Join a Free Compassion Institute Practice Session During Covid-19

Thupten Jinpa, compassioninstitute.org.

I found this message in my email inbox this morning from the Compassion Institute, a nonprofit founded by Thupten Jinpa offering practical compassion-focused trainings based on the latest psychology, neurology, and contemplative science.

"We have just added new free Connection through Compassion practice sessions with Thupten Jinpa, and members of our Founding Faculty, and invite you to join us and the community spread far and wide around the globe. We have limited space, so please save your spot, and feel welcome to invite family, friends, and colleagues. Check out the schedule below!

"We are committed to supporting you in every way we can during this climate of uncertainty, and look forward to sharing practice time with you soon. 

"With our best wishes, 

The Compassion Institute Team"

Compassion Institute

Connection through Compassion Free Community Practice Sessions Schedule

Friday, April 10

3:00-3:45 PM PT

with Monica Hanson 

Register for April 10.

Sunday, April 12

1:00-1:45 PM PT 

with Thupten Jinpa 

Register for April 12.

Tuesday, April 14

5:00-5:45 PM PT 

with Monica Hanson 

Register for April 14.

Friday, April 17 

9:00-9:45 AM PT 

with Thupten Jinpa 

Register for April 17.

Wednesday, April 22

3:00-3:45 PM PT 

with Erika Rosenberg 

Register for April 22.

Friday, April 24
3:00-3:45 PM PT
with Thupten Jinpa

Register for April 24.

The Hosts

Dr. Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D., is the original author of the Compassion Cultivation Training™(CCT™) course, developed for Stanford University in 2009. The course takes Tibetan and meditative techniques in celebrating and keeping alive the flame of compassion in your heart, and blends this with contributions from an invited founding faculty representing the best of modern science, modern psychology, modern social science and contemplative programs like mindfulness. In bringing these elements together, the course evolved into an eight-week program that is fundamentally transforming the way people experience themselves, their families, their communities, and their work. Jinpa is actively involved with the training and certification of all CCT™ teachers around the world; and with the development of CCT™ into different formats to serve numerous and varied communities.

Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D. was 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 His Holiness 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 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.

Monica Hanson teaches the Compassion Cultivation Training™ program for the public at Stanford University in the School of Medicine. Her focus is on fierce compassion, choosing compassionate values, and compassion led social innovation. ​In 2013, she was the lead teacher in a research study for Stanford Medicine Neuroscience and Pain Lab, examining the effects of compassion training, chronic pain and the impact on significant others. In 2017, Monica started a collaborative effort to identify and exchange emerging best practices in teaching compassion. While the last decade focused on compassion and meditation, Monica’s earlier work focused on applying symbolic systems in innovative environments at Nike and Apple.

Erika Rosenberg, Ph.D., is a scientist and a meditation teacher. She is a senior investigator on the Shamatha Project, a comprehensive study of the effects of intensive meditation, at U.C. Davis’s Center for Mind and Brain. Currently, Dr. Rosenberg serves as Founding Faculty and Director of Research at the Compassion Institute and has been a senior teacher at Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education since 2009. In 2010 she offered the new CCT™ course at Google, Inc. and presented the CCT™ program to His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Stanford University. Since then, she has been teaching CCT™ in regular and intensive formats worldwide. ​Dr. Rosenberg is faculty at the Nyingma Institute of Tibetan Studies in Berkeley and has offered meditation trainings in diverse international venues such as Lerab Ling Monastery, Upaya Zen Center, Kripalu Yoga Center, the Telluride Institute, and Burning Man. Dr. Rosenberg is co-author of the McGraw-Hill textbook, Psychology: Perspectives and Connections, now in its 4th edition, and numerous peer-reviewed scientific articles and chapters on facial expression, emotion, and meditation.

Each 45 minute session, hosted on Zoom, will include information, practices, guided meditation, and an opportunity to ask questions.

The Compassion Institute shares on their website, "Our aim is to provide some relief during this challenging period, offer a possible way to decrease any distress you may be feeling, and shine a light on kindness, generosity and interconnection during this time of heightened concern, uncertainty, and isolation."