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Tonglen (Tibetan: གཏོང་ལེན་, Wylie: gtong len, or tonglen) is Tibetan for 'giving and taking' (or sending and receiving), and refers to a meditation practice found in Tibetan Buddhism.^[1]

Tong means "giving or sending", and len means "receiving or taking".^[2] Tonglen is also known as exchanging self with other.^[3] It's the seventh slogan, under Relative Bodhicitta, in Lojong. And is aspirational Bodhicitta precepts training in the Longchen Nyingthig Ngöndro, to see others as equal to self by exchanging self and other, where applying Bodhicitta begins with giving.^[4]

^ "Tonglen - Giving and Taking Meditation". viewonbuddhism.org. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
^ Drolma, Lama Palden (May 28, 2019). Love on Every Breath: Tonglen Meditation for Transforming Pain into Joy. New World Library. p. 4. ISBN 978-1608685769.
^ Trungpa, Chogyam (April 8, 2013). The Tantric Path of Indestructible Wakefulness: The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume Three. Shambhala. p. 701. ISBN 978-1590308042.
^ Rinpoche, Patrul (July 12, 2010). Words of My Perfect Teacher: A Complete Translation of a Classic Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism (Revised ed.). Yale University Press. p. 222. ISBN 978-0300165326.

[views-1] "Tonglen - Giving and Taking Meditation". viewonbuddhism.org. Retrieved 2024-02-18.

[2] Drolma, Lama Palden (May 28, 2019). Love on Every Breath: Tonglen Meditation for Transforming Pain into Joy. New World Library. p. 4. ISBN 978-1608685769.

[3] Trungpa, Chogyam (April 8, 2013). The Tantric Path of Indestructible Wakefulness: The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume Three. Shambhala. p. 701. ISBN 978-1590308042.

[4] Rinpoche, Patrul (July 12, 2010). Words of My Perfect Teacher: A Complete Translation of a Classic Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism (Revised ed.). Yale University Press. p. 222. ISBN 978-0300165326.

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