Searching for meaningful connections remains one of our deepest desires in a world that often feels disconnected and fast-paced. Beyond fleeting interactions and surface-level relationships, we long for soulful bonds—connections […]
The Many ways to Participate in the Karuna Community:
Open to the Power of Your Heart
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Attend Free Online Training
We offer free Karuna Lives to introduce the fundamentals... Our one-hour Karuna Live events allow you to familiarize yourself with our faculty and our approach to the work.
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Attend a Deep in-person Retreat
Karuna Training now offers its core curriculum in four in-person retreats, three without prerequisites. After completing all four retreats, a 250-hour certification is possible by completing a 25-hour project. We also offer free-standing in-person Maitri Space Awareness retreats with no prerequisites.
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Graduate Training is about Manifesting Compassion in the World
Once the foundational certification is accomplished, we offer further training to graduates to learn to facilitate contemplative methods and experiential groups and integrate Contemplative Psychology methods into everyday life and livelihood.
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Buddhist psychology is based on the notion that human beings are fundamentally good. Their most basic qualities are positive ones: openness, intelligence, and warmth.
From: The Sanity we are Born With by Chögyam Trungpa
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