frequently asked questions
Where can I begin learning to meditate?
Scott Snibbe’s book How to Train a Happy Mind distills the ancient Buddhist “path to enlightenment” into a secular 8-step program for modern people to cultivate happy minds, fulfilling relationships, and a better world.
Our Train a Happy Mind community offers weekly guided meditations, discussions forums, and a 12-week in-depth course that teaches a thousand-year-old sequence of analytical meditation for a modern audience.
Does A Skeptic’s Path to Enlightenment make money?
A Skeptic’s Path to Enlightenment is a U.S. 501(c)(3) non-profit with a mission of sharing secular forms of Buddhist meditation. Our podcast and web content are free, and we don’t accept advertising. We are supported by community memberships and donations from our listeners, supporters, sponsors, and team. All donations and revenue go directly to support the expenses of producing our meditation content.
We gratefully acknowledge the organizations where we learned the Buddhist meditation techniques that we base our content on, and we encourage you to support their activities: Tse Chen Ling Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies, Vajrapani Institute for Wisdom Culture, The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), Gyuto Foundation, and Tibet House.
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