Satisfied Buddhist - Domo Geshe Rinpoche

Tibetan Buddhism teaches a wonderful technique called tonglen: taking away suffering and giving blessings upon the breath. Tonglen practice began in Tibet among hopeless lepers. Even wealthy people who contracted leprosy might be thrown out into the street to live with other lepers because the disease was so infectious and dreaded. One day, they are drinking out of fine, thin china teacups, and the next day cast into the street to live among beggars. With no cure available, disfigured, shamed, and unaccustomed to living as a beggar; life was extremely difficult. When others noticed that some lepers did not look as pathetic as usual, they wondered, ‘why aren’t the poor suffering lepers as miserable as they used to be?’ This was a secret reason; a new spiritual practice was passed among the lepers, which not only caused great changes in their attitude, but many lepers actually were improved in their health. It seems they were secretly taught tonglen technique by a bodhis...

There are many advanced spiritual practitioners who use every breath they take as tonglen healing, (giving and taking upon the breath). They are literally the purifiers of this world. However, if you never begin tonglen practice, you will never get to that point. How amazing it would be if every place you went, you were like a clarifying and purifying filter for the energy of the world? This is what high practitioners do. ~Domo Geshe Rinpoche~~~ ""Es gibt viele fortgeschrittene spirituell Übende, die jeden ihrer Atemzüge als ein Tonglenheilmittel einsetzen (das Geben und Nehmen auf dem Atem). Sie sind buchstäblich diejenigen die die Welt reinigen. Wenn Du allerdings nie eine Tonglenpraxis beginnst, wirst du auch nie so weit kommen. Wie wundervoll es doch wäre, wenn Du wo immer Du auch bist, ein klärender, reinigender Filter für die Energie dieser Welt sein könntest! So machen es die hohen Übenden." Domo Geshe Rinpoche----

Tibetan Buddhism teaches a wonderful technique called tonglen that based on taking away suffering and giving blessings upon the breath. Tonglen practice actually began spreading in Tibet among hopeless lepers. Even if a wealthy person contracted leprosy, they would be thrown out into the street to live with other lepers because the disease was so infectious and dreaded. One day, they are drinking out of fine, thin china teacups, and the next day, they were cast into the street to live among the beggars. With no cure available, disfigured, shamed, and unaccustomed to living life as a beggar; life was extremely difficult. When others noticed that these beggars did not look as pathetic as usual, they wondered, ‘why aren’t the poor suffering lepers as miserable as they used to be?’ This was a secret reason; a new spiritual practice that was being passed among the lepers, which not only caused great changes in their attitude, but many lepers actually were improved in their health. It seems ...