Gaia: Tonglen Tidbits

Density and Matter

http://philosophia.gaia.com — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:10:32 GMT

AUM

Inhale and Exhale

flowing In and flowing Out

fill with Truth release your Doubt

experience only Love upon Clearing your Mind

breathe of Peace & dimensionless Time

know your Actions bring Pain

Inhale and Exhale

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The twelve petalled center is called the Heart and is placed behind the sternum bone in the spinal cord. This center corresponds to cardiac plexus, which produces the antibodies till the age of twelve. The Heart chakra controls breathing by regulating the functioning of heart and the lungs.

When Kundalini pierces this center, the person becomes extremely confident, secure, morally responsible and emotionally balanced personality. Such person is very benevolent and loves humanity without any self interest involved and is dear to all.

Through deep and relaxed breathing, the air element can help relief tensions at the heart level.

Chenrezig Practice

http://philosophia.gaia.com — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:44:18 GMT

(Sanskrit: Avalokiteshvara, the buddha of compassion)

OM Mane Padme Hum 108 times and then silently chanting the mantra while meditating on the completion stage (Tibetan: dzog-rim) of form/sound/awareness as inseparable from the deity’s form, mantra, and enlightened awareness — in the case Chenrezig’s form, mantra and enlightened awareness.

OM Mane Padme Hum

joy breath

http://philosophia.gaia.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:38:21 GMT

exhale love and inhale peace.

exhale love and inhale pure joy

in love breathe the synchronous rhythm

in peace the space of clarity

inhale my love and I exhale peace

and we are joy

oMm

Re: Today's Prayer/Meditation

http://professionalhumanbeing.gaia.com — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:53:15 GMT

May my limitless joy and health of my soul
feed all who need it near and far
with each breathe I smile and absorb all your pain
washed clean in my next exhalation
sitting silently I breathe in existence and breathe it out again
for all

Today's Prayer/Meditation

http://philosophia.gaia.com — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:16:52 GMT

May all creatures of large heart and small be One with All.

May the fire of attention melt the ice of suffering and ignorance.

May compassion and truth be our light and way in relationship.

I breathe in your worries and burdens and exhale love.

Exhale Love.

I inhale your pain and exhale innocence.

I inhale your dark and exhale luminescence.

I inhale your hunger and exhale fulfillment.

I inhale self-doubt and exhale self-worth.

I inhale your density and exhale clarity.

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Emotional Rescue

Kwan Yin's appeal is that she responds to the heartfelt needs of ordinary people. She is accessible to anyone, regardless of social status, and will come to the emotional rescue of anyone who calls upon her in a time of crisis. There are many ways to invoke Kwan Yin into one's life. The traditional way is by chanting the mantra OM MANI PADME HUM.
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Re: Is Tonglen helpful for chronic pain?

http://damselfly.gaia.com — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:53:55 GMT

I know Tonglen has helped me when I am in pain. Chronic physical pain I have not experienced. I can't imagine it wouldn't help though.....kate

Is Tonglen helpful for chronic pain?

http://WhatsThisLifeFor.gaia.com — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:22:01 GMT

Hello,

I'm Kendra "KSL." I'm new to Zaadz and Tonglen Tidbits. A Buddist friend of mine told me about Tonglen a couple years ago and I found it very interesting. Never really studied anything more about it since. I want to learn more.

Question...
Is Tonglen affective to use on yourself for chronic pain or is it something you use more to understand the pain of others?

KSL

Re: Favourite slogans

http://arthead.gaia.com — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 03:03:48 GMT

"Drive all blames into one" is one of my favorites too. A friend confessed that the first time. He heard read it he thought it meant pick someone to blame, so he picked his mom and blamed everything on her so it kind of make me smile whenever I hear it. Another slogan I like is "When the world is filled with evil, transform all mishaps into the path of bodhi." :) ~ j

Re: Tonglen Starters!

http://redwoodjedi.gaia.com — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 01:49:01 GMT

Today, let us start our Tonglen Practice with the suffering of those familys who lost Loved ones in today's needless violence in Lebanon, Isreal, and Iraq. Breath into their percieved images, the entire beauty of the Kosmos and all of It's Devine Light.

Namaste,

E Buzz outtie!

Re: Tonglen Starters!

http://redwoodjedi.gaia.com — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 15:34:11 GMT

Today, let us start our practice by breathing in the suffering of those who have lost their homes due to the wildfires in Southern California. Breath out the cool, refreshing respite they so deserve.

