The Dalai Lama’s Guide to Happiness

Join Dan Harris, the Dalai Lama, neuroscientist Richie Davidson, and meditation expert Roshi Joan Halifax in a transformative 10-day course that blends ancient wisdom with cutting-edge science. Learn proven steps to cultivate happiness through insightful sessions on taming the mind, overcoming self-criticism, fostering empathy, and more. Sign up now and discover practical tools to create lasting happiness.

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We’re a culture obsessed with happiness, except we’ve been going about it all wrong. Join us for a FREE 10-day course where one of the wisest humans on the planet teams up with a leading neuroscientist to share the proven steps you can take to be happier. In a paradigm-shifting collaboration, our host Dan Harris joins the Dalai Lama, world-renowned educator and researcher Richie Davidson, and ace meditation teacher Roshi Joan Halifax. Together, they'll guide you into the intersection of cutting-edge scientific research and ancient wisdom practices that have been proven to create happiness. You'll come away with tools you can use to start finding your way to happiness.

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This groundbreaking 10-day course transports you to India for insightful conversations with the Dalai Lama, world-renowned educator and researcher Richie Davidson, and meditation teacher Roshi Joan Halifax. Learn directly from some of the most qualified people on the planet about how to train your mind to become happier — and then actually do it.

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Happiness is a Skill — Learn How to Be Happier

This course teaches you how to develop happiness as a skill through ten insightful sessions. Topics include understanding happiness, taming the monkey mind, overcoming self-criticism, fostering empathy, cultivating relationships, and embracing altruism. Each session combines video lessons and meditations, providing practical tools for lasting happiness.

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Meet the instructors

The Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama

  • ‍Title: Spiritual and Temporal Leader of the Tibetan People‍
  • Role in Course: Shares conversations with Dan Harris on how to be happier
Dan Harris

Dan Harris

Dan Harris is the author of 10% Happier and host of a podcast by the same name. He wrote the #1 New York Times best-seller about how a panic attack, live on Good Morning America, led him to something he always assumed was ridiculous - meditation.

Richard Davidson

Richard Davidson

  • Title: Founder of the Center for Healthy Minds at UW-Madison and Healthy Minds Innovations‍
  • Role in Course: Foremost scholar on human well-being
Roshi Joan Halifax

Roshi Joan Halifax

  • Title: American Zen Buddhist Teacher, Social Activist, Author
  • Role in Course: Master at distilling ancient wisdom into practical tools

What You’ll Learn

Session One: Happiness is a Skill

Session Two: Taming The Monkey Mind

Session Three: Don’t Believe In Your Thoughts

Session Four: Wise Selfishness

Session Five: The Case Against Self-Criticism

Session Six: Social Animals

Session Seven: Compassion for Jerks

Session Eight: “Oneness” is More Than a Cliché

Session Nine: The Good News About Death

Session Ten: The Hardest Part Is Remembering

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When it comes to building better habits, science shows that you can’t rely on willpower alone. In this challenge, behavior change expert Kelly McGonigal and meditation teacher Alexis Santos provide a new approach to creating the changes we desire. Their method is not only more effective but also helps you learn about yourself and enjoy the process.

The headline out of this extraordinary conversation between modern science and ancient Buddhism is that the brain and the mind are trainable. In other words, happiness is not some unalterable factory setting. It's actually a skill. And over the next ten sessions, we're going to teach you how to train this skill for yourself.

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When you’re ready to break up with pseudoscience, self-help, and half-truths, we’ll be right here.

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