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Tonglen

Sending and taking: the Tibetan meditation of breathing in others’ suffering and breathing out happiness.

Also: sending and taking

Mahāyāna, Zen and Tibetan Buddhism

Tonglen is a mind-training practice in which the meditator, coordinating with the breath, imagines taking on the suffering of others and giving them their own happiness and merit. It reverses the habit of self-cherishing and is a way of cultivating compassion and bodhicitta.