Cost: $60|45|30
Cost includes all 3 sessions and recordings of each (available at the end of the series).
Wednesdays, November 5, 12 & 19
7 PM–9 PM EST
Tonglen—literally ‘sending and taking’—is a meditation that cultivates an open-hearted welcome of our experience just as it is. One of the most vibrant practices in the Buddhist tradition, tonglen can bring clarity, resilience, and compassion to even the most challenging circumstances of our lives.
In this three-part series, Lama Yeshe will situate tonglen within the fuller framework of lojong (mind training), drawing from her translation of Chekawa Yeshe Dorje’s Seven Points for Healing Dualistic Mind. When we understand tonglen in the context of this broader training, the practice reveals renewed vitality, richness, and depth. Lojong’s instructions expand our perspective, helping us transform adversity into the very path of awakening and deepen our trust in our innate buddhanature.
Each session will weave together teaching, guided practice, and time for questions and discussion. Open to all levels of experience.
7:00 pm Log in
7:05 pm Beginning of zazen
8:00 pm End of zazen and break
8:05 pm Study
9:00 pm Closing Chant
The cost for this dharma study series is offered in tiered pricing. Select Register to choose your tier.
Thank you for your practice and support. We look forward to practicing with you.
Lama Karma Yeshe Chödrön is a scholar, teacher, and translator in the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, and a long-term student of Kyabje Bokar Rinpoche. Before studying Buddhism, she completed graduate degrees in biology and law and worked as a litigator in Miami and Silicon Valley. Since 2005, she has taught and translated Dharma texts and oral teachings from Tibetan to English for the Rigpe Dorje Institute for International Students at Pullahari Monastery in Nepal. Yeshe successfully completed the traditional Kagyu lineage three-year cloistered retreat at Vajra Vidya Retreat Center in Crestone, Colorado in 2016, under the auspices of Kyabje Thrangu Rinpoche. She then co-founded Prajna Fire, an online global community aimed at sharing traditional methods for transmitting experiential understanding of Buddhadharma with Western students. Her writings have appeared in Lion's Roar, Buddhadharma, and Tricycle. She is co-host of the Prajna Sparks podcast and two seasons of Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC teachers podcast.
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