The Medicine and Compassion retreats help people in caregiving professions and life situations develop their compassion in a way that can make it more stable, vast, and effortless.
The curriculum is based on the book, Medicine and Compassion, by Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche and David R Shlim MD. The upcoming retreats will be taught by David R Shlim MD and Lama Oser. Lama Oser was trained in Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche’s monastery, and has become one of his top teachers. Each retreat will also have a special emphasis on developing a personal meditation practice. One-on-one tutoring from Lama Oser will help the retreatants gain confidence in their own method of training in compassion.
Medicine and Compassion Retreat: Jackson Hole, 2021
Upcoming retreat
September 28-October 1st, 2022 @ Turpin Meadow Ranch
We are planning to offer this retreat if the global COVID-19 pandemic allows.
Registration will open soon; please email Dr. Shlim to inquire.
For 2020 we had planned retreats Doncaster, England, and in Bhutan. The dream to offer these retreats is still very much on our mind and they will be held when the risk of infection has disappeared, and international travel has returned to normal. We successfully gathered in 2021 in Jackson, Wyoming and will return again in 2022.
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I feel that it’s critical at the present time to invest more effort into systematically developing love and compassion. If we could advance the cultivation of love and compassion to the extent we have developed technological improvements, the entire world community would benefit immeasurably.
~Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, From Medicine & Compassion