A Skeptic’s Path to Enlightenment Podcast
Meditation Podcast Episodes
Guided Meditation on Four Levels of Happiness
This week’s episode is a daily meditation on the four levels of happiness in Buddhism. Investigate the varying depths of happiness you get from sensory pleasures, positive states of mind, meditation, and the very nature of reality.
82. Four Kinds of Happiness with Ven. Sangye Khadro
Explore the four kinds of happiness in Buddhism with Ven. Sangye Khadro (Kathleen McDonald). This episode offers an opportunity to reflect on where we derive our happiness from and how we can live happier lives by understanding how each kind of happiness relates to one another as well as to desire, attachment, and our own meditation practice.
81. A Biologist and a Buddhist Monk on the Nature of Reality: A Conversation with Geshe Namdak and Dr. Rupert Sheldrake
A biologist and a Buddhist monk have a conversation on how science can make sense of rebirth, emptiness, and karma, the origins of consciousness and creativity, and how modern science’s understanding of the nature of reality could benefit from the wisdom of contemplative traditions.
Episode 80: Compassionate AI with Kristian Simsarian
Artificial intelligence expert Kristian Simsarian joins host Scott Snibbe to discuss how we can create ethical, unbiased and compassionate AI, whether we should be scared of AI, and the implications of AI on the future of work and spirituality.
Guided Meditation: Four Foundations of Mindfulness with Dr. David Kittay
Tour the four foundations of mindfulness in this sweeping guided meditation with Dr. David Kittay. The Buddha named these four foundations as essential to our liberation: mindfulness of body, feelings, mind, and mental objects.
Episode 78: Buddhism and Technology with Dr. David Kittay (Part 2)
In Part 2, Dr. David Kittay discusses science fiction, emptiness and whether life is a simulation, whether we should treat AI robots with compassion and whether the singularity might be another term for enlightenment.
Guided Meditation on Four Levels of Happiness
This week’s episode is a daily meditation on the four levels of happiness in Buddhism. Investigate the varying depths of happiness you get from sensory pleasures, positive states of mind, meditation, and the very nature of reality.
82. Four Kinds of Happiness with Ven. Sangye Khadro
Explore the four kinds of happiness in Buddhism with Ven. Sangye Khadro (Kathleen McDonald). This episode offers an opportunity to reflect on where we derive our happiness from and how we can live happier lives by understanding how each kind of happiness relates to one another as well as to desire, attachment, and our own meditation practice.
81. A Biologist and a Buddhist Monk on the Nature of Reality: A Conversation with Geshe Namdak and Dr. Rupert Sheldrake
A biologist and a Buddhist monk have a conversation on how science can make sense of rebirth, emptiness, and karma, the origins of consciousness and creativity, and how modern science’s understanding of the nature of reality could benefit from the wisdom of contemplative traditions.
Episode 80: Compassionate AI with Kristian Simsarian
Artificial intelligence expert Kristian Simsarian joins host Scott Snibbe to discuss how we can create ethical, unbiased and compassionate AI, whether we should be scared of AI, and the implications of AI on the future of work and spirituality.
Guided Meditation: Four Foundations of Mindfulness with Dr. David Kittay
Tour the four foundations of mindfulness in this sweeping guided meditation with Dr. David Kittay. The Buddha named these four foundations as essential to our liberation: mindfulness of body, feelings, mind, and mental objects.
Episode 78: Buddhism and Technology with Dr. David Kittay (Part 2)
In Part 2, Dr. David Kittay discusses science fiction, emptiness and whether life is a simulation, whether we should treat AI robots with compassion and whether the singularity might be another term for enlightenment.