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  • Watch Lesson 2a

    Alan Wallace gives a broader overview of Dzogchen before commenting on the Düdjom Lingpa’s three thoughts that turn the mind.

    This lesson’s practice entitled “Essential Settling Body, Speech, and Mind in their Natural States” was initially recorded in association with this teaching.

  • Still Awareness

    In this guided meditation, Alan Wallace leads us in the discovery of the stillness of our own awareness. Find a comfortable, quiet place to sit and follow along with the recording below.

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

  • Settling Body, Speech, and Mind in their Natural States

    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. 

  • Watch Lesson 1a

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

  • Lesson 1: An Introduction to the Practices and Context of Dzogchen

    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.

  • Stage 10: Shamatha

    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.

  • Dedication of Merit

    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.