In complex and sometimes fearsome times, it can be hard to maintain the equanimity to live a life of active wisdom and compassion. This course will teach personal, clinical and social practices derived from Eastern and Western traditions, that support constructive responses to our circumstances. Eastern psychology has developed a rich and varied methodology for recognizing and transforming suffering. In approaching harm at a social level, Western and other traditions of mercy and forgiveness are fruitful and illuminating. Students will have an opportunity both to consider being peaceable as an individual choice, and to consider non-violence as a collective behavior.