Ten Percent Happier presents: The Dalai Lama’s Guide to Happiness
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🗓️ 10 January 2023
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Happiness isn’t just a feeling, it’s a skill that can be cultivated. This is a clip from The Dalai Lama’s Guide to Happiness, a five-part audio documentary series by the Ten Percent Happier podcast. Over the course of the series, Dan Harris talks to His Holiness about practical strategies for thorny dilemmas, including: how to get along with difficult people; whether compassion can cut it in an often brutal world; why there is a self-interested case for not being a jerk; and how to create social connection in an era of disconnection. We also get rare insights from the Dalai Lama into everything from the mechanics of reincarnation to His Holiness’s own personal mediation practice. Listen & follow Ten Percent Happier wherever you get your podcasts. You can listen early and ad-free on the Amazon Music or Wondery app.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Dan Harris, host of the 10% happier podcast every week. |
| 0:03.9 | I speak with leading meditation teachers, top scientists, even the odd celebrity about |
| 0:09.0 | how to do life better, whether you're looking to tame anxiety, manage your time, reduce |
| 0:13.5 | burnout, or stop arguing with people unnecessarily. |
| 0:16.7 | We've got your back. |
| 0:17.8 | And now we're launching something new. |
| 0:19.6 | And if I do say so myself, extremely cool. |
| 0:22.4 | I recently traveled 7,000 miles to spend a few weeks in the orbit of his holiness, the |
| 0:27.7 | Dollar Lama, probably the world's most famous meditator and happiness guru. |
| 0:32.2 | While we were on the ground, we saw so many surprising and fascinating things go down |
| 0:36.4 | that we decided to produce a five part audio documentary. |
| 0:39.9 | I'm about to play a clip from this special series while you're listening. |
| 0:44.2 | Go over and follow 10% happier on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:49.3 | Download the Amazon Music app today. |
| 0:51.5 | Hey gang, it's New Year's. |
| 0:53.7 | And we're making a pretty radical departure from our usual format. |
| 0:58.4 | And thank you for choosing America there was. |
| 1:01.3 | I recently flew with a small team to Durham, Salah, India, home to his holiness, the Dollar |
| 1:08.0 | Lama. |
| 1:09.0 | I'm sitting on board a giant plane that we're about 13 hours into our flight. |
| 1:17.4 | Here's the backstory. |
| 1:19.3 | I went because I got this incredible opportunity, the Dollar Lama agreed to do a course for |
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