{"id":23978,"date":"2015-05-09T21:39:41","date_gmt":"2015-05-10T04:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/?p=23978"},"modified":"2026-03-13T11:50:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T18:50:53","slug":"karmapa-call-compassionate-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/nl\/2015\/05\/09\/karmapa-call-compassionate-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Zijne Heiligheid Karmapa in Seattle: een oproep tot compassievolle actie"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Youth leaders from organizations dedicated to social justice and compassionate action joined His Holiness on stage at Seattle Center\u2019s Exhibition Hall.<\/em><\/p>

On the unseasonably warm Saturday afternoon of May 9, over 1600 people stood in line at Seattle Center\u2019s Exhibition Hall in anticipation of His Holiness the\u00a017th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje\u2019s<\/a> final public teaching on his two-month trip to the United States. Titled \u201cA Call to Compassionate Action,\u201d the event was a two-part program.<\/p>

Mitra Mark Power<\/a>, a senior teacher at\u00a0Nalandabodhi<\/a>, welcomed the large crowd. \u00a0Senior Nalandabodhi teacher and translator\u00a0Mitra Tyler Dewar<\/a>\u00a0introduced His Holiness, remarking on three important qualities of the Karmapa \u2014 the\u00a0authenticity of his lineage, his heart of innovation and his profound inspiration. Seated in front of a vivid photograph of Mt. Rainier, His Holiness spoke of the need for compassion to go beyond philosophy and to be responsibly translated\u00a0into action. He gave examples of methods for\u00a0actively cultivating compassion, adding that with true compassion there is no distance between oneself and others. Realizing\u00a0there is no separation, then compassion and love will naturally arise.<\/p>

With Mitra Mark moderating, a panel of six youth leaders from organizations dedicated to social justice and compassionate action joined His Holiness on stage. A short video introduced each leader:\u00a0Silas Follendorf with YouthCare<\/a>, Jennifer Hotes with Love City Love,<\/a>\u00a0Rekeda Roundtree who teaches Roots of Empathy<\/a>, Burmese refugee\u00a0Ta Kwe Say<\/a>\u00a0plus two youth ambassadors for Seeds of Compassion<\/a>, Olivia Smith and Habib Behjatnia. Watch This session here:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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In the evening, H.H. Karmapa gave an eloquent yet accessible teaching on how to practice and develop compassion through understanding its source and the way everything connects to everything else.\u00a0Benefitting others starts on the inside, he said, and we need to transform ourselves so that we become the nature of benefitting others. Extending love to others, His Holiness said, is part of human life. Watch the video of H.H. Karmapa’s evening talk, his last public teaching during this two-month long tour to the US, here:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Compassionate action organizations and program collaborators hosted Calls to Action at tables throughout the event space, encouraging attendees to act on His Holiness\u2019 and other leaders\u2019 calls to grow our compassion, to make it real and immediate and to put our love into action now. Organizations included:\u00a0Compassion Games<\/a>,\u00a0Bodhi Seeds<\/a>,\u00a0Nitartha Institute<\/a>,\u00a0Seeds of Compassion<\/a>,\u00a0Youth Care<\/a>,\u00a0Roots of Empathy<\/a>\u00a0en\u00a0Love City Love<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Op 9 mei stonden meer dan 1600 mensen in de rij in de tentoonstellingshal van het Seattle Center in afwachting van Zijne Heiligheid, de 17e Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje's laatste publieke lering over zijn twee maanden durende reis naar de Verenigde Staten. Met de titel 'Een oproep tot compassievolle actie' was het evenement een tweedelig programma. Lees meer en bekijk de video's hier.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHis Holiness Karmapa in Seattle: A Call to Compassionate Action -Nalandabodhi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On May 9th, His Holiness Karmapa participated in a panel discussion with youth leaders and gave an evening talk on compassionate action in Seattle.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/nl\/2015\/05\/09\/karmapa-call-compassionate-action\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_NL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"His Holiness Karmapa in Seattle: A Call to 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