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  • Watch Lesson 5b

    Alan Wallace continues commenting on Jé Tsultrim Zangpo’s text, starting on page 4.

  • Watch Lesson 5a

    Alan Wallace returns to his commentary on Jé Tsultrim Zangpo’s root text, starting on page 3.

  • Mindfulness of Breathing

    Alan Wallace introduces us to our practice in the video above. After watching this introduction, find a comfortable seat and follow along with the guided meditation below.

  • Watch Lesson 4a

    Alan Wallace begins his commentary on the Dzogchen view in Yangthang Rinpoche’s Summary of the View, Meditation, and Conduct, starting on page 1.

  • Watch Lesson 4b

    Alan Wallace continues his commentary on Jé Tsultrim Zangpo’s An Ornament of the Enlightened View of Samantabhadra starting on page 3.

  • Yangthang Rinpoche’s Summary of the View, Meditation, and Conduct

    In this selection from Yangthang Rinpoche’s Summary of the View, Meditation, and Conduct, you’ll find the root text used for Alan Wallace’s commentary in this lesson.

  • A Serviceable Mind

    In this selection from the introduction to Fathoming the Mind: Inquiry and Insight in Düdjom Lingpa’s Vajra Essence, Alan Wallace offers an overview of shamatha in the context of being preparatory for vipashyana and Dzogchen practice.

  • Relaxation and Resting in Space

    In the video above, Alan Wallace prefaces our meditation practice that will flow from Asanga’s method of mindfulness of breathing into a Dzogchen approach to resting in space. After watching the video, find a comfortable place to sit and follow along with the guided meditation below.

  • Mindfulness of Breathing

    In the above video, Alan Wallace introduces us to the practice of mindfulness of breathing in the Dzogchen context. After watching the video, please find a comfortable, quiet place to sit and follow along with the guided meditation below.

  • Taking the Mind as the Path

    In this selection from Stilling the Mind: Shamatha Teachings from Düdjom Lingpa’s Vajra Essence, Alan Wallace comments on the practice of taking the mind as the path in the Dzogchen context and how among body, speech, and mind, mind is all-creating.