Pema Chödrön: Tonglen Meditation
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- A leading exponent of teachings on meditation and how they apply to everyday life, Pema Chödrön is widely known for her insightful, down-to-earth interpretation of Tibetan Buddhism for Western audiences. Here she shares the practice of Tonglen Meditation. Explore more from Pema Chödrön: www.eomega.org...
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I just heard about this type of meditation, however I have been practicing it without being mindful of it for many years. When I'm near others who are suffering (including animals) I naturally find myself taking deep breaths and feeling myself being filled with energy, and then intentionally releasing it while exhaling. I've always been able to sense the emotions and energy of others, and I have always been focused on easing the pain of those around me.
I felt sadness at the outset of this meditation and tears welled up for those killed through our gun violence crisis in the U.S., for abused animals, for my daughter's adolescent angst and suffering, for the racism, hatred and lack of social justice in my country and around the world. Tonglen Meditation centers me, saddens me, and puts me in touch with my innate goodness, leaving me in a paradoxically groundless yet peaceful space. Thank you Pema Chodron for this gift.
That’s beautiful. I know that sadness very well.
Thank you for saying and sharing this, Beth D.
Yes even I felt compassion and tears welled up in my eyes
Thanks for sharing - this Tonglen is powerful, an inspiration to meditate in itself...
Taking the suffering of others, and offering your own happiness will benefit all ~ Compassion is the finest of human qualities!
Beginners keep it simple, dark smoke in - clear light out... start with yourself and work your way out :)
Thank you for your torch in the wilderness, Pema Chodron.
Thank you Pema. Tonglen is a Core practice for liberation. And thank you for my Bodhisattva name. With love and respect, Jingpa Norbu.
Thank you beloved Pema .....
Exceptional practice for our times. Thank you.
We really need this form of meditation right now as there are millions suffering and many people have died due to the unforgiving COVID-19 outbreak. 🙏
and many more died from other reasons (car accident, rape, beating, flu, cancer, drowning etc)
'Breath out for those who have no food and drink,for those who are homeless,for those who are suffering in any way,..send them out with a wish to send comfort and happiness.' Very true. Thanks Pema!
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Thank Pema for this. Bless you dear. 🙏☺️🌸
praying for paris today. lets take away their pain and give them peace. thank you Pema.
Pema Chödrön is!
a shower of stars.
Just watching this now in 2021. Thanks for posting this year's ago!!
So much love and respect for Pema.
There is energy to "just" sending a prayer or meditating on bringing relief. I believe it, i have confidence in it because i have experienced it in first person reality enough to know it as truth. It may not help like building a physical bridge or dropping water into a community without clean drinking water, but it IS SOMETHING! Don't you know that consciousness is so powerful, even a little of this medicine can help. But with enough of it, in turn hearts and bodies create positive change.
"a world that is falling a part"- absolutely correct.
Shall we fall a part with it? I think not. Therefore, practice diligently.🙏
our practise this week in the meditation training ..thankyou
Thank you Pema, thank you.
Thank you.
may you stay healthy for many more years to come, may you be free of back pains, may you be happy
Pema is Everything ~
wow 👀, this is… this is extremely wonderful.
Beautiful, thank you!
@jsokayama
Yes I experienced this too. I felt very tearful but also peaceful....
When I read Shambala, it astonish me on how much it reminds me of Budo and the way of the Samurai. It's almost like this is where Bushido comes from. Bushido literally means "Way of the Warrior". "Only a warrior chooses pacifism; others are condemned to it."
Thank you ! 🦋
And to you. 🙏🏻🙏🏽
True. Fear is something you experience at the personal level. The simple act of jugging presents a challenge to the mind that must be overcome at each mile at each step. You may transcend aggression at a business meeting or when being summoned by your boss when you did something wrong. But the true nature of the male species is to hunt and be tested in battle. So, today man is lost. I believe that sparring centers your body and mind in a way not many activities can.
They are. Thoughts manifest into reality.
Ave Sanat Kumara, you are the highest avatar of the Planetary Logos of Earth. Master of the "Brotherhood of Light".
@LakeShaman
FYI Tonglen (Tibetan; Wylie: gtong len, or tonglin is Tibetan for 'giving and taking' (or sending and receiving), and refers to a meditation practice found in Tibetan Buddhism.
It is a translation from a tibetan term. Perhaps best not to become to hung up on the spelling. Thank you. Could be spelled Ptawngllynn if you would like :)
Beautiful
very glad to see your comment at the top, couldn't agree more.
@LakeShaman
FYI Tonglen (Tibetan: གཏོང་ལེན་; Wylie: gtong len, or tonglin[1]) is Tibetan for 'giving and taking' (or sending and receiving), and refers to a meditation practice found in Tibetan Buddhism.[2]
It is a translation. Perhaps best not to become to hung up on the spelling. Thank you.
A great/wonderful/useful beginners Tonglen Meditation❓❗I shared it with My Mother today❗"Hi Denise!" ~®If you read this.
VOW GOD bless u
That is very important to 'do' something, take some meaningful action. Thank you.
