Power of Visualization — Tong-Len Meditation
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
7:00pm – 8:30pm PST (Pacific Standard Time)
in person only
Program Category: Meditation
Visualization is an essential technique in Tibetan Buddhist
meditation practice. In this session, Geshe Tashi Dhondup
will guide us on how to start using simple visualization
techniques in meditation.
Tonglen, a Tibetan word for "sending and receiving," is a
powerful practice focused on cultivating compassion and
transforming suffering. This meditation involves combining
breathing with visualizing the transformation of suffering
into compassion and love. It can lead to profound inner
transformation, fostering a deeper sense of connection and
compassion for all beings.
This meditation is suitable for all, beginners or
experienced practitioners.
Geshe Tashi Dhondup was born into a
nomadic family on the Tibetan plateau in Kham. At the age
of 14, he entered the local monastery, and at 17, he
embarked on a harrowing 29-day nighttime journey to Nepal
for further education. He studied Buddhist philosophy in
Tibet, India, and Nepal, completing his Geshe studies at
Kopan Monastery in 2004.
Beginning in 2005, Geshe Dhondup served as the philosophy
teacher at the Kopan Nunnery for six years. In 2010, he
became the headmaster of the Kopan School, a role he held
for three years. From 2013, he was both headmaster and
philosophy teacher at the Kopan Nunnery for seven
years. In 2021, Geshe Dhondup took on the role of Kopan's
disciplinarian.
Geshe-la speaks Tibetan, Nepalese, Hindi, English,
Chinese, and the highly endangered language of Minyak.
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