Tonglen is Tibetan for giving and taking. It embodies the meditation practice found in Tibetan Buddhism. You can practice this type of meditation by focusing on your breath. While inhaling imagine taking on the sufferings of others and while exhaling breathe happiness and success to all of these people. Tonglen is intended to teach altruism, display kindness, and reduce selfish thoughts and desires, as well as to actually create the mental seeds that make those ideals more prominent in our minds.
