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SUMMARY:Tonglen Sunday
DESCRIPTION:Teachers: Paul Condon and Lama Yeshe\nEvent type: Hybrid\, morning teaching (9am-11:30am pacific time)\nOrganization: Kagyu Sukha Choling\, Ashland\, OR.\nInformation and registration: https://www.kscashland.org/events-/2023/11/19/tonglen-sunday
URL:https://sustainablecompassion.org/events/tonglen-sunday/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-Person and Online
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SUMMARY:Being Harmonized With the Unconditional Love and Wisdom of Our Buddha Nature
DESCRIPTION:Teacher: John Makransky\nEvent Type: In-person three day retreat\nOrganization: Holy Wisdom Monastery\, Middleton\, WI \nInformation and registration:\nhttps://holywisdommonastery.org/event/being-harmonized-with-unconditional-love/ \nRegistration will begin in June\, 2025 \nFrom a Tibetan Buddhist perspective\, our buddha nature is the basic space of our being that is undivided from vast capacities of awareness\, warmth\, love\, compassion and wisdom. These capacities are always available below our surface consciousness\, but often hidden by our conditioned habits of thought and reaction. In this retreat\, we will learn three modes of practice derived from Tibetan Buddhism that empower each other as they harmonize us with those innate capacities. The receptive mode generates a field of care that helps us find immediate access to unconditional qualities of love and wisdom from the depth of our awareness (our buddha nature). In the deepening mode\, we let those qualities help the mind settle into their source—the non-conceptual openness\, simplicity\, clarity\, and compassionate warmth of our buddha nature. In the inclusive mode we come from that depth of being to recognize others in their depth\, and to include them in those unconditional qualities of openness and compassion. This contemplative process also empowers our ability to discern the empty\, constructed nature of our experiences\, freeing the mind for further access to its innate awakening capacities. \nIn this retreat\, we will adapt this pattern of practice from Tibetan Buddhism\, with some assistance from modern psychology\, to make it accessible both for Buddhist practitioners and for people of all faiths who have contemplative practice experience and seek not just an intellectual dialogue with Buddhism but a deep experiential encounter with it that might freshly illumine analogous depths of their own tradition. \nGuided meditations\, Q&A and discussion. Prerequisites: At least two previous years of regular contemplative practice (meditation\, ritual or prayer). Before the retreat\, please read John’s book Awakening through Love (Wisdom\, 2007) or How Compassion Works (co-authored with Paul Condon\, Shambhala\, 2025)\, or as much of it as possible.
URL:https://sustainablecompassion.org/events/being-harmonized-with-the-unconditional-love-and-wisdom-of-our-buddha-nature-4/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 Co Hwy M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251117
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SUMMARY:Being Harmonized with the Unconditional Love and Wisdom of Our Buddha Nature
DESCRIPTION:Teacher: John Makransky\nEvent Type: Weekend on-line retreat\nOrganization: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies \nInformation and registration:\nhttps://www.buddhistinquiry.org/classes/2025-being-harmonized-with-the-unconditional-love-and-wisdom-of-our-buddha-nature/
URL:https://sustainablecompassion.org/events/being-harmonized-with-the-unconditional-love-and-wisdom-of-our-buddha-nature-3/
LOCATION:Online
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251208
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SUMMARY:Accessing the Unconditional Love and Wisdom of Our Buddha Nature
