Compassion in Action

November 12, 7:00 pm- 8:30 pm

Compassion in Action focuses on how we can join our best intentions with our daily activities so that they are fruitful and helpful, fulfilling our intuitive desire to be responsive to others. Dr. Renée Ford and Dr. Nathaniel Rich will share instructions on a meditation practice called tonglen, which cultivates care and courage by focusing on breathing out positive wishes as an expression of care for ourselves and others and breathing in (and dissolving) pain as an expression of courage in confronting the reality of suffering. This practice encourages us to reorient our thoughts toward wishing for all beings to be happy. This reorientation in our thinking is not the end of this practice, however. We will also discuss how we can carry this new orientation into our daily lives and activities so that we begin to engage an intention that genuinely wishes for happiness while we are actively engaged in helping others, whatever our circumstances are. If good intentions can be cultivated and nurtured just like good habits, can we imagine putting forth a little effort toward developing them and then joining those with action? Please join us in Compassion in Action to explore methods for integrating thought and action in ways that benefit all of us.

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