Train your mind toward lasting happiness

Join a community practicing the analytical meditation techniques shared in the How to Train a Happy Mind book and podcast to create a happy mind, fulfilling relationships, and a better world.

Weekly meditations with Scott Snibbe

Author and podcast host Scott Snibbe has been a student of Tibetan Buddhism for 25 years whose teachers include His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Through their inspiration, he leads meditations that infuse the pure lineage of the great Buddhist masters with science, humor, and the realities of the modern world.

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Testimonials

"Scott is such an engaging teacher, clearly steeped in Buddhist dharma but with an ability to present topics with clarity, insight and humour."

"I would like to thank Scott for delivering such a fresh and clear view on these profound teachings. It really helped my understanding of the whole path, in a secular modern way."

"Engaging, charismatic, and able to answer some very complicated questions with answers that made sense to a less academic audience - me!"

"This is honestly one of the best courses I have ever taken. Its symmetry, the care given to every detail, was so inviting. So much was covered and I loved that it was concise. Best of all, I was inspired to meditate!"

Membership Highlights

Live Weekly Meditation & Discussion with Scott Snibbe

In a weekly guided meditation and discussion, Scott Snibbe moves through the eight topics from his book, How to Train a Happy Mind. The meditations are guided in a non-religious form, based on the thousand-year-old Buddhist tradition of analytical meditation that uses story, thought, and emotion to build a happy mind, fulfilling relationships, and a better world. Sundays 9am Pacific Time for all members

How to Train a Happy Mind Guided Meditations

A complete set of video and audio recordings of every meditation from the book How to Train a Happy Mind. These meditations were recorded during the first How to Train a Happy Mind retreat in 2024 at Vajrapani Institute. You are welcome to download the audio files for personal use, or stream video and audio online.

A Skeptic's Path to Enlightenment in 9 Meditations

Learn a 9-step process of analytical meditation specially adapted to a skeptical 21st century audience. This 12-week course presents a developmental sequence of meditations that help you bring out your best qualities, manage life’s difficulties, strengthen your relationships, and be a force for good in the world. This course is included with a "Joyful Minds" membership

More Modern Voices

Renowned teachers regularly join our weekly sessions to share their fresh perspectives on meditation.

Tenzin Chogkyi

Tenzin Chogkyi has been a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner for over 30 years, including 20 years as an ordained nun and 6 years in retreat. She has taught in Buddhist centers worldwide and feels passionately that a meaningful spiritual path includes not only personal growth, but social and cultural transformation. She is a a certified teacher of Compassion Cultivation Training and Cultivating Emotional Balance.

Scott Tusa

Scott Tusa was ordained as a Buddhist monk by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. He Scott spent nine years deepening his understanding of the Dharma through solitary meditation retreats and in-depth study, and now shares his knowledge and guidance, teaching meditation to individuals and groups worldwide, both in person and online.

David Kittay

Dr. David Kittay teaches philosophy, religion and technology at Columbia University, where his students call his courses “life-changing.” He is an author, translator, and a Tibet House board member. His latest publication is the Vajra Rosary Tantra, available from Wisdom Publications.

Ven. Katy Cole

Ven. Katy Cole

Ven. Katy Cole has been a Buddhist nun for over 20 years, ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala in 2004. Prior to her ordination, she ran a cognitive behavioral therapy practice and holds degrees in theatre arts and psychology. She leads meditations for various Buddhist centers worldwide.