DESCRIPTION:Teachers: John Makransky and Jessie Morey\nEvent Type: In-person retreat\nDates: December 4 to December 7 (arrive on 12.4 from 3-5 pm; depart after lunch 12.7 at 1:30pm).\nLocation: Potash Hill\, 2582 South Road\, Marlboro\, VT 05344\nhttps://www.potashhill.org/ \nFor information and registration:\nhttps://jessicamorey.org/events/makransky-dec-retreat/ \nDescription:\nFrom a Tibetan Buddhist perspective\, our buddha nature is the boundless space of awareness\, warmth\, and wisdom that is always present beneath our conditioned patterns of thought and reaction. This retreat introduces three modes of meditation—receptive\, deepening\, and inclusive—drawn from Tibetan Buddhism and supported by insights from modern psychology. These meditations are designed to help us realign with our innate buddha qualities\, making us into a profoundly healing environment for all parts of ourselves and others\, from which to hold all in a sustaining power of compassion and wisdom. \nThis retreat is both for Buddhist practitioners and for people of all faiths who have previous contemplative experience and seek an accessible way to cultivate unconditional love and wisdom. The weekend will include explanation of the principles of the practice\, guided meditations\, Q&A\, and discussion. Noble silence will be practiced. \nPrerequisites:\nAt least two years of daily contemplative practice (meditation or prayer). And before the retreat\, please read How Compassion Works or as much of it as possible. Meditation handouts will be provided. \nBios:\nJohn Makransky\, PhD\, has been Associate Professor of Buddhism and Comparative Theology at Boston College\, Senior Academic Advisor for Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche’s Center for Buddhist Studies in Nepal\, Contemplative Fellow of the Mind and Life Institute\, and President of the Society of Buddhist-Christian studies. John has published books and articles that focus on connections between devotion\, compassion\, and wisdom in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism\, on adapting Buddhist practices to meet contemporary minds\, and on theoretical issues in interfaith learning\, including Buddhahood Embodied (1997)\, Buddhist Theology (2000)\, Awakening through Love (2007)\, and How Compassion Works (2025). In 2000 John was ordained as a Lama in the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism\, and since then has taught meditations of innate compassion and wisdom to modern Buddhists\, people of diverse faiths\, and those in caring professions to empower their spiritual paths\, lives and work. For that\, John developed the Sustainable Compassion Training model (https://sustainablecompassion.org/). \nJessica Morey is a Buddhist meditation teacher with over three decades of practice. Rooted in the Insight Meditation tradition and trained in Burmese Vipassana (Mahasi style)\, she also draws from Tibetan Vajrayana lineages through study with John Makransky\, Dr. Dan Brown\, and Reggie Ray. Her teaching integrates deep Dharma practice with psychological and somatic healing modalities—including Internal Family Systems\, Somatic Experiencing\, and attachment-based approaches. Jess brings a warm\, grounded approach to helping people weave Dharma into the fabric of their work and relationships. Before teaching full-time\, she worked in clean energy and climate finance\, and later founded Inward Bound Mindfulness Education and the Contemplative Semester.
URL:https://sustainablecompassion.org/events/accessing-the-unconditional-love-and-wisdom-of-our-buddha-nature-2/
LOCATION:Potash Hill\, 2582 South Road\, Marlboro\, VT\, 05344\, United States
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SUMMARY:Harmonizing With the Unconditional Love and Wisdom of Our Buddha Nature
DESCRIPTION:Teacher: John Makransky\nEvent Type: On-line daylong retreat\nOrganization: Boston Center for Contemplative Practice \nInformation and registration:\nhttps://the-boston-center-for-contemplative-practice.heymarvelous.com/product/84591/about
URL:https://sustainablecompassion.org/events/harmonizing-with-the-unconditional-love-and-wisdom-of-our-buddha-nature-2/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Discovering happiness within chaos
DESCRIPTION:Teacher: Dr. Paul Condon and Lama Yeshe Parke\nEvent type: hybrid event at Southern Oregon University\, in Ashland OR\, with online streaming\, evening presentation\, 7:00-8:00pm PT\nZoom link: https://sou.zoom.us/j/83546557619 \nAdditional description: Is it possible to experience joy within a world that is in turmoil? In this presentation\, a teacher (i.e.\, lama) from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and a scientist will discuss the potential for people to uncover inner resources for happiness\, including underlying positive qualities of creativity\, agency\, joy\, and compassion. Convergence of contemplative and scientific perspectives suggest that inner resourcing can empower people to hold the turmoil of the world in care\, without being overwhelmed by it\, and thus show up with more presence and efficacy.
