Tonglen is the practice of taking on others suffering with compassion and giving them happiness with love. Geshe Langri Tangpa wrote in 8 Verses in Training the Mind: "In short, both directly and indirectly, do I offer every happiness and benefit to all my mothers. I shall secretly take upon myself all their harmful actions and suffering." Tonglen is a powerful tool to enable us to exchange our object of cherishing love from self to others. 

 Each of the 4 meditation sessions will include pointing out instructions, prayers and a guided meditation.This retreat is suitable for practitioners who have some experience of Dharma. If you have not attended the Discovering Buddhism module on Bodhicitta it is recommended that you listen to the audio recording on our website DB -10 How to develop Bodhicitta #6. 

 We ask participants to show up 10-15 minutes before as we start promptly at 9 AM. This will ensure participants are not disturbed by people entering late.