By Pema Chödrön — 2002
Tonglen—the Tibetan practice of “sending and receiving”—can be put to use in everyday situations.
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When neuroscientists tested expert meditators, they discovered something surprising: The effect of Buddhist meditation isn’t just momentary; it can alter deep-seated traits in our brain patterns and character.
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In order to flower, self-compassion depends on honest, direct contact with our own vulnerability. Compassion fully blossoms when we actively offer care to ourselves.
One of the great blocks to realizing the gold of who we are is our conviction that something is wrong with me.
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