024/01/23
After ordination by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Scott Tusa spent nine years as a Tibetan Buddhist monk. Today, he's an irreverent meditation teacher and a brand-new father. In this episode, Scott and I talk about some hard decisions we've faced in life, and that the world faces today, asking ourselves, What is the right thing to do? Is there a right and wrong from a Buddhist perspective? How did Scott and I deal with the painful decisions we faced in our lives to get divorced and to give up a monastic life? We also grapple with one of the biggest ethical dilemmas facing the world today, the violent conflict in Israel and Gaza. Episode 148: What Is the Right Thing to Do? with Scott Tusa Support the show
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10-Minute Meditation to Calm the Mind
2024/01/16
Even a short 10-minute meditation has the power to calm your body and mind. Here’s a helpful guided meditation that in just 10 minutes a day can improve your well-being. Even though it's short, this is a complete meditation session including establishing proper meditation posture, motivating our meditation to be a force for good, stabilizing the mind on the breath, letting go of thoughts, cultivating beneficial thoughts, and a dedication to seal your meditation practice. A Guided 10 Minute Meditation to Calm the Mind Four years ago, we created A Skeptic’s Path to Enlightenment to share the rich tradition of Tibetan Buddhist analytical meditation in a form that requires no belief beyond what science currently accepts. The first 40 episodes of the podcast gradually go through all of these topics, in order, beginning with appreciating the gift of our life and our place in the universe, and gradually moving up to cultivating boundless compassion for all beings and understanding the ultimate nature of our inner and outer realities. Over the next year, interspersed with new interviews, we will be re-releasing newly recorded versions of these talks and meditations. Support the show
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What Is a Skeptic's Path to Enlightenment? [our first episode re-recorded and re-released!]
2024/01/09
Four years ago, we created A Skeptic’s Path to Enlightenment to share the rich tradition of Tibetan Buddhist analytical meditation in a form that requires no belief beyond what science currently accepts. The first 40 episodes of the podcast gradually go through all of these topics, in order, beginning with appreciating the gift of our life and our place in the universe, and gradually moving up to cultivating boundless compassion for all beings and understanding the ultimate nature of our inner and outer realities. Over the next year, interspersed with new interviews, we are re-releasing updated versions of these talks and meditations. Episode 1: What Is A Skeptic's Path to Enlightenment? Introducing A Skeptic’s Path to Enlightenment, bringing the inner science of Buddhist meditation to twenty-first century people hungry for happy, meaningful lives. We take a secular approach to meditation that requires no belief beyond our current understanding of science and psychology, based on powerful Buddhist mind training techniques that use imagination, intelligence, and emotions to probe our inner and outer realities, and expand our compassion. Support the show
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Letting Go and Looking Forward in the New Year
2024/01/02
Scott Snibbe shares a gentle Buddhist approach to self-forgiveness, letting go, establishing good habits, and rejoicing in all the good we've done. Move into the new year with your best intentions and best self. Episode 147: Letting Go and Looking Forward in the New Year Support the show
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Laurie Anderson's Buddhism: Art, Meditation, and Death as Adventure [rebroadcast]
2023/12/26
Grammy Award winning artist Laurie Anderson, a longtime student of Buddhism and meditation, shares her personal path with Buddhism, approaching art with a beginner’s mind, staying present with suffering without letting it overwhelm you, and making our lives meaningful. Laurie Anderson is one of our greatest living artists. Her work includes spoken word and performance, top-charting albums and music videos, digital art, film, virtual reality, and the invention of ingenious instruments like the tape bow violin and the talking stick. She’s won the Grammy Award and many other honors, and is currently the subject of a fantastic solo show at the Hirschhorn Museum in Washington, D.C. Episode 106: Laurie Anderson's Buddhism: Art, Meditation, and Death as Adventure  Support the show
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Dan Harris: Love, Skepticism, and the "Cheesy Upward Spiral" [rebroadcast]
2023/12/19
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" This is a rebroadcast of one of the year's most popular episodes. Support the show
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RAFT Meditation with Dr. Katherine MacLean
2023/12/12
Dr. Katherine MacLean leads a meditation practice called RAFT: Remembering to be Aware of Feelings in your body and Trust your experience. Katherine says that mushrooms shared this practice with her as a way to help others access the space of psychedelics from a sober standpoint. Episode 146: RAFT Meditation with Dr. Katherine MacLean Support the show
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Psychedelics, Meditation, and Buddhism with Dr. Katherine MacLean
2023/12/05
Ten years ago Dr. Katherine MacLean conducted the first scientific study of the combined effects of psychedelics with meditation. The encouraging results of the study showed the long-term beneficial effects these substances can have on our concentration, emotion regulation, openness, wellbeing, and happiness.  In our conversation I learned what psychedelics have in common with meditation and how they can compliment one another. Katherine also shared when psychedelics aren't useful or even when they can be harmful. She offers careful advice as to when these substances might be of benefit and when they aren't. Episode 145: Psychedelics, Meditation, and Buddhism with Dr. Katherine MacLean Support the show
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4.8 out of 5
109 reviews
Svenskanonomous 2022/07/17
Absolutely love this podcast
Scott approaches his talks and mediations in such a relatable way. I have found them incredibly helpful in challenging my old thought patterns and red...
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NamrebNod 2022/01/24
Excellent Podcast
My partner, Jane, and I have been involved with Buddhism for decades. Nonetheless, we listen to, and learn from, this podcast regularly. The guests ...
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ari@SF 2021/07/03
Grateful foe this podcast
A podcast about Buddhist ideas and technology in the modern world and how to understand ancient concepts in our context
dolanducker 2021/05/06
Thank you!
This podcast has grown my knowledge of meditation, self and The Buddha. You guys are doing an amazing job, i cannot thank you enough.
Jay Sun Day Rule Oh 2021/04/13
Smart and engaging
Deep, quality explorations into how Buddhism intersects with the modern world and offers practical guidance (including guided meditations) on how we c...
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sarainbloom 2021/02/24
Wonderful!
Well produced and a great selection of guest speakers. I look forward to hearing more!
Derek Fagerstrom 2021/02/19
Highly recommend!
The perfect podcast for anyone interested/curious in Buddhism, consciousness, happiness, love, the relationship between spirit + science, meditation o...
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Fitdayuser 2020/08/29
Informative and engaging
Great podcast. I look forward to more.
Alan Blake 2020/08/17
Not Only for Skeptics
The title of this podcast made me expect a thoroughly secularized form of Buddhism. While it is thoroughly in harmony with modern science, it is also ...
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annelie161 2020/08/02
Great explanations and very insightful!
So glad my friend Arian introduced me to this podcast! I’m not much of a sceptic, but my analytical mind very much appreciates how Snibbe is offering ...
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