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Tonglen: In with the Bad, Out with the Good

By Ethan Nichtern — 2014

“Accepting and sending out” is a powerful meditation to develop compassion—for ourselves and others. Ethan Nichtern teaches us how to do it in formal practice and on the spot whenever suffering arises.

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How to Practice Tonglen

Pema Chödrön teaches us “sending and taking,” an ancient Buddhist practice to awaken compassion. With each in-breath, we take in others’ pain. With each out-breath, we send them relief.

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Pema Chödrön
2021
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Tonglen on the Spot

Tonglen—the Tibetan practice of “sending and receiving”—can be put to use in everyday situations.

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Pema Chödrön
2002
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How Meditation Helps in Difficult Times

Pema Chödrön on four ways that meditation helps us deal with difficulty.

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Pema Chödrön
2009
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Good Medicine for This World

Buddhist teacher Pema Chödrön and novelist Alice Walker on how tonglen meditation practice opens our heart, expands our vision, and plants the seeds of love in our lives.

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Pema Chödrön and Alice Walker
1999
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