Cultivating Emotional Resilience with Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D. (Live Stream)

• Address: 2149 Byron Street, Berkeley, CA 94702
• Date and Time: Saturday, September 27, 2026, from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Pacific (1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern)
• Prices:
  • Registration Fee: $35
  • Early Registration (before August 27): $30
  • Tibetans are invited to attend free of charge.
• Host: Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D. Thupten Jinpa is a Tibetan Buddhist scholar, a professor at McGill University, and has been the Dalai Lama's principal English translator since 1985. He holds a Ph.D. in religious studies from Cambridge University and a Geshe Lharam degree. He has translated and edited over ten books by the Dalai Lama and authored several of his own, including A Fearless Heart. He is the founder and president of the Institute of Tibetan Classics, Chairman of the Board of the Mind and Life Institute, and Founder and Chairman of Compassion Institute. He is also a visiting research scholar at the Stanford Institute for Neuro-Innovation and Translational Neurosciences at Stanford University.
• Activity Description: This event features esteemed Buddhist scholar Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D., who will explore how compassion, mindfulness, and the understanding of emptiness can transform how individuals relate to difficult emotions and deepen their sense of well-being. Jinpa will discuss the origin of emotions in response to perceptions of reality and how mindful awareness can interrupt habitual patterns of anger, attachment, and fear. Through practical teachings and contemplative insight, he will demonstrate how "holding" difficult emotions with curiosity and without judgment fosters greater clarity, compassion, and emotional resilience. The talk will also delve into the Buddhist understanding of interdependence and the nature of experience as an antidote to destructive emotional states. Jinpa will offer ideas for cultivating emotional balance, inner strength, and a more purposeful and compassionate way of living. All proceeds from this talk will support Gaden Shartse Dokhang Khangston in building a new dorm and prayer hall.