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The Beginner’s Guide to Practicing Self-Compassion Meditation

By Charles A. Francis — 2021

Many of us who want to make a positive impact on the world try to have compassion for other people. But how many of us ever think about directing that compassion toward ourselves?

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How to Practice Tonglen

Pema Chödrön teaches us “sending and taking,” an ancient Buddhist practice to awaken compassion. With each in-breath, we take in others’ pain. With each out-breath, we send them relief.

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Pema Chödrön
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Tonglen on the Spot

Tonglen—the Tibetan practice of “sending and receiving”—can be put to use in everyday situations.

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Pema Chödrön
2002
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How Meditation Helps in Difficult Times

Pema Chödrön on four ways that meditation helps us deal with difficulty.

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Pema Chödrön
2009
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Good Medicine for This World

Buddhist teacher Pema Chödrön and novelist Alice Walker on how tonglen meditation practice opens our heart, expands our vision, and plants the seeds of love in our lives.

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Pema Chödrön and Alice Walker
1999
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