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Podcast: Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox
Episode: Episode 10: Tantric Compassion
Description: In this episode, we learn the magical practice of taking and giving, known in Tibetan as tonglen. This meditation quickly awakens universal compassion, which is the wish to take away the suffering of all living beings, without exception. JoAnn Fox shares how to practice this meditation in formal meditation and in daily life, with eyes wide open. The verses of the Dhammapada, by Buddha, we study in this episode are from Chapter Two"Vigilance", verses 29 - Â 32: "Vigilant among the negligent, Wide awake among the sleeping, The wise one advances L...