Alan Wallace leads us in a guided practice to settle body, speech, and mind in their natural states. Find a comfortable, quiet place to sit and follow along with the recording below.

This meditation was initially recorded in association with the first video of this lesson. 

Alan Wallace discusses secrecy in the Dzogchen tradition and how settling body, speech, and mind in their natural states is an important preliminary practice.

In this lesson, Lama Alan Wallace introduces us to Düdjom Lingpa and the root text for this course: The Foolish Dharma of an Idiot Clothed in Mud and Feathers. He explains the context for these teachings being restricted, notes the importance of settling body, speech, and mind in their natural states, and jumps into his commentary on the common preliminary practices.

A PDF of root text for this course, Düdjom Lingpa’s The Foolish Dharma of an Idiot Clothed in Mud and Feathers, is available on the course homepage under “Reading Materials” in the righthand sidebar.

In this chapter from The Attention Revolution, Alan Wallace shares what to expect in the achievement of shamatha. Included afterward is a key to the nine preceding stages of attentional development.

Alan Wallace leads us in a final guided meditation in which we dedicate the benefit or merit we have received from this course. Find a comfortable, quiet seat and follow along with the recording below.

In this final video lecture, Alan Wallace teaches more on the Dzogchen methods of shamatha practice and concludes with discussion on the achievement of shamatha.

In the final lesson for the course, Lama Alan Wallace shares what we can expect in the final stage of our attentional development: the achievement of shamatha.

In this gently guided practice, Alan Wallace leads us in an exercise of shamatha without a sign while helping us investigate the nature of the agent of the meditation—the mind. Find a comfortable, quiet place to sit and follow along with the recording below.