Schedule of Talks and Guided Practices
DAY 1
Goodness: Bringing Out the Best in Us
Thupten Jinpa
President, Compassion Institute
On the essence of the Dalai Lama's message to the world
- The Dalai Lama’s Message for Us All
- Guided Meditation
Robert A.F. Thurman
President, Tibet House US
On reality, buddhanature, and buddhism as a path to cultivate goodness
- Alright Already: The Secret of the Dalai Lama’s Enduring Cheerfulness
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Sitting with the Dalai Lama to Shape Our Motivation (practice)
Lisa Miller, PhD
New York Times bestselling author of The Awakened Brain, and founder of Spirituality Mind Body Institute
On positive psychology and the Dalai Lama’s message
- Your Own Awakened Brain
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Hosting Council & The Road of Life
Rev. Matthew Fox, PhD
Author, theologian, and activist priest
On the Christian view of what the Dalai Lama teaches
- The Sacredness of Creation
- Meditation from The Stations of the Cosmic Christ
DAY 2
Compassion: The Foundation of Connection
Phillipe Goldin
Professor at UC Davis, and leader of its Clinically Applied Affective Neuroscience Laboratory
On learning and teaching compassion
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The Science and Practice of Compassion Meditations
Cyndi Lee
Founder, OM yoga, author of May I Be Happy
On Self-compassion
- Tend and Befriend
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Exploring Unconditional Friendliness, Radical Inclusivity and Self-Compassion / Compassion
Pamela Ayo Yetunde
Co-Founder, Buddhist Justice Reporter, and author
On creating a compassionate and just society
- Creating a Just and Compassionate Society
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3 Practices in 1: Lojong, Lovingkindness, and Tonglen
Butterfly (Tony Pham)
Meditation & compassion teacher, Tibet House US
On compassion and social change
- How Deepening into Compassion Calls Us Towards the Practice of Social Justice
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Working with an Image to Evoke Compassion
DAY 3
Ethics: Upholding Universal Human Values
The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi
President & CEO, The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at MIT
On The Dalai Lama's call for a new global ethics of universal responsibility
- Ethical Imagination and Compassionate Leadership
- Guided Meditation
Brother Phap Luu
Monk and Plum Village Dharma Teacher
On Thich Nhat Hanh's mindfulness teachings
- Seeing the Five Mindfulness Trainings as a Way Out of Suffering
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Ethics as a Foundation In a Time of Crisis
Dr. Joe Loizzo
Founder and Academic Director, Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science
On ethical leadership
- The New Science and Practice of Leading with Compassion and Altruism
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Internalizing and emulating a mentor of compassion and altruism
Tenzin Geyche Tethong
Former Secretary to His Holiness the Dalai Lama
& Melvin McLeod
President & Editor-In-Chief, Lion’s Roar
On nonviolence
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His Holiness' Historic Advocacy of Peace and Nonviolence
DAY 4
Meditation: The Key to Personal & Societal Transformation
Dan Zigmond
Zen teacher and technologist
On meditation as key to personal and social transformation
- Meditation as Social Action
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Full awareness breathing meditation
Daniel Goleman
Psychologist and bestselling author
On emotional intelligence
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The Dalai Lama: A Meditation-informed Visionary Social Activist
- Guided Loving-Kindness Meditation
Venerable Thubten Chodron
Founding Abbess, Sravasti Abbey
On the three levels of wisdom
- The Three Levels of Wisdom
- Reflection: Hearing, Thinking, and Meditating on the Dharma
Spring Washam
Teacher, healer, author
On meditation
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The Roots of Presence (Embodying Lovingkindness)
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Lovingkindness and Compassion Meditation
DAY 5
Wisdom: Seeing Reality Clearly Together
Robert A.F. Thurman
President, Tibet House US
On The Heart Sutra
- Entering Shakyamuni's Illumination of the Profound Samadhi with the Lord of Compassion
- Reflection on Openness
Thupten Jinpa
President, Compassion Institute
On Buddhism’s Middle Way Teachings
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The Middle Way of Wisdom
Dr. Vandana Shiva
Physicist, environmental activist, and author
On the wisdom needed to face our climate crisis
- Wisdom for Our Environmental Crisis
- Guided Reflection/Prayer
Pema Khandro Rinpoche
Founder of the Buddhist Studies Institute
On wisdom in the Nyingma tradition
- Wisdom in the Nyingma Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism
- Guided Zhine meditation
Closing conversation with
Robert A.F Thurman
President, Tibet House US
& Melvin McLeod
President & Editor-In-Chief, Lion’s Roar
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Audio library and downloadable transcripts of all the presentations
Audio library of all the guided meditations
“Real Life: Wisdom and Compassion in Action,” a 5-part online course with Sharon Salzberg and Robert Thurman
“Vajra Sky Over Tibet” documentary film by award-winning filmmaker John Bush
