Compassion Intensive with Thupten Jinpa and Jane Chun
Location:
Union Theological Seminary
3041 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
USA
“Compassion is a natural human quality. Compassion training, helps us make it more conscious so that when we are confronted with a certain situation, that is the part of our motivation system that we will tap into instead of fear, anger, denial or rejection.” Thupten Jinpa
Compassion is an inherent human quality – when we see someone in pain, we may feel their pain and feel motivated to help lessen their suffering. From a young age, we’re wired to connect and care for our fellow human beings. However, our capacity for compassion, for ourselves and others, may be stretched thin in environments where stress and burnout are pervasive, and social division and inequality are on the rise.
Compassion training offers a way to strengthen our innate and relational resources, broaden and shift our perspective, and metabolize the challenges of life, big and small. By connecting with our compassionate nature, we can cultivate habits and an outlook that is more empowering, and respond to challenges with greater skillfulness and wisdom.
Please join the Thích Nhất Hạnh Program for Engaged Buddhism and the Compassion Institute for this one-day workshop, which is an intensive version of the eight-week Compassion Cultivation Training© (CCT)™ developed at the Stanford University School of Medicine Neurosciences Institute, and now housed at the Compassion Institute. Join us in this rare opportunity to work directly with Dr. Thupten Jinpa, the principal author of CCT at Union Theological Seminary.
“When it comes to grounding all ethical teachings, the foundation turns out to be compassion.” Thupten Jinpa
Thupten Jinpa
Jane M. Chun, PhD
Jane works at the intersection of inner states of being and systems change. She has designed and facilitated change journeys for diverse settings and groups including intergovernmental organizations, federal agencies, national organizations, universities, mission-driven organizations, collectives, and others.
Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D. is the Founder and Chairman of Compassion Institute, and the principal author of Compassion Cultivation Training™ (CCT©), the Institute’s flagship compassion education offering, developed while Jinpa was at Stanford University.
Jinpa trained as a monk at the Shartse College of Ganden Monastic University, South India, where he received the Geshe Lharam degree. Jinpa also holds a B.A. in philosophy and a Ph.D. in religious studies, both from Cambridge University.
Jinpa has been the principal English translator to H.H. the Dalai Lama since 1985, and has translated and collaborated on numerous books by the Dalai Lama including the New York Times Bestsellers Ethics for the New Millennium and The Art of Happiness, as well as Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World. His own publications include A Fearless Heart: How the Courage to be Compassionate Can Transform Our Lives and translations of major Tibetan works featured in The Library of Tibetan Classics series.
A frequent speaker at various international conferences on mindfulness, compassion, and contemplative practice, Jinpa also serves as an adjunct professor at the Faculty of Religious Studies at McGill University, Montreal and is the founder and president of the Institute of Tibetan Classics. He has been a core member of the Mind and Life Institute and its Chairman of the Board since January 2012.