December 10, 2002

tong len

Over at Digital Dharma they have added Tong Len videos. Tong Len means ‘giving and taking’ and is a meditation. I’ve only practiced this a little (I’m downloading the videos right now) but it is a very cool practice. You think about a future problem — not too hard, harder to narrow it down to one specific thing — and you go over every little detail. You live the experience, sitting quietly. Then when that moment arises later in the day you’ve already been there and you don’t have to suffer at that moment. You just sort of smile and say to yourself, “been there, done that.” Give it a try, see for yourself.

UPDATE: Not really very much like what I described at all. Still amazing though. Only the len (taking) videos are posted right now. You take the suffering of a particular person and burn it in your flame of selfishness. It’s really amazing.

posted @ 9:55 PM

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