"There’s that vast, tender, empty heart of bodhichitta, your awakened heart. Right in the pain there’s a lot of room, a lot of openness. You begin to touch in on that space when you relate directly to the messy stuff, because by relating directly with the messy stuff you are completely undoing the way ego holds itself together.” ~ Pema Chodron 

This talk explores how we can use the ancient practice of tonglen to courageously open up to what’s difficult, and offer out what’s most needed – for both ourselves, and others – as a way of softening and expanding our hearts.