Buddha’s Radical Two-Step Approach to Happiness -
Sep 3, 2020
By Erric Solomon Over 2,500 years ago, a man sat under a Bodhi tree and had a completely radical insight: suffering was caused by ignorance about who we really are. This ignorance...
Read MoreRadically Loving: Transcending Anxiety and Stress -
Jul 30, 2020
This 3-day (Aug 14th-16th, 2020) online practice retreat led by Erric Solomon will be a mix of teaching and experiential exercises based on Radically Happy: A User’s Guide to the Mind, which...
Read MoreRadically Loving: Creating Sparks of Love -
Jul 29, 2020
Our true nature is unconditional love....
Read MoreRadically Happy in Vienna and Everywhere -
Jan 16, 2020
Last year in September 2018, at Gomde Germany-Austria located in the beautiful Austrian Alps I met Phakchok Rinpoche and Erric Solomon for the first time. They introduced the newly- released book “Radically...
Read More4 Radically Happy Ways to not just Survive, but Thrive during the Holiday Family Gatherings -
Dec 19, 2019
By Erric Solomon The holidays are supposed to be a time of joyous celebration with extended family and friends. Yet many people dread the family gathering, especially these days where the political...
Read More5 Ways to Radically Increase your Joy -
May 28, 2019
By Erric Solomon Buddhists often wonder if happiness is too trivial a thing to worry about. While it is true that the ultimate realization of Buddhist practice is far more profound, when...
Read MoreThe Dignity of Present-Moment Awareness -
Mar 13, 2019
By Erric Solomon In 1952, Norman Vincent Peale’s prototypical self-help book, The Power of Positive Thinking, was unleashed upon the American public. This massively popular tome, although not secular in its orientation,...
Read MoreInside the Radically Happy book -
Jan 18, 2019
By Erric Solomon In this video, Phakchok Rinpoche and I describe how our new book can positively impact your life. Transform you mind and change the world! Feel free to throw...
Read MoreListen here: Radically Happy Audiobook -
Nov 26, 2018
By Erric Solomon I asked my friend Juri Henley-Cohn (an excellent actor by the way) to be the voice for the audiobook. The producer had sent a few auditions, none of them...
Read MoreWhy Did We Write Radically Happy? -
Sep 4, 2018
A couple of months ago I blogged about how I met Rinpoche. We left off with my wife and I riding off into the sunset, disappearing into retreat. After leaving retreat, I...
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About Samye
Samye is a place where students from all corners of the globe explore how to work with their minds in order to lead meaningful lives. Drawing from authentic Buddhist wisdom traditions, our online platform offers live teachings, structured courses, interactive forums, and community for the digital Dharma sangha. Samye Institute aims to be to the digital world what Nalanda was to India and what Samye was to Tibet.