spring class 2012

Awakened Heart:
The Tibetan Psychology of Compassion

While advances in technology and science have brought the world into greater communication and proximity, we face global ecological, economic, and political challenges on a scale never before seen in human history. There may be no spiritual virtue more timely and necessary than that of universal compassion, and no method for its cultivation more practical and relevant than that espoused in the Tibetan psychology.

In this four-part course we will explore the essential themes of the Tibetan Buddhist approach to awakening the heart of compassion grounded in the wisdom of interdependence, presented in the four-fold psychology of exchanging self with other, exemplified in the intent of the awakened altruist (bodhisattva), and actualized in the six transcendent practices. We will read excerpts from the Tibetan classics on the awakened heart and begin each class with a period of guided compassion meditation.

Monday February 27
Class 1: Emptiness the Womb of Compassion

Monday March 5
Class 2: The Four-fold Psychology of Compassion

Monday March 12
Class 3: The Altruistic Ideal, Intent and Vows

Monday March 19
Class 4: The Activities of the Awakened Altruist

Instructor: Dr. Miles Neale

Dates: February 27, March 5, 12, 19

Schedule: Monday evenings from 7-9PM

Co-sponsorship: Tibet House US

Location: Tibet House US, 22 West 15th Street (between Fifth and Sixth Avenues)

Tuition: General: $25 / Tibet House members: $22.50; General: $90 / Tibet House members: $81

Registration: Tibet House US

Chenrezig: Thousand-Armed Buddha of Compassion