1) Buddhist practice 
Tonglen ({bo|t=གཏོང་ལེན་|w=gtong len}, or tonglin) is Tibetan for `giving and taking` (or sending and receiving), and refers to a meditation practice found in Tibetan Buddhism. ==Practice== In the practice, one visualizes taking onto oneself the suffering of others on the in-breath, and on the out-breath giving happiness and su.....