Lama Thekchen is a monastic in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and one of the White Conch teachers in training. She joins us to talk about her presentation at the 2015 Parliament of The World’s Religions in Salt Lake City, Utah. Thekchen holds a PhD with a major in nursing and a minor in psychology and teaches nursing online. She spends the majority of her time teaching the foundations of Buddhism, including a secularized program of Loving Kindness for nurses and other professionals who hold stressful jobs serving the public. Thekchen has also been certified in clinical aromatherapy and healing touch. In this episode we discuss: * What is Loving Kindness and how does it relate to compassion? * Why is there such overlap between spiritual traditions? * How can we celebrate the differences between traditions as well as the commonalities? Pertinent Episode Links: * Thekchen’s home page * The Compassion Games! * Slideshow of the Compassion Torch! * White Conch Page featuring Thekchen’s teachings * White Conch Compassion Learning Module * Upcoming White Conch Events How to Subscribe to The Podcast To subscribe to The Wisdom of Compassion podcast you’ll need an app to listen to the show. * For iTunes users, simply open the iTunes store and search for “Wisdom of Compassion”. From there, all you need to do is click the “Subscribe” button. * For those using Stitcher Radio on your mobile device, just search for “Wisdom of Compassion” and subscribe from there. * If you have a “podcatcher” that you prefer, the feed that you’ll need to add is: http://www.white-conch.org/feed/podcast/ * You can always listen to episodes on the show notes page for each episode by using the audio player at the top of this page. Thanks for listening!