In this lecture video Alan Wallace continues his commentary on the root text starting from page 49, and discusses how the mind is “baseless and rootless.”

In this video Alan Wallace introduces the practice of viewing one’s life with empathetic joy. After watching, please find a comfortable position and practice along with the guided audio meditation below.

In this video Alan Wallace discusses the true nature of renunciation as it relates to the development of compassion along the path. After watching please find a comfortable position and practice along with the guided meditation below.

In the following meditation Alan Wallace guides us in probing into the emptiness of mind. Please find a comfortable position, and practice along with the guided meditation below.

In this video Alan Wallace introduces the practice of developing compassion for others. After watching, please find a comfortable position and practice along with the guided meditation below.

In this video Alan Wallace introduces the practice of shamatha without a sign as presented by the great vidhyadhara Kyabje Yangthang Rinpoche. After watching, please find a comfortable position and practice along with the guided meditation below.

In this video Alan Wallace shares insights on taking the impure mind as the path, and continues his commentary starting on page 51 of the root text.

In this video Alan Wallace continues his commentary on the root text starting from page 50, and discusses Düdjom Lingpa’s advice for practitioners of varying capacities.

In this lesson Lama Alan Wallace’s commentary on the root text guides us through an understanding of how practices central to the course relate to the path articulated by Düdjom Lingpa. We investigate how the path can serve sentient beings of a variety of capacities, with respect to the path of Dzogchen, and how taking aspects of the mind as the path can give rise to the dawn of insight, spontaneously and effortlessly.

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 2.