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10% Happier with Dan Harris

Dan Tells A Meditative Story

10% Happier with Dan Harris

10% Media, LLC

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.612.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In this episode from the excellent podcast Meditative Story, recorded a couple of years ago, Dan shares a candid look at his attempts to connect more with his son, Alexander, on their first father-son trip.    Meditative Story combines human stories with meditation prompts embedded into the storylines — all surrounded by breathtaking music. You can learn more about it here: https://meditativestory.com/, and listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1472106563.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Before we get started with today's show, I want to tell you about something really awesome

0:04.4

that we're doing around here.

0:06.0

Back in October, I flew to India to spend a few weeks in Durham, Sala.

0:10.1

That's a small city nestled at the foot of the Himalayas surrounded by beautiful cedar

0:14.8

forests.

0:15.9

It's also home to Tenzin Gaiatsu, who you probably know as the 14th Dalai Lama.

0:22.4

He has claimed that the purpose of life is to be happy.

0:25.1

So I went with a small team to ask him how exactly are we supposed to do that?

0:30.0

How do we get happier?

0:31.6

We got answers, a lot of them, and we're going to share them with you in a completely

0:35.4

free, 10-day meditation challenge, which we are calling the Dalai Lama's Guide to Happiness.

0:41.7

We're going to help you learn how to be happier, with help from two people who have devoted

0:45.8

their lives to the investigation of human happiness, his holiness, the Dalai Lama, of course,

0:50.9

and also the neuroscientist, Dr. Richard Davidson.

0:55.4

You'll get access to a series of practical exercises that will help you integrate these

1:00.3

insights into your life.

1:02.4

The challenge kicks off Monday, January 9th, to get free access to the Dalai Lama's

1:07.2

Guide to Happiness.

1:08.6

You can just download the 10% happier app wherever you get your apps or visit 10%.com.

1:14.1

That's all one word spelled out.

1:16.3

Slash happiness.

1:17.6

You already have the 10% happier app, just open it up and follow the instructions to join.

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