In this selection from Heart of the Great Perfection: Düdjom Lingpa’s Visions of the Great Perfection, Vol. 1 Alan Wallace offers us background and context on the great Dzogchen master Düdjom Lingpa.

In this first lesson, Lama Alan Wallace introduces the tradition of Düdjom Lingpa and offers commentary on the root text for the course, The Sharp Vajra of Conscious Awareness Tantra. He also provides instruction for the practice of resting body, speech, and mind in their natural state and shamatha meditation on the mindfulness of breathing.

Alan Wallace offers commentary on the opening verses of The Sharp Vajra of Conscious Awareness Tantra, and discusses its understanding of the path from the vantage point of pristine awareness.

Alan Wallace gives us an overview of the course, the tradition of Düdjom Lingpa, and introduces the root text for the course, The Sharp Vajra of Conscious Awareness Tantra.

Lama Alan Wallace discusses Düdjom Lingpa’s teachings on the nature of appearances and awareness, and continues supplemental teachings on expanding our capacity for loving-kindness.

Alan Wallace continues teaching on loving-kindness and leads us in another guided meditation on the first of the four immeasurables, which we now expand outward to other people. After watching the video above, you may follow along with the recoding below.

Alan Wallace introduces us to the great Indian master Asaṅga’s method of mindfulness of breathing. After watching the video above, you may follow along with the guided meditation below.

In the the first of a series of short teachings on the four immeasurables, Alan Wallace explains how loving-kindness is an important foundation for developing bodhicitta. After watching the video above, you may follow along with the guided meditation below on cultivating loving-kindness for ourselves.

In this chapter from Tibetan Buddhism from the Ground Up, Alan Wallace teaches on the first of the four immeasurables.

Alan Wallace continues his commentary on Dorjé Drolö’s hūṃ song.