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.

Alan Wallace guides us through the practice of shamatha without a sign. Find a comfortable, quiet place to sit and follow along with the recording below.

In this selection from Natural Liberation, a commentary by Gyatrul Rinpoche translated by Alan Wallace, we learn from Padmasambhava about both the bardo of living and quiescence, or shamatha meditation.

Alan Wallace discusses the great Dzogchen master Padmasambhava’s shamatha advice, and then begins taking us through the remaining stages of shamatha practice, beginning with Stage 5.

In this shamatha practice focused on the mind, Alan Wallace guides us in observing, from the stillness of our awareness, appearances, impulses, and the flow of awareness. Find a comfortable, quiet place to sit and follow along with the recording below.

In this selection from Stilling the Mind, Alan Wallace comments on Düdjom Lingpa’s teachings from the Vajra Essence on topics such as the substrate consciousness, rigpa, and the deeper possibilities of shamatha practice.