Alan Wallace Live from Phuket! Podcast
1) Ending Where We Began: Equanimity Permeated With Loving Kindness
This afternoon may be the last podcast episode of Alan's lectures for this retreat. He started by returning to the hypothesis of saying that if we align ourselves with reality, reality will rise up to...Show More
2) The Last Shamatha Practice
I know, I am quite the dramatic with my titles :) With a bittersweet feeling we have come to the last group practice of Shamatha for this retreat. To end majestically, we practiced the fourth method o...Show More
3) Equanimity: Looking Ahead
This afternoon Alan started by sharing a story about his first meditation counsel with Geshe Rabten, and the two topics that he suggested for meditation: Precious Human Rebirth and Equanimity. He emph...Show More
4) Of Trust, Devotion, or Lack Thereof (+ Awareness of Awareness Practice)
This morning Alan starts by giving instructions on how to watch the opening game of the World Cup (Mexico-South Africa) on Friday, after being asked for permission to do so. He has a very interesting ...Show More
5) Awareness of Awareness: Emerging through the Clouds of the Dense, Deluded, Compulsive Mind into Clear and Luminous Space
As we approach the end of the retreat, the lectures are getting more and more information packed and so are these summaries. I will say as I always do; if you are new to the podcast go back to the fir...Show More
6) Empathetic Joy: Using our Mind as a Best Friend (+ great Q&A incl. a deep question about love and attachment).
The story Alan narrates at the very start of this episode comes because there was a dog outside the teaching hall, and as we were coming in for the lecture he would try to get in between our legs, or ...Show More
7) Awareness of Awareness: A Smooth Transition from the Space of the Mind
This morning, Alan said he would squeeze out every drop of knowledge he had left about this first method of Awareness of Awareness, so if you listen to the previous episodes on this stage of practice ...Show More
8) Compassion: Investigating a Hypothesis about the Very Root of Suffering (and the importance of not taking Dharma out of context)
This afternoon Alan started by pointing out the modern tendency of being very harsh and strict with ourselves, and the need for Compassion. He then proceeds by diving down to the very root of sufferin...Show More
9) Settling the Mind in its Natural State: Sustaining a Continuity
This practice got separated from the previous episode for continuity purposes. As you might expect, we return for the final time to the practice of Settling the Mind in its Natural State. Spefically, ...Show More
10) [Extra Bonus] Culminating in the Great Perfection: The Dzogchen View (Addendum)
In this morning session, Alan really woke us up (interpret that as you will) by making an addendum to this Sunday's bonus episode where we had a "speed drive" through different ways of viewing reality...Show More
[Extra Bonus] Culminating in the Great Perfection: The Dzogchen View (Addendum)
30:01 | Jun 7th, 2010