Meditation programs adapted for modern settings often lose traditional contextual factors that support well-being. Sustainable Compassion Training (SCT) aims to recover those factors by drawing on Tibetan Buddhism in dialogue with caregivers, other contemplative traditions, and scientific theories. SCT is designed to help people cultivate increasingly unconditional, inclusive, and sustainable care for self and others, flexibly meeting diverse modern needs. The article provides an overview of SCT meditations, including contemplative and scientific theories that highlight important features, and generates novel hypotheses from this dialogical process.
A system of compassion and mindfulness training called Sustainable Compassion Training (SCT) is designed to help people cultivate increasingly unconditional, inclusive, and sustainable care for self and others. SCT aims to recover important contextual factors from traditional meditation cultures that are often dropped when programs are adapted for modern secular and religious participants. Drawing on Tibetan Buddhism in dialogue with caregivers, other contemplative traditions, and relevant scientific theories, SCT offers meditations that include novel hypotheses generated from this dialogical process. The article provides an overview of SCT meditations and links to audio-guided practices.