Namaste,

E Buzz outtie!

Tonglen Starters!

http://redwoodjedi.gaia.com — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:49:03 GMT

Today let us start our practice by breathing in the thick choking black smoke of suffering that is the nonsense of "tit for tat" fighting between Isreal and Lebanon. Expand from there until you are up to the suffering of the Universe.

Namaste,

E Buzz outtie!

Re: Favourite slogans

http://createcommunity.gaia.com — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 17:51:29 GMT

Thanks Pat and Wendy, I checked out the Pema Chodren site and found you could link to a host of other teachers explaining that phrase as well. It is about ego clinging being the cause of sufferring, which is one way I've seen the 2cd noble truth explained.

I do agree with this essential wisdom. I believe that where one goes with it can be problematic. It is not easy to be without ego, and we need to have compassion for ourselves as we cause ourselves suffering. Laying harsh blame on ourselves for creating our own pain just creates more pain.

One of my favorite sayings is a part of a prayer, "bless and empower us that confusion itself dawns as primordial awareness".

Re: tonglen

http://createcommunity.gaia.com — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:33:36 GMT

Hi all,

Sogyal Rinpoche is how I learned Tonglen. I followed his instructions closely, I had one of the most intense experiences in a gentle way. i absolutely knew that the bodhisattvas were real. This was before I studied much Tibetan Buddhism, and had not heard the term bodhisatva, I called them "lords of compassion" in my mind. I knew right then as i was doing this practise that this is their practise, and doing it makes you at-one with them. And moreso I knew that it was timelessly and eternally so, that they had always been there in my life, and in everyone's life. The magic of Tonglen is that it makes your ego fall away and your heart grow. It is one intense practise.

Here's a link tto the part of his book The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying that describes the preparation for and the practise of Tonglen.

http://www.abuddhistlibrary.com/Buddhism/A%20-%20Tibetan%20Buddhism/Subjects/Tonglen/Tonglen%20Practice-%20Sogyal%20Rinpoche/Tonglen%20Practice,%20as%20defined%20by%20Sogyal%20Rinpoche%20in%20The%20Tibe.htm

love,

Tamara

Re: Favourite slogans

http://damselfly.gaia.com — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:52:56 GMT

My favorite lately is "Fall down seven times, stand up eight"

Re: Favourite slogans

http://Pat.gaia.com — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 12:06:46 GMT

My understanding of that slogan is that at the root of every source of my suffering, problem, hassle, inconvenience, (even ephemeral / conditional happiness)* is one thing: ego clinging. The problem is my demand that things be different than they are, not the situation itself (and this is the case for every situation). If I release my ego clinging demand that things be some other way, then the situation "just is" - it is no longer suffering (or setting the occasion for suffering)*.

So the slogan is drive all blame into this one.

- Pat

* Happiness that is conditioned on some temporary state of affairs that I insist I must have, or have more of, or can't live without, etc. merely sets the occasion for suffering - because all things change.

Re: Favourite slogans

http://professionalhumanbeing.gaia.com — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:13:40 GMT

Practically speaking, Taking blame-giving away from others mellows them out and removes the conflicting attack. Causing yourself to be an intimate part of all troubles to relive suffering from all is empowering and beautiful. IMHO Check out "Training The Mind' Chogyam Trungpa beeeyootiful!

Re: Favourite slogans

http://wquach88.gaia.com — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:53:36 GMT

Pema Chodron explains this much more eloquently than I can. Here's the site. My interpretation of it is to look beneath the anger and blame and see what is really at the heart of the situation.

Re: Favourite slogans

http://createcommunity.gaia.com — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 22:37:44 GMT

Wendy, Hi~~~

"Drive all blames into one"

What does that mean and where does it come from?

Tamara

Re: Favourite slogans

http://wquach88.gaia.com — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:58:12 GMT

Hey Kate - that's abook that was recommended to me by a friend earlier this week. I went to the library to pick it up. Am glad to hear that it's helping you really grasp this slogan.

Re: Koans

http://damselfly.gaia.com — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:26:58 GMT

When Banzan was walking through a market he overheard a conversation between a butcher and his customer.

"Give me the best piece of meat you have," said the customer.

"Everything in my shop is the best," replied the butcher. "You cannot find here any piece of meat that is not the best."

At these words Banzan became enlightened.