Compassion Training: The Practice and Science of Compassion for Self and Others
October 14–20, 2017
Buddhist Meditation Retreats, Experiential Retreats, Immersive Meditation Retreats, Meditation & Mindfulness
This program has been cancelled.
The new science of compassion has found that human beings have a fundamental instinct for kindness, but have developed habits of harshness toward themselves and others. How can this compassion instinct be cultivated? The ancient traditions of Buddhism have found powerful ways of awakening this instinct through practices that build from self-compassion to resilient compassion for enemies. This retreat introduces core compassion practices of Naropa University’s Mindful Compassion Training, integrating the new science of compassion with ancient Buddhist meditation. The retreat includes optional pre- and post-testing of participants as well as other measures for the impact of the training.
A limited number of scholarships are available through the Hemera Foundation. Click here to learn more and apply.
Retreat Faculty
Judith Simmer-Brown
Judith Simmer-Brown, Ph.D., has just retired as Distinguished Professor of Contemplative and Religious Studies at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, where she has taught since 1978. As Buddhist practitioner since the early 1970’s, she became a student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1974, and served as an acharya from 2000-2022.. Her teaching specialties are meditation […]