Compassion Resources
Books
- A Force for Good - Daniel Goleman
- Field Notes on the Compassionate Life - Marc Ian Barasch
- Cultivating the Spirit: How College Life Can Enhance Student's Inner Lives - Alexander Astin, Helen Astin, & Jennifer Lindholm
- The Compassionate Mind - Paul Gilbert, Ph.D.
- Wisdom and Compassion in Psychotherapy - Christopher Germer & Ronald Siegel
- Visions of Compassion: Western Scientists and Tibetan Buddhists Examine Human Nature - Richard Davidson & Anne Harrington
- The Force of Kindness - Sharon Salzberg
- Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life by Karen Armstrong
- The Wisdom of Compassion by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- Beyond Religion: Ethics for the Whole World by His Holiness the Dalai Lama;
- The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion by Kristen Neff
- An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life by The Dalai Lama and Nicholas Vreland
Videos
- Well-Being is a Skill: Perspectives from Contemplative Neuroscience, Dr.
Richard Davidson
www.mindandlife.org - Bryan Stevenson's TED talk: Why we need to talk about injustice
www.ted.com/talks/bryan_stevenson - CCSU Provost Carl Lovitt – TEDx Talk – Challenging the engaged university to educate civic agents
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AdapQwRogQ - His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama: "The Art of Compassion" at Western Connecticut State University
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SQulfZHlAE - The Charter for Compassion read by Stanford University Students
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wktlwCPDd94 - Karen Armstrong’s TED Prize Talk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8idmgp4icq4 - Origins of Compassion: A Phylogenetic Perspective with Dr. Stephen Porges
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYXa_BX2cE8 - The Science of Compassion by Dr. Thupten Jinpa interpreter to the Dalai Lama
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT99oef6kQg - The Power & Science of Social Connection by Dr. Emma Seppala
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZvUppaDfNs - The Science of Compassion by neuroscientist James Doty TEDx
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJW5-0tjFDg - The Space Between Self-Esteem and Self Compassion: Kristin Neff at TEDxCentennialParkWomen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvtZBUSplr4 - Kristin Neff: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqQHhF4CaKQ - Daniel Goleman: Why we aren’t more compassionate? TED
www.ted.com - The Neuroscience of Empathy and Compassion by Dr. Olga Klimecki
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYAp_uSDfag - How Meditation Can Reshape our Brains by Dr. SaraLazar TEDx
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8rRzTtP7Tc - Trauma, Brain & Relationship: Helping Children Heal
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYyEEMlMMb0
Universities
- The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford University School of Medicine
ccare.stanford.edu - Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
www.investigatinghealthyminds.org - The Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley
greatergood.berkeley.edu - Emory-Tibet Partnership at Emory University
www.tibet.emory.edu - Contemplative Sciences Center at the University of Virginia
www.uvacontemplation.org - Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA
marc.ucla.edu/ - Center for Compassion, Creativity, and Innovation at Western Connecticut State University
www.wcsu.edu/compassioncreativity - Contemplative Studies Initiative at Brown University
www.brown.edu - School of Nursing Compassionate Care at University of Virginia
compassion.nursing.virginia.edu - Center for Mindfulness at UMASS Medical School
www.umassmed.edu - Center for Mindfulness at University of California San Diego Health System
health.ucsd.edu - Center for Mindful Self-Compassion
www.centerformsc.org - Mind and Life Institute
www.mindandlife.org - The Compassionate Mind Foundation
www.compassionatemind.co.uk - Garrison Institute
www.garrisoninstitute.org - Penn Program for Mindfulness at University of Pennsylvania
www.pennmedicine.org - Center for the Contemplative Mind in Society
www.contemplativemind.org/ - Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Brigham
and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical Center
www.brighamandwomens.org - Mind and Body Institute at Northeastern University
www.northeastern.edu