Tonglen with Hector

This meditation is an intricate tonglen practice that guides you through a compassionate exchange with someone whose suffering you wish to remove. After visualizing their physical and mental pain as black smoke, it is gathered into a small orb at their heart. You recognize and destroy your own self-cherishing by pulling that orb into a flame at your heart, transforming everything into pure light. The practice expands outward to all beings, filling the world and the universe with compassion and wisdom.