Daily Schedule
Find teachers, talks, and practices for all five summit days below.
Sessions are pre-recorded, and will be released each day for you to view at your convenience.
Each day's sessions will be available for 48 hours, beginning at 6:00 am PDT | 9:00 am EDT (North American time zones). Check your time zone here.
Day 1:
The Transformative Power of Compassion
Available October 14 + 48-Hour replays (beginning at 6 am PDT | 9 am EDT on Oct 14)
Tara Brach
Talk: "Radical Compassion"
+ Guided RAIN meditation
Robert A.F Thurman
Talk: "Freedom: The Womb of Compassion"
+ Guided meditation: "The Bliss of Compassion"
Thupten Jinpa
Talk: “How To Make Compassion a More Active Force In Our Lives and the World”
Karen Brailsford
Talk: "The Four Chambers of a Compassionate Heart"
+ Guided practice: An Invitation to Accept Yourself
Day 2:
The Science of Compassion
Available October 15 + 48-Hour replays (beginning at 6 am PDT | 9 am EDT on Oct 15)
Dan Goleman
Talk: "Why Compassion Matters More Than Ever"
+ Guided practice - Good Work: A guided reflection for finding your compassionate purpose
Mark Epstein
Talk: “Compassion and Psychotherapy: Reflections of a Buddhist Psychiatrist”
+ Guided kindness meditation
Rick Hanson
Talk: “Building a Compassionate Brain”
+ Guided practices in empathy, boundaries, and compassion
Amishi Jha
Talk: “Kindness & Compassion Begin with Attention"
+ Guided attention practice
Day 3:
Compassion in our Daily Lives
Available October 16 + 48-Hour replays (beginning at 6 am PDT | 9 am EDT on Oct 16)
Sharon Salzberg
Talk: “Compassionate Action: The Power of the Heart in Challenging Times”
+ Guided loving-kindness meditation evoking compassion and equanimity
Marina Abramovic
Talk: The Abramovic Method in Daily Life
+ Guided Abramovic Method “Glass of Water” exercise
Anne Lamott
Talk: “Loved and Chosen” — A conversation with Robert A.F. Thurman
Christian Howard
Talk: “The Compassionate Collective”
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Day 4:
The Compassionate Society
Available October 16 + 48-Hour replays (beginning at 6 am PDT | 9 am EDT on Oct 16)
Mayor Greg Fischer
Talk: “How We Are Making Louisville the ‘City of Compassion’”
Jan Willis
Talk: “What Would a Compassionate Society Look Like?”
+ A reading and guided loving-kindness meditation
Pamela Ayo Yetunde
Talk: “Cultivating Wisdom While Under Siege”
+ Guided Heart Sutra practice
Wilson C. Hurley
Talk: “Steeping Heart & Mind in Compassionate Insight”
+ Guided meditation on mindfulness, self-compassion, and kindness
Day 5:
Compassion for the Earth / Closing
Available October 18 + 48-Hour replays (beginning at 6 am PDT | 9 am EDT on Oct 18)
Dr. Alberto Villoldo
Talk: “The Shaman’s Way of Meditation and Healing” (segment includes a meditation practice and Fire Ceremony)
Dr. Mark Hyman
Talk: “Healing Humanity and the Planet One Bite at a Time”
+ The Source of Our Food: A mindfulness exercise
Stephanie Kaza
Talk: Courage for Earth: Acting with Compassion
+ Courage of the Ancestors, a guided meditation
Wasfia Nazreen
Talk: “Sunrise from the Roof of the World”
+ Reconnecting With Mother Earth: a guided meditation
Robert A.F Thurman
Conclusion of Summit with Lion's Roar Editor-in-Chief Melvin McLeod
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