The 22nd annual Festival of Faiths | "Compassion: Shining like the Sun" | April 19-22, 2017 - Louisville, KY | http://festivaloffaiths.org

This session looks into the Buddhist spiritual practices that assist in cultivating inward compassion. Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel writes, “For me, the purpose of practice is to bring ourselves back to our natural state. All the practices we engage are…moving away from self-focus, seeing the interdependent and empty nature of things, appreciating the richness of this sacred world and resting in the nature of mind – these provide us all with ways to return to something utterly simple and basic – something no one can tamper with or take away.”

Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel has studied and practiced the Buddhadharma for 30 years under the guidance of Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. After meeting Rinpoche in Nepal, she became his first Western student. Elizabeth has an academic background in both Anthropology and Buddhist Studies, but her learning is also grounded in practice.

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