Power of Visualization — Tong-Len Meditation

with Geshe Tashi Dhondup

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

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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