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 TIBETAN
COMPASSION
PRACTICES:
WORKING WITH
TERROR, TRAUMA,
AND TRANSCENDENCE
Steven Goodman, Ph.D.
While experiences of fear and some degree of trauma are part
of the human condition, the meaning we give to these experiences
and how we integrate them into our lives can vary widely.
Likewise, when a terrifying experience lingers as trauma,
a person's response often manifests paradoxically as an unconscious
yearning for transcendent experience. Tibetan Buddhist compassion
practices offer natural ways of accepting and integrating
negative material into a confident and responsive way of living.
In this intensive, experiential workshop, participants explore
various practices—calming relaxation, mindful awareness,
and tantric visualization—that can help to create a context
for identifying and integrating painful, emotionally conflicted
aspects of the psyche.
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Steven Goodman, Ph.D., is core faculty
and co-director of the Asian and Comparative Studies
program in the Philosophy and Religion Department
at CIIS, where he teaches Buddhism and comparative
philosophy. A former Rockefeller fellow and visiting
professor in Religious Studies at Rice University,
he has taught and lectured widely on Buddhism,
meditation, and Western psychology for the past
25 years. He is co-editor of Tibetan Buddhism:
Reason and Revelation and contributor to Mindfulness
and Meaningful Work.
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