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Compassion Meditation (Tonglen)

Name: Compassion Meditation (Tonglen)
Uploaded: 2015-10-19T17:30:45.000Z
Duration: 28 min 39 s
Channel: Ethan Nichtern
Description: Ethan Nichtern, author of The Road Home: A Contemporary Exploration of the Buddhist Path (FSG Books) and Shambhala senior teacher offers a guided practice of compassion meditation, or Tonglen (sending and receiving), one of the most transformative styles of compassion meditation in the Tibetan Tradition.

by Ethan Nichtern

Rated

4.7

Type

guided

Activity

Meditation

Suitable for

Everyone

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Ethan Nichtern, author of The Road Home: A Contemporary Exploration of the Buddhist Path (FSG Books) and Shambhala senior teacher offers a guided practice of compassion meditation, or Tonglen (sending and receiving), one of the most transformative styles of compassion meditation in the Tibetan Tradition.

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Meet your Teacher

Ethan Nichtern

New York, NY, USA

Meet your Teacher

Ethan Nichtern

New York, NY, USA

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