Collection

Compassion and Skillful Means

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This Special Collection focuses on skillful means, a foundational idea from Mahāyāna Buddhism pertaining to the enactment of compassion joined with wisdom. Scholars and trainers representing diverse perspectives were invited to contribute, introducing a variety of perspectives, insights, and approaches that may help to advance contemporary understanding, research, and training of compassion.

Editors

  • Jordan T. Quaglia Jordan T. Quaglia  &

    Jordan T. Quaglia

    Jordan Quaglia, PhD has devoted over a decade to the study and teaching of mindfulness and compassion. As an Associate Professor of Psychology at Naropa University, he leads the Cognitive and Affective Science Laboratory and serves as Research Director of the Center for the Advancement of Contemplative Education. His contributions have led him to be named a Research Fellow by the Mind & Life Institute and a Contemplative Social Justice Scholar by Contemplative Mind in Society. Bridging theory with practice, Jordan co-developed and regularly teaches Naropa University’s 8-week Mindful Compassion Training.

  • Judith Simmer-Brown Judith Simmer-Brown

    Judith Simmer-Brown

    Judith Simmer-Brown, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Contemplative and Religious Studies Emeritx at Naropa University. Simmer-Brown founded Naropa's Center for the Advancement of Contemplative Education (CACE) and is a compassion trainer for the Compassion Initiative. Formerly co-chair the Contemplative Studies Unit for the American Academy of Religion, she is a Mind and Life Fellow. She is author of Dakini’s Warm Breath (Shambhala) and co-editor of Meditation and the Classroom: Contemplative Pedagogy for Religious Studies (SUNY). She co-edits, with Hal Roth and Amishi Jha, the Contemplative Studies book series for SUNY Press.

Articles (22 in this collection)