Alan Wallace Fall 2012 Retreat Podcast: Vipashyana, Four Applications of Mindfulness
Teachings from the eight-week retreat at Thanyapura Mind Centre, Phuket, Thailand
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 66 minutes
- Episodes
- 94
- Years Active
- 2012
14 Mindfulness of the body (6)
Teaching pt1: Alan reviews the view of reality according to the 3 turnings of the wheel of the dharma. In the 1st turning, in response to the question as posed by the Sautantrika of “What is real?”…
12 Mindfulness of the body (5)
Teaching: Alan begins the session by presenting the 2nd and 3rd marks of existence. In the 2nd mark of existence, dukkha can be understood to mean the unsatisfactory nature of looking at any experi…
11 Mindfulness of breathing (6)
Teaching: Alan gives a brief teaching on Dromtönpa’s quote „Give up all attachment to this life, and let your mind become dharma.“ In shamatha practice, releasing excitation corresponds to giving u…
10 Mindfulness of the body (4)
Teaching pt1: Alan begins the session by introducing the buddhist theory of causality. Here, one distinguishes between substantial causes and cooperative conditions in how effects are created. We …
09 Mindfulness of breathing (5)
Meditation: mindfulness of breathing at the nostril. Same instructions as before. Use introspection to attend to the flow of mindfulness. If there’s excitation, relax, release, and return. If th…
08 Mindfulness of the body (3)
Meditation: body scan. Single-pointedly focus on sensations (both outer and inner) at one target area, scanning the body from top to bottom as instructed in the guided meditation.
Teaching: Alan i…
07 Mindfulness of breathing (4)
Meditation: mindfulness of breathing at the nostril. Focus mental awareness on breath coming in and out at the nostril or upper lip, wherever you feel the sensation most clearly. Engage with the fu…
06 Mindfulness of the body (2)
Teaching: Alan begins by framing the quest as the pursuit of inner knowledge, contrasting the centrality of subjective experience and mind in buddhism with the emphasis on understanding reality from…
05 Mindfulness of breathing (3)
Meditation: mindfulness of breathing at the abdomen using counting of breaths as a support. Counting does break the flow of mindfulness, so use it only if it helps stem rumination. Keep the counting…
04 Mindfulness of the body (1)
Meditation: mindfulness of the body. For each of the following senses—1) visual, 2) auditory, 3) tactile—engage in the following steps 1) direct mindfulness to the sense objects, 2) observe to see …
03 Mindfulness of Breathing (2)
Meditation: focus attention on the in and out breath at the belly. With the in breath, arouse your attention. With the out breath, release any thoughts and relax.
In order to maintain attention, it…
02 Introduction to the 4 applications of mindfulness
Meditation: Settling body, speech, and mind in the natural state; Bare attention; Application of mindfulness on the body
Teaching: Alan begins by distinguishing between mindfulness, bare attention, …
01 Settling body speech and mind in its natural state
It's important to settle the motivation for the day. In Mahayana teachings the motivation is the base of bodhicitta. It's important to have cognitive balance, which brings intelligence to our desires…
00 Introduction to the retreat
Alan welcomes the participants and explains some of the groundrules for the 8-week retreat.
Teaching: Alan begins by presenting the framework for his cycle of teachings on shamatha, vipasyana, mind-…