Unlocking our best human qualities through the transformative power of compassion.
Our Mission
Our mission is to advance compassion as a guiding principle and active force to foster a more caring world.
Compassion is a bridge. Your gift today can be the bridge between someone’s suffering and their well-being.
A Discussion on Compassion & Racial Equity
Wednesday, February 19th, 2025 @ 7:30 Pacific Time
Join us for a one hour FREE event focused on discussing the overlap of compassion and racial equity. Racial equity is defined as when people of all races and ethnicities are treated in an egalitarian manner. How can creating a more compassionate world lead to increased racial equity? What is the difference between racial equity and racial equality? How can you have compassion for people with different ideologies than you?
Free Live Meditation: Cultivating Self-Compassion when Overwhelmed
Recording Available to View
Are you feeling overwhelmed by current events, work, or your personal life? Give yourself 30 minutes to check-in with yourself, breathe, learn about self-compassion, and join in meditation.
Senior CCT™ Teacher Maria Paula Jimenez will take you through a 30-minute easy meditative practice to settle the mind. When you are finished, you may feel less stressed, more open, and find it easier to connect with others compassionately.
Compassion and Medicine at a Community Health Center
Thursday, May 8th, 2025 @ 3pm Pacific Time
Join us for a one hour FREE event focused on health care professionals. As health care professionals we all strive to be compassionate in our work. We also know that evidence has shown that compassion can lead to improved patient outcomes. Yet, so many external demands can get in the way. How can we remain compassionate without depleting ourselves?
Our Work
We develop and deliver programs for individuals and organizations, designed to promote personal and societal well-being.
Systems Transformation
Improving outcomes by advancing the core value of compassion throughout institutions and sector-level systems.
Law Enforcement
Resilience, compassion, and leadership training for law enforcement.
Health
Compassion-based professional and leadership development for the health sector.
Education
Exploring ways to bring compassion training to educators and future generations.
What is Compassion?
The strength to be with suffering and the courage to take compassionate action.
Building Compassion From the Inside Out
An online program with Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D. to support meaning, purpose and joy in your daily life.
Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT™)
Our flagship 8-week program, developed at Stanford University and taught worldwide.
CCT™ Teacher Training
A certification program for those who aspire to teach CCT™ in their community.
Compassion Cultivation Training© (CCT™)
The original 8-week course, with Amanda D. Mahoney, M.A.
Building Compassion From the Inside Out (BCFTIO)
Start your compassion journey by taking the self-paced foundational compassion course meant for everyone. Now available in English and Spanish.
Construyendo la Compasión desde Adentro Hacia Afuera
Un programa en línea de dos semanas con Thupten Jinpa, PhD. para apoyar el significado, propósito y alegría en tu vida cotidiana.
Compassion Cultivation Training© (CCT™)
Compassion Cultivation Training is an 8-week training course developed at Stanford University Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) by principal author and Compassion Institute Co-Founder Thupten Jinpa Ph.D with contributions from CI’s Founding Faculty. Taught by Senior CCT™ Teacher Maria Paula.
Entrenamiento en el Cultivo de la Compasion Online en Español
El Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) es un programa de ocho semanas diseñado para desarrollar las cualidades de compasión, empatía y bondad amorosa hacia uno mismo y hacia los demás, así como la resiliencia frente al burnout emocional. Con profesora Maria Paula Jimenez Palacio.
Find a Compassion Cultivation Training© (CCT™) Class
The original 8-week course, taught by our global network of certified CCT™ teachers in English and other languages.
