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Equanimity can be described as balance: a spacious stillness that allows us to accept things as they are. The power of this balance is that it allows us to avoid both apathy and indifference on the one hand, and acute reactivity on the other.
And though the quality of compassion may be frequently denigrated in popular culture as simplistic and weak, compassion has an inherent power to transform our worldview from one of fear and isolation to one rooted in clarity, courage, and kindness.
These can be most helpful when we are facing challenging times in our lives, especially the challenges that we are deeply invested in. Often though, such moments in life also tend to be the ones where equanimity and compassion feel most out of reach.
Sharon Salzberg offers practical and empowering tools to cultivate these qualities when it is most needed. Learn how to cultivate greater clarity, balance, and kindness through different mindfulness and lovingkindness meditation techniques.
When true compassion and equanimity are present, they are the ground out of which resilience is strengthened so that sustained transformation can occur.
All sessions are Eastern Time.
Sharon Salzberg is a meditation pioneer, world-renowned teacher, and New York Times bestselling author. She was among the first to bring mindfulness and lovingkindness meditation to mainstream American culture nearly 50 years ago, inspiring generations of meditation teachers and wellness influencers.
Sharon is co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, and the author of fifteen books, including the New York Times bestseller Real Happiness and her seminal work, Lovingkindness. This year Sharon released Real Life and Finding Your Way. Sharon’s podcast, The Metta Hour, has amassed six million downloads and features interviews with thought leaders from the mindfulness movement and beyond. www.sharonsalzberg.com.
Welcome to Drepung Gomang Monastery's 2023-24 Sacred Arts Tour
DGCEC is delighted to host this official tour of Drepung Gomang Monastery.
Watch the group construct a Compassion Buddha Sacred Sand Mandala at the Festival of Faiths, Thursday to Saturday, November 16-18 (Kentucky Center of the Arts). See other Festival events HERE.
Visit the Sacred Arts Tour Schedule HERE.
Interested in a Visit at Your Location? Contact National Coordinator, Anne Walter for details: [email protected] or 502-619-1652.
Prayers for All Who are Suffering
Geshe Rapgyal and resident monks hold in special prayer all who are suffering and all working for peace and nonviolence. Join us in-person at 10am on Tuesdays, Thursdays or Fridays for these prayers for World Peace, for the community, and for special requests. You are welcome to be present in the shrine room for prayers that include the Heart Sutra, Green Tara Mantras, Tea Puja and Dedication prayers. Contact drepunggomangcompass[email protected] or 502-614-5616 to request prayers for your needs.
Dissolution and Dedication of the Medicine Buddha Sacred Sand Mandala on Monday, May 16, 2022 after 26 months of rituals and prayers for all suffering in the pandemic. Watch Here.
Featured Dharma Offerings
Wednesday - Meditation
Community meditation with chanting and prayers
All Welcome!
with the Monks of DGCEC In-Person
Wednesdays 7:00 - 8:00 pm
Saturday & Sunday - Buddhist Teachings
All Welcome
with Geshe Rapgyal In-Person or via Zoom
2nd Saturday, 10 - 11am
One Saturday a Month: Mini-Retreat, 9:00am - Noon
Sunday 10 - 11:30am
Special Dharma Classes
Special Tibetan Buddhist Dharma Classes
All Welcome
with Geshe Rapgyal
Registration Required
2023-24 Sacred Arts Tour - Events
Be part of welcoming the new tour! Find out more about house blessings, sand mandalas, and cultural performances
Click for info about the 2023-24 Tour Schedule
Monthly - Green Tara Sadhana
Prayers and Offerings to Green Tara
All Welcome!
with DGCEC Monks
First Saturday, 10am - Noon, In-Person
Featured Compassion Education Center Offerings
Compassion Cultivation Training
Cutting edge transformative secular training by principal author, Dr. Thupten Jinpa, based on contemporary neuroscience and centuries of practice
with Anne Walter
Wednesday - Noontime Meditation
Led by various leaders and in various meditation styles
In-Person
Wednesdays 12:10 - 12:40 pm
Sacred Arts Tour - Events
Find out more about house blessings, sand mandalas, and cultural performances,
2023-24 Drepung Gomang Sacred Arts Tour arrives July 25
Louisville's Arms of Compassion
Stand in solidarity with family and friends of those who have been murdered recently.
All Welcome!
Via Zoom - Fridays,12:00 - 12:30 pm
[email protected] for the link
Giving - How To Support Us
Discover the many ways in which your support can help us grow compassion in the world