"How can human suffering become ""good medicine?"" Through tonglen: an ancient Tibetan meditation that transforms pain into compassion on the medium of the breath. In this dialogue, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker and American-born Buddhist nun Pema Ch÷dr÷n reflect on spirituality, compassion, social activism, and their experiences with tonglen. Recorded live at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts, the CD comes with a 7-page booklet of tonglen instructions and suggestions for further reading."