Judith Simmer-Brown, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Contemplative and Religious Studies
Special guest
Judith Simmer-Brown, PhD, is Distinguished Professor of Contemplative and Religious Studies at Naropa University, where she has taught as a Founding Faculty member since 1978. She studied at Cornell College (BA), Florida State University (MA), Columbia University, University of British Columbia, and Walden University (PhD). She has practiced Tibetan Buddhism for forty-five years and is an Acharya (senior dharma teacher) of the Shambhala Buddhist lineage of Sakyong Mipham, Rinpoche and Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche, Naropa's founder.
Judith Simmer-Brown, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Contemplative and Religious Studies has been a guest on 1 episode.
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02. Judith Simmer-Brown: The Science and Practice of Compassion
October 11th, 2017 | 25 mins 58 secs
buddhism, compassion, contemplative science, judith simmer-brown
Looking at the ‘new’ science of compassion allows us to focus on what is right about human beings and understand how to cultivate kindness through exercises like compassion training. Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown also gives an example of a compassion training practice and shares a brief history of the mindfulness/compassion movement in the West.