Tonglen meditation

Geoff-Allen

Here's a meditation I discovered - works wonders -

http://www.shambhala.org/teachers/pema/tonglen1.php

Have a good one!

Invincible_summer

I've tried this practice before, and didn't find it particularly effective. However, my meditation practice has matured a lot more now, so I'll probably give it another go! Sounds very good.

Takuan

It's like an applied metta meditation. My teacher highly recommends it, but it's only really effective after about 15 - 20 minutes of shamatha (mindfulness). After that, it's relatively easy to attain a highly concentrated state when doing tonglen.

MaryAnne

@Geoff-Allen

Are you really banned? Or is that just an "ironic" avatar? I'm confused! LOL

TheEccentric

MaryAnne said:

@Geoff-Allen

Are you really banned? Or is that just an "ironic" avatar? I'm confused! LOL

Yes he's banned, I don't know why.

sova

Yeah what's with the banning? I like Geoff's posts a lot (!)

JohnC.Kimbrough

Thank you so much for sharing this with me and us.......I seem to be getting by ok with what I have been doing for the last 20 years or so......

Mateeah

Wonderful!. . .My Buddhism teachers said if they could teach only one type of meditation, it would be Tonglen

lobster

tonglen is an excellent practice, very beneficial, particularly for the terminally Zen, who have too few arisings to deal with
https://sites.google.com/site/psychospiritualtools/Home/meditation-practices/tonglen