On these pages you’ll find guided meditations from Lama Alan Wallace. These are meant to accompany his book Dzokchen: A Commentary on Dudjom Rinpoché’s “Illumination of Primordial Wisdom” but can also be followed on their own.
When meditating, it is crucial to adopt a posture that is most suitable for your specific body, such that utter relaxation is prioritized in order to create a stable base upon which to build your meditation practice. This may be done in the seven-point posture of Vairocana utilizing vajrāsana, the full-lotus position, the half-lotus posture with only one leg up on your thigh, or the sattva posture with both legs lying flat on the ground. If sitting on a cushion is not comfortable, then perhaps try sitting in a chair, or a specialty chair contoured to your body, or lying in the śavāsana, the corpse position. Take particular care to ensure your spine is straight in whichever meditation position you choose to adopt. The quickest way for you to make progress in meditation is not linked to a specific position; rather, progress will arise from the position that is the most comfortable and conducive for you to relax deeply.
Meditations
Refuge and Bodhicitta
Settling Body, Speech, and Mind in Their Natural States
Abbreviated Meditation on Settling Body, Speech, and Mind in Their Natural States
A Dzokchen Approach to Mindfulness of Breathing
Deepening Your Approach to Mindfulness of Breathing
Resting the Mind in Its Natural State
Recognizing the Illusory Nature of All Appearances
Searching for the Mind
Examining the Character of Unborn Awareness
Vipaśyanā on the Actual Nature of the Mind
Vipaśyanā on the Actual Nature of the Mind as an Agent
Examining the Origin, Location, and Destination of Thoughts and Awareness
Vipaśyanā as the Prelude to Authentic Open Presence
Resting in the Flow of Pure Perception
Determining the Actual Nature of the Apprehending Mind
Resting in the Great Perfection