URL:https://sustainablecompassion.org/events/discovering-happiness-within-chaos/
LOCATION:Southern Oregon University\, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260216
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SUMMARY:Harmonizing With the Unconditional Love and Wisdom of Our Buddha Nature
DESCRIPTION:Teacher: John Makransky\nEvent type: In-person six day retreat\nOrganization: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies\nInformation and registration:\nhttps://www.buddhistinquiry.org/classes/2026-harmonizing-with-the-unconditional-love-and-wisdom-of-our-buddha-nature/
URL:https://sustainablecompassion.org/events/harmonizing-with-the-unconditional-love-and-wisdom-of-our-buddha-nature-3/
LOCATION:Barre Center for Buddhist Studies\, 149 Lockwood Road\, Barre\, MA\, 01005\, United States
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SUMMARY:Compassionately holding the world
DESCRIPTION:Teacher: Paul Condon\nEvent type: online\, evening presentation\, 7:00-8:30pm ET\nInformation and registration:\nhttps://www.eomega.org/workshops/compassionately-holding-world
URL:https://sustainablecompassion.org/events/compassionately-holding-the-world/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260314
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260316
DTSTAMP:20260508T063028
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SUMMARY:Becoming Transparent to the Unconditional Love and Wisdom of Our Buddha Nature
DESCRIPTION:Teacher: John Makransky & Rachel Cronin\nEvent Type: On-line weekend retreat\nOrganization: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies \nInformation and registration:\nhttps://www.buddhistinquiry.org/classes/2026-becoming-transparent-to-the-unconditional-love-and-wisdom-of-our-buddha-nature/ \n  \n 
URL:https://sustainablecompassion.org/events/becoming-transparent-to-the-unconditional-love-and-wisdom-of-our-buddha-nature/
LOCATION:Online
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260422
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SUMMARY:Sustainable Compassion Training: Opening to the Love and Wisdom of our Buddha Nature
DESCRIPTION:Teachers: John Makransky\, Radhule Weininger\nEvent type: In-person 4 day retreat\nOrganization: Big Bear Retreat Center\, Big Bear City\, CA \nFor information and registration:\nhttps://bigbearretreatcenter.org/retreats/2062/opening-to-the-unconditional-love-and-wisdom-of-our-buddha-nature-sustainable-compassion-training/
URL:https://sustainablecompassion.org/events/sustainable-compassion-training-opening-to-the-love-and-wisdom-of-our-buddha-nature/
LOCATION:Big Bear Retreat Center\, 1000 Sugarpine Rd\, Big Bear\, CA\, 92314\, United States
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SUMMARY:Opening to the Unconditional Love and Wisdom of Our Buddha Nature
DESCRIPTION:Teacher: Lama John Makransky\nType: Daylong in-person retreat at Santa Barbara CA Middle School\nOrganization: Mindful Heart Programs\nFor information and registration: https://www.mindfulheartprograms.org/special-events
URL:https://sustainablecompassion.org/events/opening-to-the-unconditional-love-and-wisdom-of-our-buddha-nature-4/
LOCATION:Santa Barbara Middle School\, 1321 Alameda Padre Serra\, Santa Barbara\, CA\, 93103\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260508
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260511
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SUMMARY:Opening to the Unconditional Love and Wisdom of our Buddha Nature
DESCRIPTION:Teacher: Lama John Makransky\nEvent type: In-person and on-line weekend retreat\nOrganization: Gomde USA (Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche’s center in North America)\nFor information and registration\, go to:\nhttps://gomdeca.org/program-description/1214/opening-to-the-unconditional-love-and-wisdom-of-our-budda-naturewith-lama-john-makransky-2026/ \nFrom a Tibetan Buddhist perspective\, our buddha nature is the basic space of our being that is undivided from vast capacities of awareness\, warmth\, love\, compassion\, and wisdom. These capacities are always available below our surface consciousness but often hidden by our conditioned habits of thought and reaction. In this retreat\, we will learn three modes of practice derived from Tibetan Buddhism that empower each other as they harmonize us with those innate capacities. \nThe receptive mode generates a field of care that helps us find immediate access to unconditional qualities of love and wisdom from the depth of our awareness (our buddha nature). In the deepening mode\, we let those qualities help the mind settle into their source—the non-conceptual openness\, simplicity\, clarity\, and compassionate warmth of our buddha nature. In the inclusive mode\, we come from that depth of being to recognize others in their depth\, including them in those unconditional qualities of openness and compassion.This contemplative process also empowers our ability to discern the empty\, constructed nature of all reactions to others that impede our compassion\, freeing the mind for further access to its innate awakening capacities. \nIn this weekend retreat\, we adapt this pattern of practice from Tibetan Buddhism\, with some assistance from modern psychology\, to make it accessible both for Buddhist practitioners and for people of all faiths who have contemplative practice experience and seek not just an intellectual dialogue with Buddhism but a deep experiential encounter with it that might freshly illumine analogous depths of their own tradition. \nFormat: \nTeachings that introduce the meditations\, guided meditations\, silent meditation\, Q&A\, discussion. \nPrerequisites: \nAt least two previous years of regular contemplative practice (meditation\, ritual or prayer). Before the retreat\, please read John’s book Awakening through Love (Wisdom\, 2007) or How Compassion Works (co-authored with Condon\, Shambhala\, 2025)\, or as much of it as possible. \nSession times: \nFri\, May 8 – Registration 3–5 pm; first session 7–8:30 pm\nSat\, May 9– 9 am–12 pm PT; 2–5 pm PT; 7–8:30 pm PT\nSun\, May 10 – 9 am–12 pm PT; 1:30–3:30 pm PT \nEach teaching-practice session includes a break halfway through.
