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Introduction to Dzogchen

A Wisdom Academy Online Course with Lama Alan Wallace

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Find a comfortable and quiet place to sit, and press “play” to be guided in a meditation focused on compassion.

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Lesson 1: Introduction to Düdjom Lingpa and the Text

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Introduction to Düdjom Lingpa
Dharma and the Rituals of Happiness
Compassion Meditation
Breathing Meditation
Explanation of Breathing Meditation

Lesson 2: Refuge, Mind Reversals, and Shamatha Practice

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Shamatha Teachings from Düdjom Lingpa
What can we stop doing to realize who we already are?
Shamatha Meditation

Lesson 3: Gurus, Viras and Dakinis, and All Beings

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Mahayana and Vajrayana Approaches to Relating to the Guru
Compassion for All Beings

Lesson 4: Shamatha Alone Isn't Enough

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Bodhicitta and Pitfalls to Shamatha Practice
Investigating the Senses Meditation

Lesson 5: Mindfulness, Movement, and Stillness

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Continuous Attention
Observing the Origin, Location, and Destination of Thoughts

Lesson 6: The Perspective of Pristine Awareness

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Mind's Essential Nature
Observing and Not Grasping

Lesson 7: The Substrate Consciousness and Relating to Appearances

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The Bardo of Living and Quiescence Instructions
Observing and Not Grasping

Lesson 8: Padmasambhava's Pith Instructions

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Introduction to the Practice
Padmasambhava on Insight
Observing the Mind that Designates Objects

Lesson 9: Like Reflections in a Mirror

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Scriptural Citations for the Nature of Awareness
Introduction to the Practices
Cutting Through
Nonmeditation

Lesson 10: Düdjom Lingpa’s Song of Experience

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Dzogchen in Context
The Dzogchen Approach to Mindfulness of Breathing
Introduction to the Practices
Nonmeditation
Closing Dedication Practice

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