Wise Selfishness | Part 3 of The Dalai Lama's Guide to Happiness
10% Happier with Dan Harris
10% Media, LLC
4.6 • 12.9K Ratings
🗓️ 4 January 2023
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
How can we get better at selfishness? That's one of many fascinating topics we cover in this episode, in which we play snippets from Dan's one-on-one interview with His Holiness, and then unpack it all with Dr. Richard Davidson, neuroscientist and founder of the Center for Healthy Minds. We talk to His Holiness about "wise selfishness," how to handle our enemies, and whether he ever gets angry. Then Richie recounts a time when His Holiness exhibited a rare flash of anger— towards him, in fact.
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| 0:00.0 | He's already laughing. |
| 0:07.6 | This is the 10% happier podcast. |
| 0:10.3 | Dan Harris. |
| 0:12.0 | Okay, so today is the big day. |
| 0:16.2 | I've been in Durham, Seoul for over a week and it is finally time for my sit down with |
| 0:21.8 | his holiness, the Dalai Lama. |
| 0:23.6 | I have flown across the world for this one hour audience. |
| 0:27.6 | So the stakes feel pretty high. |
| 0:30.1 | I will admit I'm a little nervous. |
| 0:32.9 | His holiness can be a bit of a tough nut to crack. |
| 0:35.4 | On the one hand, he can sometimes fall back on his talking points instead of answering |
| 0:39.6 | your questions directly. |
| 0:41.0 | On the other hand, he's also been known to spontaneously feed people cake or tickle them, |
| 0:45.7 | so I have no idea what I'm going to get here. |
| 0:56.9 | We're set up in a small wood-paneled room. |
| 0:59.7 | The Dalai Lama walks in slowly, attended by large monks, guiding him on either side |
| 1:04.7 | because of his bum knee. |
| 1:06.6 | I'm standing next to Richie Davidson. |
| 1:09.6 | We've already met the path-breaking scientist and longtime collaborator of the Dalai Lamas. |
| 1:14.5 | I've actually known for a long time that Richie and his holiness were close, but now I'm |
| 1:20.0 | getting a sense of how close. |
| 1:22.6 | As he's getting settled into his seat, his holiness gives Richie a sort of compassionate |
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