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  • Watch 6b

    In this video, Alan Wallace discusses Buddhist insights into the mind as a form of naturalism, and puts the Buddhist understanding of the mind and space in conversation with contemporary science.

  • Watch 6a

    In this video, Alan Wallace discusses what is meant by luminosity or the sign of the mind in Buddhism, and discusses Buddhism discusses the mind from a practical point of view.

  • Lesson 6: Luminosity and the Space of the Mind

    In this lesson Lama Alan Wallace guides us through the close application of mindfulness to the mind, offering commentary and practice instruction on discerning the essential nature of mind, the sign of the mind, it’s luminosity and cognizance. Through shamatha practice on the space of the mind, we learn to see and discern the factors of origination behind mental phenomena. Lama Alan also presents insights from modern physics to illuminate the plasticity of the mind, as well as space, energy, and time.

  • Vipashyana: Mental Events and Afflictions

    In this guided audio meditation Alan Wallace offers instruction on vipashyana practice to investigate the factors of origination, and the afflictions of mind.

  • The Stillness of Awareness

    In this guided audio meditation, Alan Wallace offers instruction on the stillness of awareness, and how to work with appearances and images of the mind, without being moved by them. Please find a comfortable position, and practice along.

  • Watch 5a

    In this video, Alan Wallace defines terms essential to shamatha practice both from the Theravada tradition, and the Dzogchen tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Alan also clarifies what is meant by the term klesha, or mental affliction. Through commentary and pith instructions, Alan provides important groundwork for the practice of vipashyana.

  • The Application of Mindfulness to the Mind and Feelings

    In this video, Alan Wallace likens practice to lucid dreaming, and becoming lucid in the waking state, so that we become invulnerable to the movements of mind. After watching, please practice along to the guided audio meditation on the application of mindfulness to the mind and feelings.

  • The Application of Mindfulness on the Space of the Mind

    In this audio meditation Alan Wallace guides us through the application of mindfulness to the space of the mind. Please find a comfortable position, and practice along with the guided audio.

  • The Application of Mindfulness to Feelings

    In this guided audio meditation, Alan Wallace takes through the Dzogchen approach to the application of mindfulness to breathing, and then into practice on the application of mindfulness to feelings. Please find a comfortable position, and practice along.

  • Watch 4a

     

    In this video Alan Wallace takes is into the world of the Arhat and the Bodhisattva, offering commentary on Pali suttas and Mahayana sutras, to understand how the two traditions articulate a continuum of paths.