In this free 10-minute guided practice, Thupten Jinpa, PhD, leads us in cultivating a “compassionate image” in our minds that helps us to feel a sense of total acceptance, groundedness, and affection. Once we learn this practice, we can then tap into the ease and assurance that the image brings whenever we need it most.

Join Thupten Jinpa’s 2-Week Online Course!

For those inspired to learn more deeply with Thupten Jinpa, PhD, we’d like to give a heads up that his 2-week online training called Building Compassion from the Inside Out begins on August 30, and there are still spots available! Learn more and register here >>

Coming Up! Join a 2-Week Online Training with Thupten Jinpa, PhD

The next session for Thupten Jinpa’s 2-week online training called Building Compassion from the Inside Out begins on August 30, and there are still spots available!

During this 2-week self-directed program, you’ll find out how you can make compassion a guiding principle and active force in your everyday life — so you can choose to live with more meaning, purpose, and joy.

Additionally, you’ll have the opportunity to participate in a live Q&A session with Jinpa, the principal English translator to His Holiness the Dalai Lama for the past 35+ years and the principal author of Compassion Cultivation Training™ (CCT©) developed at Stanford University.

Learn more and register for Thupten Jinpa’s Online Course >>

About Thupten Jinpa

Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D. 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 B.A. in philosophy and a Ph.D. 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.

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.