In this video Alan Wallace introduces the practice of great impartiality, through integrating shamatha, and tonglen. After watching please find a comfortable position, and practice along with the guided audio meditation below.

In this video, Alan Wallace introduces a silent meditation on taking aspects of the mind as the path; offering the choice of attending to the stillness aspect of the mind, and the movement aspect of the mind, as if on a spectrum. After watching, please practice along with the silent audio meditation below.

In this meditation, Alan Wallace guides us in taking the mind as the path through the practice of single-pointed mindfulness. Please find a comfortable position, and practice along with the guided audio meditation below.

In this video Alan Wallace introduces practice on the meditative cultivation of mudita, or joy. After watching, please find a comfortable position and practice along with the guided audio meditation below.

In this audio meditation Alan Wallace guides us in the practice of awareness of awareness, and observing the movements of the mind from the perspective of the stillness of awareness. Please find a comfortable position, and practice along with the the guided audio meditation below.

In this video Alan Wallace discusses how to relate to nyams from a Dzogchen point of view, and continues his commentary on the root text starting from page 53.

In this video Alan Wallace the distinguishes the view of Sutrayana and Dzogchen, offers insights on the four yogas of the Mahamudra tradition, and continues his commentary on the root text from page 52.

In this video, Alan Wallace offers insights on taking the fruition as the path, and resumes his commentary on the root text starting from page 52.

For our fourth lesson, Lama Alan Wallace continues his commentary on Phase 1 of the root text, and offers essential guidance on how to relate to meditative experiences. Through Düdjom Lingpa’s pith instructions, we learn how the Dzogchen tradition advocates cutting through the tendency to reify the mind itself as a panacea to any difficulties we may experience along the path. Through practices on stillness and motion, great impartiality, and tonglen Lama Alan guides us in approximating the vastness of Düdjom Lingpa’s view—that of one taste into the essential nature of the mind, and phenomena.

In this selection from the Heart of the Great Perfection, Pema Tashi presents Düdjom Lingpa’s commentary on The Sharp Vajra of Conscious Awareness Tantra. This reading includes material covered by Alan Wallace in lesson 3.