I sing because I cannot remember a time before I sang. The practice has eaten my life. The life has eaten the practice. There is no separation.

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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 ben…

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