On Consciousness: Tibetan Mindfulness Techniques for a Modern World

A Wisdom Webinar with Thupten Jinpa in conversation with Berry Liberman

Small Giants Academy warmly invites you to the next conversation in our Wisdom Webinar series — a space for meaningful encounters with the world’s most remarkable thinkers and visionaries. Together, we ask: How might we reimagine our world to create the conditions for shared thriving for all beings?

This August, Berry Liberman sits down with Thupten Jinpa - renowned Tibetan Buddhist scholar, translator to His Holiness the Dalai Lama since 1985, and a lifelong student and teacher of compassion - to explore the enduring question of what it means to live a sacred life in a rapidly changing world.

At a time when culture, climate, and consciousness are in flux, Jinpa’s voice carries the gentle weight of timeless wisdom. This conversation weaves together his deep reflections from four decades alongside the Dalai Lama, his work preserving the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, and insights from a recent pilgrimage across the Himalayan mountains of Ladakh.

Together, we’ll explore how ancient practices of mind training and compassion can help us navigate the turbulence of our time — and why preserving the sacred might be our most radical act of hope.

Together we’ll inquire into:

– What does the sacred mean in a technological age

– Why is it urgent to preserve the Tibetan tradition, and how can it evolve with the modern world, especially with younger generations

– What are the greatest risks and greatest possibilities for Tibetan Buddhism in the 21st century
– How can Tibetan Buddhist mind training help us cultivate inner clarity and resilience
– What lessons has Jinpa learned from decades alongside His Holiness the Dalai Lama

– What inspired the founding of the Compassion Institute, and how is its work bringing ancient wisdom into secular, science-based programs for modern life
– How do we walk a path of meaning and service in everyday life

Meet Thupten Jinpa:

Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D. is a celebrated Tibetan Buddhist scholar and teacher, Founder and Chairman of the Compassion Institute, the principal author of Compassion Cultivation Training™ (CCT©), and has been the principal English translator to His Holiness the Dalai Lama for the last 40 years.

Jinpa trained as a monk at the Shartse College of Ganden Monastic University, South India, where he received the Geshe Lharam degree. Jinpa also holds a B.A. in philosophy and a Ph.D. in religious studies, both from Cambridge University. Jinpa has translated and collaborated on numerous books by the Dalai Lama including the New York Times Bestsellers Ethics for the New Millennium and The Art of Happiness, as well as Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World. His own publications include A Fearless Heart: How the Courage to be Compassionate Can Transform Our Lives and translations of major Tibetan works featured in The Library of Tibetan Classics series.

A frequent speaker at various international conferences on mindfulness, compassion, and contemplative practice, Jinpa also serves as an adjunct professor at the Faculty of Religious Studies at McGill University, Montreal and is the founder and president of the Institute of Tibetan Classics. He has been a core member of the Mind and Life Institute and its Chairman of the Board since January 2012.

Meet Berry Liberman:

Berry Liberman is a pioneering impact investor, businesswoman, philanthropist, storyteller and filmmaker. As co-founder of Australia’s first B-Corporation, the Small Giants Family Office, Berry and her husband Danny Almagor create and support media, investment, and education initiatives with the purpose of moving towards a Next Economy model: supporting human flourishing within our collective natural limits.

Berry was the editor in chief and publisher of Dumbo Feather for 12 years and is the creative director of Small Giants Academy, an educational initiative providing courses in progressive business, investing, and leadership.

She is an accomplished speaker, interviewer and thought leader on the Next Economy. Berry’s radical curiosity and intelligence are as expansive as her big-hearted love for people and planet alike. With warmth, humour and deep relatability, Berry urges leaders from all sectors to face a changing economy before it’s too late to have that choice.

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