What is a Medicine and Compassion Retreat?
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.
Upcoming retreats
Medicine and Compassion Retreat: Doncaster, England
When: June 17th- 21st, 2020
Cost: £650 to £800 depending on accommodations (includes three meals per day)
Setting: Gomde U.K., located just outside of Doncaster, England, is a Tibetan Buddhist retreat center set in the middle of a nature preserve. Go to Gomde U.K. to learn more about the center.
***The Medicine and Compassion Retreat in England has been postponed due to the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus. We will reschedule it when the risk of infection has disappeared, and international travel has returned to normal. In the meantime, we encourage you to subscribe to our ongoing series of short Medicine and Compassion videos with Phakchok Rinpoche, David R Shlim MD, and Lama Oser. A new video is released each week, adding to the library of already available videos. We will release a total of 52 videos this year.***
Medicine and Compassion Retreat: Jackson Hole
When: September 30th- October 4th, 2020
Cost: $2,000 per person (includes lodging and three gourmet meals per day)
Setting: Turpin Meadows Ranch, located just outside of Grand Teton National Park. Retreatants will stay in luxury cabins, and teachings will be held in the main lodge.
***We are still hopeful that we will be able to offer the Medicine and Compassion Retreat in Jackson Hole on September 28th to October 4th, 2020. Obviously, this depends on circumstances at the time. To facilitate the possibility of going forward with the retreat, even at the last moment, we would encourage you to register for the retreat if you think you could come in September. I will not require a deposit at this time, so you can cancel without penalty. If it looks like the retreat can go ahead, we will contact each person on the registration list to see if they can confirm. If we can’t hold the retreat as scheduled, we will let you know when it will be scheduled in the future.***
If you have any questions about the retreats, or would like to register for the Jackson Hole retreat, please email Dr. Shlim.
Medicine and Compassion Retreat: Jackson Hole, 2018
Medicine and Compassion Teaching Videos
About the Video Series
This video series was filmed at The Medicine and Compassion Retreats in Jackson Hole, featuring Phakchok Rinpoche, a reincarnate Tibetan Lama who lives in Nepal, Lama Oser, a lama from the same monastery, and David R Shlim MD.
Each video stands by itself, and the series is in no particular order. Watch and be inspired to pursue your own journey to compassion. To see all teaching videos go to: https://vimeo.com/medicineandcompassion
Phakchok Rinpoche
Phakchok Rinpoche is a reincarnate Tibet Buddhist teacher of the same lineage as Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche. He teaches meditation and Tibet Buddhist philosophy throughout the world.
Lama Oser
Lama Oser is a senior monk at Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche’s monastery in Kathmandu. He has trained under many Rinpoches, and is one of only two lamas of his lineage actively teaching meditation and Tibetan Buddhist philosophy to a western audience.
“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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