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The True Meaning of Christmas and its Implications for Our Health
Even if you don’t consider yourself religious, there’s no denying the impact Jesus’ example of compassion continues to have for our health.
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Compassion Curriculum
Most English speakers who have attended the teachings of the Dalai Lama have actually heard his wisdom through the voice of Thupten Jinpa, who has served as translator for His Holiness since 1985. A highly trained Buddhist scholar and practitioner in h …
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Tulane Medical Students Learn Healthy Cooking, Pass It On
“Obesity is the most important public health problem facing this country… To understand nutrition has become critical and to teach it in conjunction with culinary science is a new way to reinforce the education of physicians.â€
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How the Stress of Disaster Brings People Together
Written by Emma Seppala. Ever feel that stress makes you more cranky, hot-headed or irritable? For men in particular, we think of stress as generating testosterone-fueled aggression – thus instances of road rage, or the need to “blow off steam” after w …
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Yoga, Deep Breathing Used to Address Soldiers’ Post-Traumatic Stress
Rich Low dreamed of Iraq long after he returned home from the war.
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A Passion for Compassion
Why, in a country that consumes 25% of the world’s resources (the USA), is there an epidemic of loneliness, depression, and anxiety? Why do so […]
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Can a Compassionate Outlook Drive Our Professional Life?
The Charter for Compassion is an open and collaborative effort. In Fall 2008, people of all nations, all faiths, all backgrounds, submitted their own words for inclusion in the Charter.
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Mass Murder and the Science of Empathy
Written by Lynn E. O’Connor Ph.D. I’m in Telluride Colorado, where I attended stellar scientific meetings, held by The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, Stanford U., while the nation has been watching the massacre in Aurora, Co …
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How Practicing Compassion Could Ease or Eliminate Chronic Stress
Written by Lia Steakley. In a post today on the Huffington Post, Firdaus Dhabhar, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral science at Stanford, explores how practicing compassion could prove effective in reducing or eliminating chronic str …
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Got Time for Compassion Tomorrow?
Last minute notice about the free Compassion Research Day at Facebook tomorrow (July 11th). Among the presenters and panelists are the good folks from Cal’s Greater Good Science Center and as…
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Meditation, Happiness and Compassionate Altruism
Written by Lynn E. O’Connor Ph.D. I’m about to take off for a meeting organized by the Stanford University-based CCare, The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, in Telluride Colorado. We’re presenting results from our current rese …
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Can Meditation Impact Entrepreneurship and the World? Google’s Happiness Guru Thinks So
Chade-Meng Tan hopes his book, Search Inside Yourself, can bring about the conditions for world peace.
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Stanford Studies Monks’ Meditation, Compassion
Stanford neuroeconomist Brian Knutson is an expert in the pleasure center of the brain that works in tandem with our financial decisions – the biology behind why we bypass the kitchen coffeemaker to buy the $4 Starbucks coffee every day. Looking to the future, neuroscientists wonder whether compassion can be neurologically isolated, if one day it could be harnessed to help people overcome depression, to settle children with hyperactivity, or even to rewire a psychopath. People who meditate show more left-brain hemisphere dominance, according to meditation studies done at the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Effect on agingThe most comprehensive scientific study of meditation, the Shamatha Project led by scientists at UC Davis, indicates meditation leads to improved perception and may even have some effect on cellular aging. Volunteers who spent an average of 500 hours in focused-attention meditation during a three-month retreat in 2007 were better than the control group at detecting slight differences in the length of lines flashed on a screen. Dalai Lama donationKnutson’s study is funded by Stanford’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, which was started with a sizable donation of seed money from the Dalai Lama after his 2005 campus visit to discuss fostering scientific study of human emotion. Extending compassionNext Knutson asked the Buddhists to practice a style of meditation called "tonglen," in which the person extends compassion outward from their inner circle, first to their parent, then to a good friend, then to a stranger and last to all sentient beings.
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Stanford Professor Says Compassion is Essential to Health
The story goes something like this: Years ago, a man living in the Middle East made some startling discoveries having …
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Vacation Sabotage: Don’t Let it Happen to You!
With time off so scarce, why is fully enjoying it so hard? Eight rules for getting the most out of your next break. (Hint: Start practicing now.)
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This is Your Brain on Compassion: Stanford’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education
The Charter for Compassion is an open and collaborative effort. In Fall 2008, people of all nations, all faiths, all backgrounds, submitted their own words for inclusion in the Charter.
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Programs on the “Science of Altruism” are Gaining Notice on Today’s College Campuses
Altruism is taking hold on today's college campuses. Not only are programs on the "Science of Altruism" gaining strength, but students are demonstrating that altruism and compassion are values to be taken seriously.
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Science of Compassion and Altruism: Talks @ Facebook
Last week, Facebook invited national experts to its Palo Alto campus to share the science behind compassion and altruism. In the audience, myself and other engineers listened intently to ideas about humanizing interactions.
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Opening the Heart at Stanford, Google and Beyond
Written by Margaret Cullen. Five years ago, a professor of neurosurgery at Stanford had a revolutionary idea: open a center dedicated to compassion right in the middle of the university. Today, the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Educat …
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Facebook Tackling Online Conflicts with Compassionate Touch
Written by Suzanne Bohan. Facebook wants to grow more heart. The social media giant copes with a flood of complaints about objectionable photos, bullying hateful comments and other postings. The company doesn’t release data on complaints, but it is a “ …
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Compassion Curriculum – an Interview with Geshe Thupten Jinpa
Written by Margaret Cullen. Most English speakers who have attended the teachings of the Dalai Lama have actually heard his wisdom through the voice of Thupten Jinpa, who has served as translator for His Holiness since 1985. A highly trained Buddhist s …
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Keltner Explores Compassion from Evolutionary View
Breaking news from the Farm since 1892
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Charity, with Entrepreneurial Spin
Written by Stu Woo. Pierre Omidyar founded online marketplace eBay Inc. and still serves as its chairman. But these days, he would much rather talk about Omidyar Network, the philanthropic investment firm he started after leaving day-to-day duties at e …
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Pay it Forward Parties
When Paige McCarthy begin planning her annual dinner party for a small group of friends, she knew she wanted to create something unique, something with lasting impact. “I was really interested in how I could make something bigger out of the little that …
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The Service of Democratic Education
Written by Linda Darling-Hammond. At the commencement ceremony for Columbia University’s Teachers College on May 18, Stanford education professor Linda Darling-Hammond—a nationally renowned leader in education reform and former education adviser to Bar …
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