Sussex Mindfulness Centre, in partnership with the Compassion Institute, is delighted to present an online talk from Dr Thupten Jinpa "Compassion in Challenging Times."

https://www.compassioninstitute.com/

Online via Zoom

In the wake of unimaginable health crises brought upon by the global pandemic, healthcare professionals, of both physical and mental health, were called upon to serve the needs of the public often at enormous costs to themselves. The emotional toll to the care providers, in particular, has been tremendous. What can we learn from the new science of empathy and compassion to help care for the carers? How can care providers continue to stay connected with their compassionate motivation to serve in such challenging times? Tools from mindfulness and compassion training can help promote greater resilience, genuine self-compassion, and connection with others while positively impacting your professional work. Join our conversation to explore further.

Dr Thupten Jinpa will talk for 1 hour followed by a 30 minute Q&A moderated by Dr Robert Marx, co-lead of Sussex Mindfulness Centre.

Thupten Jinpa has asked for his fee for this talk to be donated to charity and so SMC will be donating those proceeds from this talk to the Tibetan Relief Fund Tibet Relief Fund.  Any additional funds will support Sussex Mindfulness Centre's mission to bring mindfulness to all who can benefit from it.  Please give generously.

Dr Thupten Jinpa PhD 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 BA in philosophy and a PhD 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. Jinpa is the principal author of Compassion Cultivation Training™ (CCT©) developed while at Stanford University in 2009. In 2021, Jinpa’s online self-paced course, Building Compassion from the Inside Out, was launched to the general public.

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.

Dr Thupten Jinpa

SMC in partnership with the Compassion Institute will be offering a rare opportunity in the UK to do Compassion Cultivation Training (CCTTM) (https://www.compassioninstitute.com/cct/) later this year, in October 2023.   CCT™ was developed in 2009 at Stanford University by Dr Thupten Jinpa with contributions from their Founding Faculty. Those interested in applying to take part in the 8 week CCT programme should email smc@spft.nhs.uk to register their interest. Further details and an application form will be available soon.

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• General admission: £12.00
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