In this 8-week class, former monastics Mel Zeki and SMS co-founder, Thanissara, will guide students through a line-by-line learning, understanding, and recitation of the Great Compassion Mantra and the Kuan Yin Compassion meditation. Around the world, millions of Mahayana Buddhists chant the Maha Karuna Dharani, the Great Compassion Mantra of Kuan Yin also referred to as Avalokitesvara in Sanskrit, and Chenrezig in Tibetan. This chant is well known for its benefits of healing, protection, and purification.