Attend the Medicine and Compassion Retreat in Jackson Hole with Lama Oser
What is compassion? Is it a quality that can be trained and perfected, or only encouraged? Can one’s compassion become more stable, inclusive, and effortless? The retreat will delve into the basis of compassion, and how it can be expanded throughout one’s lifetime.
The Medicine and Compassion Retreat in Jackson Hole will take place from October 2 to 6, 2019 at the Turpin Meadow Ranch an hour north of Jackson Hole. We will have the entire ranch to ourselves, with luxury cabins, and a beautiful lodge for the classroom. Tuition includes lodging and three gourmet meals per day.
The retreat is based on the book, Medicine and Compassion, by Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche and David R Shlim MD. The upcoming retreat 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. This year we will 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.
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Retreat Information
Grand Teton National Park in the Fall
David R Shlim and Lama Oser in Lumbini, Nepal
WHEN
Attendees will arrive on Wednesday, October 2, 2019. The retreat will end at noon on Sunday, October 6.
COST
The cost of the retreat is $2,000, which includes tuition, lodging and all food for four days and nights at a luxury wilderness dude ranch.
SETTING
If the attendees have time, we can help arrange sightseeing and local activities before or after the retreat.
Many local people feel that early October is one of their favorite times of year in the valley. The crowds have long gone, skiing has not yet started, and the aspen leaves are often at their peak of yellow-gold color. The days are usually beautiful and crisp, and the nights cold and clear.
“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
Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche
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A guide to the virtues of compassion, and how one can learn to train one’s innate capacity for compassion
Medicine and Compassion is the first book to present authentic Tibetan Buddhist teachings tailored for a Western professional audience. Beyond encouraging compassion in healthcare givers, the book explains the nature of compassion, and how we can train during our lives to make our compassion more stable, inclusive, and effortless. A collaboration between a reincarnate Tibetan lama and an American doctor, the book is taught in simple language, but with profound meaning. The ideal book for any person looking to give their own compassion a boost
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