Sage Advice With Pema Chodron
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Renowned author and meditator Ani Pema Chodron answers questions and gives advice on the practice of tonglen. Tonglen is the exchange of self for others and is considered one of the greatest practices within Mahayana Buddhism. With characteristic good humor and kindness Ani Pema addresses the difficulties of the practice, its counterintuitive approach to transforming habitual thinking and it’s profound result. Theme music by Matt Quentin
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