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DESCRIPTION:Tonglen\, which means “sending and taking” in Tibetan\, is 
 a thousand-year-old compassion practice that gently and directly allows us
  to meet ourselves and others in both our pain and our well-being. Working
  simply with the breath\, we awaken our tenderness as well as our strength
 \, and connect with our capacity to extend loving care to those close and 
 far. Join us for an introduction and guided practice.  \n\nThis guided pra
 ctice is part of a three-part series taught by Charlotte Rotterdam during 
 the Contemplation by Design Summit. You are welocme to attend one or all t
 hree sessions. The other sessions include a lecture titled Compassionate P
 resence: Contemplative Skills to Engage a Complex World on October 21st an
 d an interactive workshop Transforming Obstacles into Wisdom: A Compassion
  Practice on October 22nd. \n\nCharlotte Rotterdam\, MTS\, is a contemplat
 ive educator\, meditation instructor\, and Buddhist teacher. She directs N
 aropa University’s Center for the Advancement of Contemplative Education
  (CACE) and has been faculty in the Core College\, World Wisdom Traditions
 \, and Graduate School of Psychology since 2002. Charlotte co-developed an
 d teaches Naropa’s Mindful Compassion Training\, a secular program to cu
 ltivate compassion in personal and professional contexts. The Training has
  been offered widely online and in-person\; to teachers in the Great Falls
 \, Montana School District during Covid\; and most recently to employees o
 f the City of Boulder. She served as a compassion consultant and meditatio
 n instructor for the University of Colorado-Boulder Institute of Behaviora
 l Sciences and the Crown Wellness Institute’s Compassion and Dignity Tra
 ining for educators. A Senior Teacher (Dorje Lopön) and lineage holder at
  Tara Mandala Buddhist Retreat Center\, founded by Lama Tsultrim Allione\,
  Charlotte teaches meditation and other Buddhist practices worldwide. She 
 received a Masters in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School. Ch
 arlotte is mother of two boys. She has published essays in Mandala\, Lion
 ’s Roar\, Buddhadharma and Fearless Nest\, an anthology. Co-authored wit
 h her husband\, her book\, Skymind: The Radical Path of Open Awareness\, r
 eflects on Buddhist nature of mind teachings from the great 11th century T
 ibetan yogini Machig Labdrön and their application in modern life (forthc
 oming from Shambhala Publications\, 2026). www.naropa.edu/cace   www.skymi
 nd.us\n\nThis session is part of the FREE Contemplation by Design Summit\,
  Oct. 15-27\, 2025.\n\nThe full summit schedule is posted at: https://med.
 stanford.edu/contemplation/summit.html.\n\nRegister here: https://www.even
 tbrite.com/e/stanford-contemplation-by-design-summit-2025-online-oct-15-27
 -registration-1520413249959
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SUMMARY:CBD 2025: iPause Guided Practice #9 A Compassion Practice: Tonglen 
 with Charlotte Rotterdam\, MTS
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