Scott Snibbe: Renunciation

Are you ready to turn away from life’s distractions and discover a profound source of happiness within? Join this evening with Scott Snibbe based on his newly published book, How to Train a Happy Mind, for a transformative meditation session that delves into the essence of renunciation – not as an escape from the world, but as a release from our disturbing mental states.

WHEN: Thursday, September 5, 7:00 – 8.30 pm CET
WHERE: Teacher online on Zoom – read below for disclaimer
LANGUAGE: English
LEVEL: Basic, everyone is welcome!
REGISTRATION: Please register here.

Discover how mental habits contribute to suffering and learn to find refuge within your mind through our guided meditation session. Reflect on life’s challenges, from material struggles to emotional turbulence, and gain new perspectives on dissatisfaction. Understand and counter the delusions of attachment, anger, and ignorance, while discovering the true causes of happiness within – mental stability, inner peace, patience, and forgiveness. Explore the vast space of your mind, observing its qualities and experiencing a deeper level of awareness where stable happiness resides. Shift your focus from external challenges to inner contentment, transforming your mental state and enhancing your meditation practice.

ABOUT THE TEACHER

Scott Snibbe is the founder and host of the meditation podcast ‘A Skeptic’s Path to Enlightenment’. Snibbe is a twenty-year student of Tibetan Buddhism whose teachers include Geshe Ngawang Dakpa, Choden Rinpoche, Ven. Rene Feusi, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Inspired by his teachers, he leads meditations that infuse the pure lineage of the great Buddhist masters with science, humor, and the realities of the modern world. Over the course of a career as a digital artist and entrepreneur, Snibbe has created bestselling art, music, and social apps, and collaborated with musicians and filmmakers including Björk, James Cameron, and Philip Glass. His interactive exhibits have been collected by both science and art museums, including the Whitney Museum of American Art and New York’s Museum of Modern Art.

Inspired by the ancient Buddhist path to enlightenment yet firmly grounded in modern science, this sequence shows how ordinary people—even non-Buddhists—can achieve happiness using the lamrim’s ancient, authentic practices of analytical meditation. Scott Snibbe’s first book, “How to Train a Happy Mind: A Skeptic’s Path to Enlightenment” was published in March 2024. Order here.

Scott has also created the Train a Happy Mind Community, practicing the analytical meditation techniques shared in the How to Train a Happy Mind book and Skeptic’s Path to Enlightenment podcast to create a happy mind, fulfilling relationships, and a better world.

Find recordings of past teachings with Scott Snibbe here.

Disclaimer: Lhagsam may publish recorded sessions in the public domain (e.g., on YouTube). By joining this event, you are agreeing to give your consent to this process. To protect your privacy, we recommend being conscious about any personal information you share during the sessions. The teacher and staff are always in the spotlight on Zoom and the camera eye when onsite. To further enhance anonymity on Zoom, you may want to consider turning off video or naming yourself using your first name.

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Suggested donation: Please consider supporting us with a donation. Suggested donation per day is 40 CHF. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Cost: Suggested donation per day is 40 CHF. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. You can donate online (via Paypal, Twint or E-Banking).

Language: English

Level: Basic, everyone is welcome!

Registration: Please register here.