#54 - Tonglen Meditation for Transforming Pain into Joy - Lama Palden Drolma

Power of Your Mind Podcast Interview with Lama Palden Drolma – Tonglen Meditation for Transforming Pain into Joy

In Episode #54, I am talking with Lama Palden Drolma.

Lama Palden Drolma is the author of Love on Every Breath: Tonglen Meditation for Transforming Pain into Joy. A licensed psychotherapist, spiritual teacher, and coach, she has studied Buddhism in the Himalayas with some of the most preeminent Tibetan masters of the twentieth century. Following a traditional three-year retreat under his guidance, Kalu Rinpoche authorized her to become one of the first Western lamas. She subsequently founded the Sukhasiddhi Foundation, a Tibetan Buddhist teaching center in Fairfax, California. Visit her online at http://www.lamapalden.org.

We talked about:

• Lama's book, which is subtitled “Tonglen Meditation for Transforming Pain into Joy.”, what Tonglen Meditation is and how it works.
• How she refers to the meditation she teaches in the book “Love on Every Breath", whether it is a variation of Tonglen Meditation and how she came up with the name.
• How the Love on Every Breath meditation gives us a process to engage in when we are aware of suffering.
• Some “On the Spot” variations for each step of the meditation that can be used anywhere and everywhere.
• The first step, which is “Resting in Open Awareness.”
• The second step, “Seeking Refuge in Awakened Sanctuary",  what an awakened sanctuary is and why is it important.
• The third step, “Cultivating Awakened Mind” and what that looks like in the moment.
• What other meditators are taking and sending as referenced in the fifth “Taking and Sending for Yourself” and sixth “Taking and Sending for Others” steps.
• The role self-love plays in the Love on Every Breath meditation.
• What the subtle body is and what it has to do with meditation.
• How one of the benefits of the Love on Every Breath meditation is that it can crack open our hard shell of ego-clinging - and what that means.
• And much more!

Lama’s Websites:

• Lama’s Website: http://www.lamapalden.org
• Lama’s Facebook Profile: facebook.com/lamapaldendrolma
• Her Book on Amazon: Love on Every Breath: Tonglen Meditation for Transforming Pain into Joy

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