URL:https://sustainablecompassion.org/events/opening-to-the-unconditional-love-and-wisdom-of-our-buddha-nature-3/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-Person and Online
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260601
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260608
DTSTAMP:20260508T063028
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SUMMARY:Deep Training in Sustainable Compassion and Wisdom
DESCRIPTION:Teacher: Lama John Makransky\nEvent type: In-person weeklong retreat\nOrganization: Samye Hermitage\, Cooperstown NY (Phakchok Rinpoche’s center in North America)\nFor information and registration\, go to:\nhttps://www.samyenewyork.org/programs/492/harmonizing-with-the-unconditional-love-and-wisdom-of-our-buddha-nature \nFrom a Tibetan Buddhist perspective\, our buddha nature (the source of our profound dignity) is the basic space of our being that is undivided from vast capacities of awareness\, warmth\, love\, compassion and wisdom. These innate capacities are always available below our surface consciousness\, but often hidden by our habits of thought and reaction. In this week-long program of study and retreat\, we will learn three modes of practice drawn from Tibetan Buddhism that harmonize us with those innate capacities. The receptive mode generates a field of care that helps us find direct access to unconditional qualities of love and wisdom from the depth of our awareness (our buddha nature)\, making us into a profoundly healing environment for all parts of ourselves and others. In the deepening mode\, we let those loving qualities help the mind settle into their source—the non-conceptual openness\, simplicity\, clarity\, and compassionate warmth of our buddha nature. In the inclusive mode we come from that depth of being to recognize others in their depth\, and to include them in those unconditional qualities of openness and compassion. Those three modes of practice provide a foundation for meditations of compassion that convert our own painful experiences into compassion for others and that extend compassion in increasingly all-inclusive and unconditional ways (beyond “compassion fatigue”). This contemplative process also empowers deepening wisdom–the ability to discern the empty\, constructed nature of all our reactions that impede compassion for others. \nIn this retreat\, we adapt this pattern of practice from Tibetan Buddhism\, with assistance from relevant areas of modern psychology\, to make it accessible both for Buddhist practitioners and for people of all faiths and backgrounds who have previous contemplative experience and seek an accessible way to cultivate unconditional love and wisdom. \nSessions: \nDaily 9am to 12noon\, 2 to 5pm with a half hour break within each teaching-practice session. \nFormat: \nTalks introducing guided meditations\, silent meditation\, large group Q&A\, small group discussions. \nPrerequisites: \nPlease read How Compassion Works:A Step by Step Guide (Shambhala\, 2025) by John Makransky and Paul Condon before attending this retreat\, or as much of it as possible. If you wish more background reading\, read Awakening through Love (Wisdom 2007)\, also by John.
URL:https://sustainablecompassion.org/events/deep-training-in-sustainable-compassion-and-wisdom/
LOCATION:Samye Hermitage\, Cooperstown NY
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260926
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260928
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SUMMARY:Innate Wholeness as a Profound Power of Healing for Self and Others
DESCRIPTION:Teacher: John Makransky and Rachel Cronin\nEvent Type: Weekend on-line retreat\nOrganization: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies \nInformation and registration:\nhttps://www.buddhistinquiry.org/classes/2026-innate-wholeness-as-a-profound-power-of-healing-for-self-and-others/ \n 
URL:https://sustainablecompassion.org/events/innate-wholeness-as-a-profound-power-of-healing-for-self-and-others/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261201
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271122
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SUMMARY:Barre Center 11-month Path Program with John Makransky
DESCRIPTION:Teacher: John Makransky \nOrganization: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies \nDescription: This program includes three in-person 6 day retreats at Barre Center of Buddhist Studies and monthly Zoom sessions over 11 months. Retreat dates are: \n\nDecember 1-6\, 2026\nApril 6-11\, 2027\nNovember 16-21\, 2027\n\nThis program is by application. For info and to apply: https://www.buddhistinquiry.org/buddha-nature-path/
URL:https://sustainablecompassion.org/events/barre-center-11-month-path-program-with-john-makransky/
LOCATION:Barre Center for Buddhist Studies\, 149 Lockwood Road\, Barre\, MA\, 01005\, United States
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