Harvard Divinity School

What Does It Mean to Awaken Our Dignity?


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What is dignity? Is it something conferred upon us externally by others, or an inner quality that we all possess? Drawing from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, Phakchok Rinpoche provides a fresh understanding of dignity as the power that arises when we know decisively that our nature is inherently pure. With dignity, we know that we are fundamentally whole and complete. We gain an unshakeable confidence in who we are that enables us to meet the challenges of today’s world with greater compassion and wisdom. But many of us have lost contact with dignity. In this talk, Rinpoche offered practical and poignant advice for awakening and cultivating our own inherent dignity through contemplative exercises he calls “dignity training.”
This even took place on March 20, 2023
Learn more: https://hds.harvard.edu/
A full transcript is located here: https://hds.harvard.edu/news/2023/4/14/video-what-does-it-mean-awaken-our-dignity
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