Qualities of a Boundless Compassion Facilitator

Boundless Compassion Facilitators (BCFs) come from many religious beliefs and walks of life. However, BCFs tend to share a few important qualities that allow them to become compassionate mentors to others. Click here to learn more about becoming a BCF.

Facilitators often have the following qualities:

• Are acquainted with suffering from personal and other life experiences

• Able to empathize with another

• Listensgenerously and open-heartedly

• Appreciate diversity; attentive to being non-judgmental

• Avoid the desire to control or change the other

• Value interconnectedness with all of life

• Wait patiently for the “lessons of life” to unfold

• Practice compassion toward self in body, mind and spirit

• Embody a spirit of hope and resiliency

• Are actively involved in one’s own growth needs

• Willing to facilitate others in strengthening their compassion 

• Able to laugh at life’s absurdities and to lighten up 

• Able to continue to deepen and expand an understanding of compassion

• Are mindful of expectations of self and others

• Maintain serenity by faithfulness to a spiritual practice

• Are able to discern one's inner values and respects those with differing views