Explore the contemplative wisdom of Shambhala through Basic Goodness, maitri, tonglen and compassionate awareness. Discover how friendship with ourselves becomes the foundation for courageous relationship, ethical action and meaningful service.
What if we began with the radical proposition that goodness is already present?
Drawing from the Shambhala tradition and its Buddhist contemplative foundations, we’ll explore maitri—loving-kindness or unconditional friendliness—as a practice of meeting ourselves and the world with honesty and care.
Through meditation, embodied inquiry, tonglen and compassionate awareness, we’ll investigate the complicated business of being human together. We’ll consider the relationship between personal practice and ethical responsibility, and how compassion can inform our teaching, leadership and service.
There will be tenderness, no doubt. And a healthy examination of the difference between generosity and giving ourselves away.
