Spring 2011 Shamatha Retreat
Dharma talks and guided meditations given six days per week during the Spring, 2011 eight-week Shamatha retreat at the Thanyapura Mind Centre in Phuket, Thailand, with B. Alan Wallace. Podcasts will be posted daily during the retreat.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 57 minutes
- Episodes
- 95
- Years Active
- 2011
94 Finishing with Loving-kindness
In this final session, Alan brings us back to the first immeasurable of loving-kindness with a guided meditation which focuses on loving-kindness first for oneself, and then spreading out to all begi…
00:30:13 |
Sat 04 Jun 2011
93 Integrating Into the Outside World
Editor's Note: Due to multiple recording errors, this afternoon's podcast is an optimized recording from an iPhone. Because of this, it is difficult to hear clearly. My very sincere apologies. If any…
01:07:59 |
Fri 03 Jun 2011
92 Easy Comings and Goings
This morning, Alan first speaks about Dharma practice during periods of transition. This is followed by an unguided meditation, which is not included.
00:05:43 |
Fri 03 Jun 2011
91 Final Afternoon Session: The History and Development of Buddhism
Although there are two more days of retreat, this is our last afternoon session. Alan begins by jumping right in to a guided meditation in which he "puts us through the paces" of the three types of m…
02:07:42 |
Thu 02 Jun 2011
90 Morning Q&A #3
This morning we begin with an unguided meditation (not included in this recording) and then Alan answers the following questions from the group:
1. Could you clarify the terms mind, awareness, and c…
00:08:19 |
Thu 02 Jun 2011
89 Integrated Vipashyana
This afternoon Alan leads a guided meditation [6:25] that integrates the three different methods of vipashyana as taught by Padmasambhava.
After the guided meditation [31:40], Alan talks about the h…
01:41:10 |
Wed 01 Jun 2011
88 Evaluating Practice
This morning, Alan speaks about skillful means for evaluating our practice and determining whether our aspirations are being fulfilled or not. The following unguided meditation is not included.
00:08:06 |
Wed 01 Jun 2011
87 Vipashyana: Identifying Rigpa
In this afternoon session, (today's morning session did not include any guidance or teachings and was not recorded) Alan Wallace continues to teach on vipashyana. We begin this afternoon with a 24-mi…
01:23:41 |
Tue 31 May 2011
86 Vipashyana: Continuing the Search
This afternoon, we review the teachings from Saturday afternoon (#84) and practice in the same way. The unguided meditation is not included. There is no question and answer; instead, Alan gives some …
01:06:34 |
Mon 30 May 2011
85 Releasing the "Shoulds" and Relaxing
This morning, Alan reminds us to continue to "downshift" and loosen up if we find we are unsatisfied with the quality of our meditation. This brief introduction is followed by an unguided meditation,…
00:04:02 |
Mon 30 May 2011
84 Vipashyana: Searching for the Mind
This afternoon Alan continues with a second method of vipashyana, "Engaging in the Search for the Mind," again from Padmasambhava's "Natural Liberation," with reference as well to Tsongapa's teaching…
01:37:42 |
Sat 28 May 2011
83 Morning Q&A #2
We will continue to go right into unguided meditation sessions in the morning (not included in the recording), followed by brief Q&A. This morning Alan answers one question:
1. In awareness of aware…
00:03:32 |
Sat 28 May 2011
82 Vipashyana
This afternoon, Alan ventures into the realm of vipashyana with an introductory teaching. He draws from Padmasambhava's "Natural Liberation" and instructs us on a basic vipashyana technique. The open…
01:52:52 |
Fri 27 May 2011
81 Morning Q&A
This morning's session is an unguided open practice, followed by brief Q&A. The meditation period is not included.
Alan answers these questions:
1. In awareness of awareness, how can I most effecti…
00:06:39 |
Fri 27 May 2011
80 Equanimity and Rigpa
Alan begins this afternoon session with a profoundly wise and skillful dharma talk on the deepest kind of equanimity: that which is viewed from the perspective of rigpa. This 55 minute talk is follow…
01:04:58 |
Thu 26 May 2011
79 Spatial Awareness of Awareness
This morning we return to the final phase of the awareness of awareness practice: exploring this awareness spatially. Alan first reviews the technique for the practice. The unguided meditation is not…
00:11:51 |
Thu 26 May 2011
78 Equanimity and Imperturbability
This afternoon, Alan Wallace sets up a meditation on equanimity, or uppekha, in two parts. First, bringing to mind situations in our lives that arouse aversion and craving, then imagining maintaining…
01:08:36 |
Wed 25 May 2011
77 Breaking Through: Awareness of Awareness
This morning we continue with the practice of awareness of awareness. Alan first gives an introduction, then brief final remarks after the unguided meditation. The unguided meditation is not included…
00:15:24 |
Wed 25 May 2011
76 Virtue and Mudita
This afternoon Alan Wallace again sets up an unguided meditation on mudita, or empathetic joy. He first gives a 40 minute dharma talk about skillfully attending to one's own virtues without reifying …
01:08:18 |
Tue 24 May 2011
75 Shamatha Without a Sign
This morning Alan Wallace again introduces the practice of shamatha without a sign, or awareness of awareness, as taught by Padmasambhava. We are instructed to look right into our actual sense of bei…
00:09:30 |
Tue 24 May 2011
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