PODCAST

FindCenter AddIcon

How To Forgive Your Father

The Science of Happiness

Holding on to a grudge? Hear how our happiness guinea pig tried to let go of deep-seated anger and resentment.

Listen on:
FindCenter Spotify Image
FindCenter Apple Podcast Image
FindCenter Video Image

The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness (Newly Expanded Paperback Edition)

A Holocaust survivor’s surprising and thought-provoking study of forgiveness, justice, compassion, and human responsibility, featuring contributions from the Dalai Lama, Harry Wu, Cynthia Ozick, Primo Levi, and more.

Book
Simon Wiesenthal
1998
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

Cultivating a Compassionate Heart: The Yoga Method of Chenrezig

Chenrezig (Avalokiteshvara / Kuan Yin) is not only Tibet’s patron deity, he also is the embodiment of the compassion of all the Buddhas and as such is deemed the best possible contemplative gateway to the cultivation of compassion.

Book
Thubten Chodron
2006
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

An Open-Hearted Life: Transformative Methods for Compassionate Living from a Clinical Psychologist and a Buddhist Nun

A life overflowing with compassion.

Book
Russell Kolts, Thubten Chodron
2025
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image
24:06

The Dalai Lama's Hero, Irish Man Richard Moore

Richard Moore from Derry, Ireland, blinded as a boy by a rubber bullet, is described as "my hero" by the Dalai Lama, after he forged a friendship with the man who shot him. This short documentary looks at Richard's visit to India to meet the Dalai Lama alongside the ex-solider.

Video
The Dalai Lama
2013
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

Project Happiness

Happiness, I want more! From the alleys of Nigeria and the beaches of California to the mountains of India, ordinary young people lead us on an extraordinary journey to explore the nature of lasting happiness and end up starting a movement.

Movie
2011
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

The Compassionate Instinct: The Science of Human Goodness

Leading scientists and science writers reflect on the life-changing, perspective-changing, new science of human goodness. Where once science painted humans as self-seeking and warlike, today scientists of many disciplines are uncovering the deep roots of human goodness.

Book
Dacher Keltner (editor), Jason Marsh (editor), Jeremy Adam Smith (editor)
2010
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life (Tenth Anniversary Edition)

When The Power of Kindness first appeared in 2006 it thrilled and challenged readers with one audacious promise: Your acts of generosity and decency are the secret to a fuller, more satisfying life. Kindness is not some squishy virtue, but the very key to your own happiness.

Book
Piero Ferrucci, The Dalai Lama (preface)
2016
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

The Dalai Lama: Happiness from Within

In this essay, I discuss what enduring happiness means according to the Buddhist perspective and the ways in which the Dalai Lama embodies this enduring happiness.

Article
Matthieu Ricard
2011
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image
07:57

Highlights: Compassion Meditation

This all-day conference will bring leading scientists and educators into dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama to discuss the state of current research on empathy and compassion, the scientific study of meditation practices for cultivating compassion, and the implementation of such meditation...

Video
The Dalai Lama
2010
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image
02:13:03

Eight Verses of Training the Mind

His Holiness the Dalai Lama's teaching on Geshe Langri Thangpa’s "Eight Verses of Training the Mind" at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on September 17, 2018.

Video
The Dalai Lama
2018
FindCenter AddIcon

EXPLORE TOPIC

Compassion