Loving-Kindness & Compassion

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Metta Meditation (Loving-Kindness)

Metta meditation (Metta Bhavana) systematically cultivates loving-kindness toward oneself and then others. An ancestral Buddhist practice, it develops compassion, empathy, and positive connections.

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Tonglen (Giving and Receiving Meditation)

Tonglen is a Tibetan Buddhist compassion meditation where one visualizes breathing in others' suffering and breathing out well-being and healing. Taught by Pema Chödrön and other Tibetan masters, it transforms self-centeredness into active empathy.

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