Second Saturday of each month
10-11:00 AM (Pacific time)
This practice session takes place in this Zoom room.
Tonglen (Taking and Sending) is a meditation practice that uses altruistic intention and visualization to counter some of the greatest obstacles to awakening. Taking and Sending is a subset of Tibetan Mind Training (Lojong) practice.
All students are welcome. Come any time between 10 AM and Noon and stay as long as you like. Meditations are guided by a teacher. Beginners are welcome.
Tonglen reduces selfishness and self-centered suffering; purifies the negative habit-patterns that limit one’s ability to experience loving-kindness, compassion and wisdom; and cultivates the awakening heart (bodhicitta), a cause of good meditation, equanimity and joy.
Tonglen engages all six of the perfections: giving, ethics, patience, joyous effort, meditation, and wisdom. Though highly efficacious in reducing suffering and increasing strength and pliancy of both heart and mind, tonglen is a simple practice that can be done in formal meditation and also be easily carried in one’s daily activities.
These Saturday Tonglen sessions are excellent preparation for our upcoming Tonglen retreat (Dissolving the Barriers, May 2-5, 2024).