Well of Being: Awareness, Tonglen, and Open Heart, Open Mind Ch 10
Channel: SF Dharma Collective
Date: 09/07/2020

For this week's Well of Being, Chandra leads us in an open awareness meditation leading into Tonglen practice. We discuss the four foundations of mindfulness, and this chapter's focus on mindfulness of thoughts.

Every Wednesday, join us at the “Well of Being” where Chandra and Eve offer contemporary translations of ancient Tibetan Buddhist tools coupled with modern psychology for cultivating concentration, emotion awareness, insight, and compassion. As guides, Chandra and Eve respectively draw from their expertise as lead instructors in experiential and evidenced based trainings for emotion transformation, Feeding Your Demons® and Cultivating Emotional Balance. Reveal the healing source of your inner well-being through meditation, contemplation, and discussion. 

We are currently studying the text “Open Heart Open Mind” and taking on the teachings of emptiness with practical, grounded guidance from Tsoknyi Rinpoche. 

Lopön Chandra Easton is a teacher and translator of Tibetan Buddhism. She is the Assistant Spiritual Director and Lead Authorized Teacher for Tara Mandala Retreat Center, founded by Lama Tsultrim Allione. She has taught Buddhism and Yoga since 2001 and co-translated Sublime Dharma: A Compilation of Two Texts on the Great Perfection, published in 2012. She is currently writing a book on the 21 Taras in Buddhism. Visit www.shunyatayoga.com and www.taramandala.org.