I'm so relaxed like now I'm like a bowl of mash potatoe, that's been put in a blender and poured on a slough. Let's be RUclips mates?
It is pretty funny how we forget what we have in our house: the book of Pema Chödrön, the teachings given by other lamas and we simply fill our pantry of food and then we forget to eat them. Then, one day, there comes a nun friend and reminds us that we do have food in our pantry, that we do have to do the tonglen for ourselves too!
I agree. We do need to go beyond visualizing, wishful thinking, metaphysics and esoterism. Lets meditate for a while and then do something.
Exactly! Meditation is there to ground us and soften the heart so then when we do something it’s with wisdom and compassion
she didn't seem to mention that in this practice, we on the in breath, are trying to take their pain and suffering into ourselves. we have the wish to remove it and fill our bodies with it. very simple. it goes IN to us. we wish to take on their sickness or whatever we are choosing to use as the negative thing
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Do you have any good 'sources' for gtong-len? Not familar with it.
Do you do any other types of meditation?
I wonder how much one of those gong bowls cost and where one would obtain one?
Mrsnamor in which part of the world do you live? Usually the gong bowl can be bought at a buddhist centre or nowadays, online. The prices vary depending on the size.
Atisha's Heart Meditation
Why don't people like this video?
* das ist tiefstes gegenwärtigsten *
Tong Len for Palestine ❤️🔥
I don't understand this meditation. Am I suppose to lay silent focus on something. Or do I repeat it like a mantra in my head?
Simply use your imagination, on the inbreath, to visualize someone (or many people or other beings) who are suffering greatly. The more vividly you imagine it, the better. And take all that suffering on to yourself. Then, on the outbreath, use your imagination again to transform all of that pain and anguish into the pure, healing light of love and compassion for them, wishing them joy and equanimity. The main point is, there is no "right" or "wrong" way of doing Tonglen. Experiment, and see what works best for you. If done well, with authenticity, you will feel the difference--a more open, compassionate heart--as you go forth in the world.
Thomas Ellis Thank you so much for the explanation! 🙏
I understand the value of increasing compassion for people, but it still not the same as action.
No, it's not. However increasing awareness and compassion at such a visceral, personal level can very often help one be
less overwhelmed and better able to come up with useful concrete actions to take.
True, but it strengthens the will for action that is mindful, strategic, and relentless.
True. Technically, that's all they need to do. But keep in mind that thought does not manifest instantly and only subconscious though manifests. A material object comes to you through work, that is true. But you must want it. An immaterial abject comes to you trough subconscious thought and it's not wanting, it's beveling it. You can move mountains. The lost teachings of Christ point to this universal truth and they where kept secret for the Church and Kings to have power over the common man.
We develop our inner sanctity through the Practice of Warriorship meeting fear and transcending aggression
Body and soul must then be purified. We meditate and manifest, but we must train the body as well.
Therefore, I don't think you can practice Shambala teachings without the Martial Arts. And by that I don't mean Katas and punching air. I mean sparring and real fighter training.
Meeting your fears head on through the real Kumite!
Liz, it is not helpful in our existance to wish for what is not there. The nature of our life is polarity. That is what makes self experience possible. Without those conditions and relativity, no being could ever become concious.
ok so when i touch people i absorb their pain automatically and feel the pain where they feel it in their body....not trying to be a healer here but i would like to be able to hug people without the pain absorption....not comfortable at all !!....so this meditation would be trauma for me
It is all in your imagination. You don't actually "feel" their pain and anguish--you simply imagine it vividly, so that you can more easily empathize with them and freely send forth your love and compassion to them.
I wish none of those awful things happened and that creator/creation was more compassionate!
Liz Torres No creator in Buddhism
ruclips.net/video/_EOSpZln-9Y/видео.html Chamtrull Rinpocze tonglen dharmą
Why do you presume that the 'creator' is not compassionate.
Pain is a necessary component of life in the material existence.
It is a gatekeeper and a changemaker.
Life without pain would be pointless, a happy 'womb' existence.
If we can break the 'pain/pleasure program' we can
attain our ultimate destiny.
Nothing good ever occurs without pain.
And nobody gets out of here alive without feeling physical pain
and heart breaking mental pain.
Trust the process and remain a human being!
Good luck :)~
Unless you practice pranayama, then tonglen is quite useless in a practical sense.
Why?
Good question! I would like to know, too. I don't think I agree with that statement.
Because prana is necessary for healing or any positive change and without the ritualistic performance of pranayama one cannot have the power of that healing or positive change. I know from many years of performing pranayama for several hours each day. www.dlshq.org/download/pranayama.htm#_VPID_84
I believe a positive intention and compassion IS prana. It's the intention what makes it work, not the technique
@@svahas Nonsense. Ritual is useful for some, but as Lao Tzu said, "ritual is the husk of faith and loyalty, the beginning of confusion." If it works for you--fine. But don't impose your ritual obligations on others who have found their own way of cultivating and practicing compassion. Besides, "pranayama" is just another word for centering oneself on the breath. And the latter is a common practice in virtually every authentic spiritual tradition on the planet.
Thank you.