In the cool shade of trees, the lord of yogis sat. The hare cradled the moon. Each mind was its own paradise.

Songs of Milarepa · ~1100 CE

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Tonglen

When somebody is suffering, most cultures answer: distance yourself. Tibetan Buddhism answers: breathe them in. Tonglen, the practice of giving and taking through breath, is the most counterintuitive meditation in any tradition — and the most powerful. This page is its working be…

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