How to Train a Happy Mind

One of the most powerful Tibetan Buddhist mind training techniques is universalizing, a practice that transforms everyday pains and pleasures into profound meditations. From arguing with the family to stuffing yourself with a delicious meal, life’s problems and pleasures can bring anger, guilt, and sadness. The meditation technique of “universalization” transforms our everyday experiences of pleasure and pain into engines of love and compassion.

Episode 31: Universalizing: Transforming Pain and Pleasure into Love and Compassion
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When we're going through difficult moments, it's easy to feel alone in our struggles or to be hard on ourselves. But compassion is a quality we can cultivate, not only for others, but also for ourselves.

In this gentle guided meditation, Dr. Shireen Mansouri invites us to imagine a source of compassion that embodies wisdom, strength, warmth, and unconditional acceptance. Through visualization and mindful breathing, we'll explore how to connect with these qualities within ourselves, meet our difficulties with greater kindness, and recognize the shared humanity in our suffering.
Episode 233: Awakening Your Inner Source of Compassion Meditation
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What if your doctor could help you feel better just by being more present? Scott Snibbe talks with Dr. Shireen Mansouri, a Canadian physician and teacher with the Compassion Institute, about how meditation and compassion can transform the experience of healthcare for both doctors and patients.
Drawing on her own experience, Shireen shares how a daily meditation practice has helped her become more present, less stressed, and more connected to her patients. She also explains how she quietly practices tonglen, a Tibetan Buddhist compassion meditation, during difficult conversations, and why compassion fatigue might actually be something else entirely.
Together, they explore the science behind compassionate care, the role of meditation in healing, and how even a few mindful breaths can change what we say next.
Episode 232: Should I Meditate With My Doctor?
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A 15-minute guided meditation on compassion: the wish to take away others’ suffering.

Episode 29. Guided Compassion Meditation
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Compassion is starting to rival mindfulness as the next most popular up-and-coming form of secular meditation. But what is compassion? Compassion, from the Buddhist perspective, is not just empathizing with others’ suffering, but actively wishing to take it away.

Episode 28. What Is Compassion?
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