WISDOM CENTER
OF SANTA CRUZ
Venerable Gyalten Chimay (Lisa DuPont, M.S.)
is an American monastic in the Tibetan Gelug tradition with over 25 years of experience in study and retreat in Tibetan Buddhism with numerous Tibetan masters. Ven. Chimé also brings her many years of training and experience in psychology/ neuroscience as a school psychologist and is a certified instructor of Emory University’s Cognitively Based Compassion Training (CBCT).
Loving Justice... through RIGHT SPEECH
WISE CONVERSATIONS
...What the Buddha Taught
with Venerable Gyalten Chimay
Sunday, October 18th, 2026
1:00 - 2:30 pm pacific In person & online
Speech is powerful. Working with speech includes the words that we direct to ourselves and the words that we write in texts and emails and on social media. The Buddha taught both what to avoid and to cultivate.
As we navigate these uncertain times, people continue to search for ways to connect with family, friends, neighbors and co-workers who may have different points of view.
Join Ven. Gyalten Chimay, an experience Buddhist monastic and psychologist, to explore Buddhist themes of equanimity and right speech to help us in meeting sometimes difficult encounters in a loving, respectful, confident and clear manner.