From the Teachers

Love within the family is excellent training for loving everyone.
~ Lama John Makransky

Our Mission

To empower people with profound, accessible spiritual practices that support their individual and collective work to become better people and to make a better world. ...more

FAC in Community

Here are some of the members of the Foundation for Active Compassion (FAC) Community describing how these practices are helping them in their daily life, in their work, and in their contributions to well being of others.


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SANDRA TALANSKY
CANCER SURVIVOR SUPPORT
POLLENZA, ITALY

In my work as a psychotherapist, I teach and utilize the Natural Wisdom and Compassion practice with my private clients, with the psychologists and social workers I supervise, and with volunteer groups that I facilitate. Presently, I am conducting an eight-week workshop with an association of women read more...
 
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ERIC ZEEB
MEDITATION TEACHER
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA

The practice of Natural Wisdom and Compassion, as transmitted by Lama John, has unequivocally transformed my life. During a week-long retreat where I was introduced to this practice, I was wisely, compassionately and skillfully guided by Lama John... read more...
 
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RONNIE WILSON
PRISON MEDITATION
PORTLAND, MAINE

Providing an atmosphere for others to get quiet and settle into their own deepest recesses has been a sincere pleasure of mine since I have been leading meditation. Whether I lead our Meditation Group in Portland, Maine, or I am asked to facilitate the meditation in some other setting, read more...
 
Aaron Goldstein

AARON GOLDSTEIN
MEDITATION TEACHER
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO

I was introduced to Lama John Makransky and the Natural Wisdom and Compassion meditations in 2001, when I began attending week-long retreats sponsored by the Dzogchen Center. In 2004, I was one of twelve people who participated in the first one-hundred-day retreat held at Dzogchen Center’s Osel Ling in Austin, Texas. read more...
 
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TERRY CONRAD
PROJECT CLEAR LIGHT
MAXIMUM SECURITY UNIT - BEAUMONT, TEXAS

Since 2004 Terry has been sponsoring programs with inmates at the maximum security prison in Beaumont, Texas, including a meditation class, an ethics course... read more...
 
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ANDRIA LAURIE WHITED
MEDITATION TEACHER
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK

I’ve been doing Natural Wisdom and Compassion practice for several years and recently began to lead the practice in the newly formed New York City NWC meditation group. read more...
 
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ILONA O'CONNOR
VISITING NURSE
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

The Natural Love and Awareness Meditation is an integral part of my own "treatment plan." After 25 years on the street as a visiting nurse in inner city Boston, I am a little worn around the edges. read more...
 
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PHILIP OSGOOD
HOSPICE SERVICE
BROOKSVILLE, MAINE

My wife, Lydia, and I are both Hospice volunteers in Maine and have found hospice work to be one of those areas where a nonprofessional volunteer can make a huge difference and offer substantial service to both the hospice client – the person actively dying – and to their families & loved ones. read more...