Alan Wallace discusses attentional vividness and comments on Lerab Lingpa’s shamatha advice.

In this practice, Alan Wallace guides us again in shamatha focused on the mind, though with greater periods of silence and an emphasis on noting both the stillness of our awareness and the motion of our mental events.

In this guided meditation Alan Wallace leads us in the practice of shamatha focused on the mind, with an emphasis on developing our introspective ability. 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 the shamatha instructions from another great Dzogchen master, Düdjom Lingpa, discussing both settling the mind in its natural state and nyam, or meditative experiences.

Lama Alan Wallace discusses advanced shamatha practices and the value of attentional vividness, and he further comments on advice for meditation practice from the great Dzogchen masters of the past.

Alan Wallace guides us through the nineteenth-century Dzogchen master Lerab Lingpa’s advice on shamatha practice

In this practice of shamatha focused on the mind, Alan Wallace includes instruction on adding introspection to our practice. Find a comfortable, quiet place to sit and follow along with the guided meditation below.

Shifting to a new method of shamatha, Alan Wallace guides us in the practice of bare attention. Find a comfortable, quiet place to sit and follow along with the meditation below.

In this chapter from Tibetan Buddhism from the Ground Up, Alan Wallace gives us a broader perspective on meditative quiescence—or shamatha—as it is understood in the Tibetan tradition.

Alan Wallace discusses the five hindrances, or obscurations, and the five dhyana factors.