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  • Stilling the Mind

    In this selection from Stilling the Mind, Alan Wallace offers commentary on another text by Düdjom Lingpa, The Vajra Essence, which provides clear guidance on taking the impure mind as the path.

  • Subjective Appearances and the Space of the Mind

    In this video, Alan Wallace introduces the practice of taking the impure mind as the path in moving from the third to the fourth type of mindfulness.

  • Watch Lesson 3b

    In this video, Alan Wallace guides us through the root text’s discussion of the third and fourth types of mindfulness, and offers commentary. Please feel free to follow along with the root text, starting from page 52.

  • Lesson 3: The Four Types of Mindfulness: Taking the Impure Mind as the Path

    In this lesson, Lama Alan Wallace guides us through the four stages of mindfulness covered in the root text. Describing each stage from a practical point of view, Lama Alan makes practicing through the stages of mindfulness directly relevant to the practice of shamatha.

  • Shamatha Stage 4: Close Attention

    In this video, Alan Wallace offers us practical instruction on the fourth stage of shamatha practice in relationship to the mindfulness of breathing. After watching, please practice along with the silent meditation below.

  • The Three Doors of Liberation

    In this video Alan Wallace discusses the three doors of liberation, and the importance of realizing emptiness for the recognition of pristine awareness. After watching, please listen to the guided meditation below.

  • Shamatha Stage 3: Resurgent Attention

     

    In this video, Alan Wallace offers us practical instruction for third stage of shamatha. After watching, please practice along with the silent meditation below.

  • Examining the Known, Knowing, and the Knower

    In this video, Alan Wallace introduces the practice of discerning the known, knowing, and the knower, with respect to manifest appearances, from the perspective of Dzogchen. After watching the video, please follow along with the guided meditation below.

  • Shamatha Stage 2: Continuous Attention

    In this teaching, we learn about the second stage of shamatha and an important distinction between mindfulness of breathing and settling the mind in its natural state. Alan Wallace also introduces us to the method to be used during this silent meditation session, in which we’ll develop deeper relaxation without losing clarity. After watching the video, you may either use the silence of the audio track below to time your session, or practice independently for 24 minutes.

  • Instructions for Experience

    In this selection from Stilling the Mind, Alan Wallace offers  commentary on Düdjom Lingpa’s Vajra Essence, which provides explicit instructions through which to navigate the variety of experiences along the path of shamatha, and beyond.