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Social Tonglen

In a social remix of the classic Mahayana mind training practice, we breathe in suffering and breathe out love.

Core Instructions:

If you do the "Each Breath" order we suggest having a small groups of 3-4 people each. If you do the Taking Turns option the suggestion is to alternate the out-loud component from person-to-person, "Suffering" > "Love" > "Suffering" > "Love" and so forth.
You can also add in a visualization, to include the traditional element of Tonglen meditation, where on the in-breath one is inhaling a thick, dark cloud of suffering, and on the out-breath is exhaling a bright, radiating light.

In a social remix of the classic Mahayana mind training practice, we breathe in suffering and breathe out love.

If you do the "Each Breath" order we suggest having a small groups of 3-4 people each. If you do the Taking Turns option the suggestion is to alternate the out-loud component from person-to-person, "Suffering" > "Love" > "Suffering" > "Love" and so forth.
You can also add in a visualization, to include the traditional element of Tonglen meditation, where on the in-breath one is inhaling a thick, dark cloud of suffering, and on the out-breath is exhaling a bright, radiating light.