In the following video Alan Wallace us commentary on the teachings of  Humchenkara from the root text, on the three doors of liberation.

In this video, Alan Wallace offers commentary  on the teachings of Vajradhara, elucidating on the dynamic between ignorance, appearances, and primordial consciousness.

In this lesson, Lama Alan Wallace guides us from the second stage of shamatha practice, through the fourth. Lama Alan continues his commentary on the root text to discuss the  fundamental  underpinnings of samsara from a Dzogchen perspective, and to guide us through the teachings offered by Vajradhara, Humchenkara, and Manjushri to Düdjom Lingpa. Throughout this lesson Lama Alan shares insights from Sera Khandro’s commentary on the root text to illuminate the discussion, which is included as a supplementary reading for reference.

In the above video, Alan Wallace weaves together the many threads of this lesson, ranging from scientific theory to Tsongkhapa’s teachings. After watching, you can follow along with the guided meditation below in which we view the arising and dissolution of appearances from the stillness of our awareness.

In the above video, Alan Wallace guides us through the trail markers of the first stage of shamatha practice and offers suggestions for how to engage in the silent meditation session. 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.

In this session, Alan Wallace gently guides us in a practice of settling body, speech, and mind in their natural states, noting we should let our awareness be like space with the breath flowing like a breeze within that space. You may find a comfortable, quiet place to sit and follow along with the recording below.

Alan Wallace begins a series of sessions on the nine stages of shamatha, providing us with a framework for how to best approach these stages, and provides guidance for how to engage with the silent meditation session. 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.

In this teaching, Alan Wallace prepares us for a silent meditation session first by commenting on lines from Dorjé Drölo: “The physical world and its sentient inhabitants are none other than physical space. Samsāra and nirvāna are none other than displays of ultimate reality.” 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.

In this video, Alan Wallace focuses on how we can determine that our practice is leading us onto the path, highlighting a few lines from Yangthang Rinpoche’s Synthesis of the View, Meditation, and Conduct that describe cutting through the reification of a knower that remains even after the attainment of shamatha. In the guided meditation below, we follow the outline of Yangthang Rinpoche’s lines probing the nature of the mind itself.

In this selection from The Attention Revolution, Alan Wallace gives a broad introduction to shamatha as a means for attentional development and covers the first of the nine stages, Directed Attention.