The Science of Compassion: Origins, Measures, and Interventions - Thupten Jinpa, PhD

The Science of Compassion: Origins, Measures, and Interventions, that took place July 19th to 22nd in Telluride Colorado, was the first large-scale international conference of its kind dedicated to scientific inquiry into compassion. The conference convened a unique group of leading world experts in the fields of altruism, compassion, and service to present their latest research. This talk was part of panel Origins and Conceptual Models of Compassion by Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D.
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[@guruchoykokkee]

The compassion to protect and care for another is itself the strong heart of peace.

[@ning7386]

Many thanks for sharing this wonderful video! Thank you so much dear Dr. Thupten Jinpa for all your speeches and translations! 🙏🏻🌹❤️

[@Konchokhyen]

thank You Geshe la. What a great presentation. You are one of the greatest scholar of Tibet.

[@guruchoykokkee]

With the great teachers that have lived before us in all good faith, they spread the need of gratitude, compassion and appreciation of life. Their doctrines are light of the sun shines on all life. The truths as taught by the different religions only appear different, just as light appears to be different colours when seen through coloured glass. Like rainbows are formed when sunlight is scattered from raindrops into the eyes of an observer. As any person of good faith, become a person who prays and acts for the happiness of others, and preaches the mystic law to others with sincerity, leads them into the awakening path, and takes the happiness for others as the goal of one's challenge and mission. 🙏 Doctrine doesn't propagate itself, the people propagate the doctrine, the people and the doctrine are honoured together, that's the law. Only the truth and nothing but the truth is to be propagated by the truthful. Thus as I heard as taught. The compassion to protect and care for another is itself the strong heart of peace. See and act not by the ego mind but by the compassion of the heart. This message is universal. After tens of millions of years of wars, mankind has never stopped using weapons to harm civilians. The technological development of weapons and equipment is even more dangerous and terrifying! If a world war breaks out in the future, there will be no survivors. What you do is for people to learn, and where can people learn from it! The most important factor for world peace, development and progress is people themselves. The ultimate way lies in managing life in humanity. What is human learning? What can human learning do? The most important factor in the development of world peace is still human beings themselves. The ultimate truth is to govern life. "Human beings" are the origin and the purpose. Therefore, religion, country, and ideology must never turn people into means.

[@guruchoykokkee]

Compassion is often thought of as akin to pity, but whereas pity may be condescending, compassion springs from a sense of the equality and interconnectedness of life. Compassion is rooted in respect for the inherent dignity of life-our own and others’-and a desire to see that dignity triumph.

[@jimmytopen2459]

Thank you for the explanation of differences between pity, empathy, concern, and compassion.

[@guruchoykokkee]

With the existence of Buddha nature of living beings in mind, we should respect and be sincere in our interaction. At time depending on situation arising, mercifully and wisely correcting that person with strictness of such is necessary. The Buddha nature in that person, reflecting our own sincerity, will reflect in return like a mirror as appropriate. Cherishing life with the same profound reverence as we would the Buddha, the Buddha nature in that life will functions to protect. On the other hand, if we belittle or regard that with contempt, we will be disparaged in return, our actions will be as reflected like a mirror. In the inner realm of life, cause and effect occur simultaneously. This causal relationship will manifest in the phenomenal world of daily life. May all be clear and mindful of this, and cautionly continuing our daily practice with wisdom, courage and compassion as taught by the Buddha. I pray for peace of the world and happiness of all living beings. 🙏

[@JoyceHsu]

Excellent speech by Thupten Jinpa. Very excited to learning more from CCARE. Great speaker.

[@mygreenladymaribelarizpe]

Love it! Food for the soul.

[@sonamjamtsho9641]

Genla, thank you. Amazing.

[@Khandotehor169]

Thank you so much Geshe la..... Your speech is so helpful. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💐💐💐💐💐

[@KerrieRedgate]

Marvellous! Thank you!

[@kbeetles]

Talking about Eskimos having so many words for "snow"to describe the little nuances- only Tibetan Buddhism can guide us towards this degree of understanding the nuances and distinctions of our "caring for others" feelings. Much appreciated! I also wonder what kind of compassion works in women who after being subjected to rape by an immigrant to Europe still ignore their own suffering still feel for the person who abused their caring. There seems to be an almost mass hysteria of "compassion" at the moment in certain European societies that does not help the cause of real compassion.

[@FarrahSharpe]

Thank you.

[@lobzanglhadon2406]

Really amazing...

[@user-ve7nu4th5v]

Amazing

[@RickarooCarew]

namaste. . . tashi delek

[@filsdejeannoir1776]

12:50 The fact that they're all trying to find out what 'compassion' is is deeply disturbing! I hadn't realized we'd lost the plot to that extent! Great Compassion, I'd understand. That is difficult to grasp. But 'compassion' itself? Very worrying!

[@elohimalpha2190]

Sādhu! Sādhu! Sādhu

[@filsdejeannoir1776]

5:47 How? Since the 'scientific' community sees the mind as the brain?

[@peterbarker8249]

.....quill evocation, ...