Meditate with Compassion: Ven. Kathleen McDonald and Scott Snibbe
Foundation for Compassion and Wisdom Dialogue with Ven. Kathleen McDonald and Scott Snibbe
"Meditate with Compassion" with Ven. Sangye Khadro (Kathleen McDonald) and Scott Snibbe is part of the Compassion Webinar Series 2022 hosted by the Foundation for Compassion and Wisdom. They share their practical advice on:
Why to meditate
forgiving yourself and managing the harsh inner critic
techniques for loving ourselves so we have a basis for loving others
how to rejoice more and why that's helpful
inviting in more joy in life using the "universalizing" technique
what role compassion plays in healing ourselves and our world what to do if you wake up feeling negative and heavy
The Compassion Webinar Series 2022 takes inspiration from FDCW's Honorary President Lama Zopa Rinpoche's work of encouraging people around the world to bring compassion into every aspect of their lives.
Compassion is often described as walking in somebody else's shoes but it is more than just empathy. It is an active wish to help others with skill and consideration. This webinar series asks how willing are we to be with our own pain, and the pain of others? What resources do we have to support us? How can we reach inside to find the wise way to act that helps not harms?
Drawing from timeless Buddhist teachings, modern psychology and neuroscience, our experienced speakers will show ways of weaving compassion into the fabric of our lives - from solving daily problems to facing death, from self-compassion to modern working life, from meditation to a more joyful way of living.
Ven. Kathleen McDonald (Sangye Khadro) Bio
Originally from California, Kathleen McDonald (Sangye Khadro) began studying Buddhism with Tibetan lamas in Dharamsala, India, in 1973. She became a nun in Nepal the following year, and received full (bhikshuni) ordination in 1988. At the request of her teachers, she began teaching in 1980, and since then has been teaching Buddhism and meditation in various countries around the world, occasionally taking time off for personal retreats. She served as resident teacher in Buddha House, Australia, for two years and in Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore for eleven years. From 2008-2015 she followed the Masters Program at Lama Tsong Khapa Institute in Italy. She is the author of the popular books How to Meditate and Awakening the Kind Heart.