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This three-part class hosted by the All Souls Sangha in NYC, including a Dharma Talk and Guided Meditation.  Participants are welcome to attend any one class or all three.

Cost: By donation

This Dharma Talk & Guided Meditation is hosted by the Community Meditation Center.  No registration required.  Participants can find the Zoom link by clicking the additional information button.

Cost: By donation

Compassion is a response to suffering, the inevitable adversity all human beings will meet in their lives, whether from the pain embedded in the fabric of aging, sickness, and death or the psychological and emotional afflictions that debilitate the mind. Compassion is the acknowledgment that not all pain can be “fixed” or “solved,” but all suffering is made more approachable in a landscape of compassion.

Dr. Pilar Jennings will explore the Buddhist teachings on compassion for self and others. Compassion is a revered capacity in the Buddhist spiritual tradition.  And yet, for many, it poses complex challenges. With an emphasis on developmental psychology and psychotherapeutic insights, Dr. Jennings will offer ways to examine the obstacles to self-compassion and compassion for those with whom we’ve had difficulty. We will also practice methods for nurturing compassion in oneself, and for cultivating relationships where it is generously offered.

Participants will:

• Cultivate methods for increasing self-compassion
• Identify primary obstacles for compassion toward self and other
• Examine methods for a compassionate response to interpersonal conflicts

Registration includes on-demand access to recordings of all of the classes, which can be viewed for two weeks following the date they were presented.  

To ensure you receive your meeting link prior to the live program, click here to register by May 7.