Guided Meditation - Tonglen, Sending and Receiving on Both Breaths
Lama Alan · 25 minutes
Lama Alan takes tonglen through its full two-way cycle. You begin with yourself, breathing in the suffering you are vulnerable to and its inner causes, breathing out from the orb of light at your heart the wish that you flourish. You then let attention rove and settle where it will, on a loved one, a difficult person or a community, moving on like a bee from flower to flower. If attention scatters, you return to the breath and begin again.
Buddha nature Genuine happiness and wellbeing Relationships and family Compassion (karuna) Loving kindness (metta) Tonglen