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
14 Empathetic Joy
Alan Wallace guides a 24-minute meditation on mudita, or empathetic joy, focusing first on oneself, then spreading outwards to others.
During the following question and answer period, Alan answers t…
01:30:04 |
Mon 18 Apr 2011
13 Shamatha without a Sign
In this 24-minute guided meditation, Alan Wallace teaches the third method of shamatha, awareness of awareness, or shamatha without a sign.
00:29:55 |
Mon 18 Apr 2011
12 Compassion and the Suffering of Conditioned Existence
After a brief introduction, Alan Wallace guides us in a 24-minute meditation on compassion, focusing on the suffering of conditioned existence and our fundamental vulnerability to suffering.
During …
01:32:51 |
Sat 16 Apr 2011
11 Settling the Mind in its Natural State: The Background
In this morning session, Alan Wallace guides a 24-minute meditation on settling the mind in its natural state, highlighting the background of the space of the mind, paying attention to the intervals …
00:37:15 |
Sat 16 Apr 2011
10B Compassion and the Suffering of Change
This session is the continuation of "10A Compassion and the Suffering of Change" and includes the 24-minute guided meditation on compassion, focusing on the suffering of change.
During the followin…
01:12:14 |
Fri 15 Apr 2011
10A Compassion and the Suffering of Change
This is a 20 minute introduction to the practice of compassion that follows in the next podcast, "10B Compassion and the Suffering of Change". Alan Wallace describes the second type of suffering, the…
00:19:48 |
Fri 15 Apr 2011
09 Settling the Mind in its Natural State: The Foreground
This morning session includes a guided meditation on the practice of settling the mind in its natural state, focusing on the foreground and the distinct events that are arising within the mind.
00:35:29 |
Fri 15 Apr 2011
08 Compassion
This afternoon session is a guided meditation on the second of the four immeasurables: compassion.
In following question and answer period, Alan answers the following questions:
1. What should one …
01:34:05 |
Thu 14 Apr 2011
07 Settling the Mind in its Natural State
In this morning session, Alan Wallace guides us in a 24-minute meditation on 'settling the mind in its natural state' using the domain of phenomena, or the space of the mind, as the object of meditat…
00:33:02 |
Thu 14 Apr 2011
06 Loving-Kindness in All Directions
In this afternoon session, Alan Wallace gives a 24-minute guided meditation on loving-kindness as it extends out in all directions: a wave of benevolence. He also describes the distinction between se…
01:31:08 |
Wed 13 Apr 2011
05 Mindfulness of Breathing, the Third Stage
In this morning session, Alan Wallace gives a 24-minute guided meditation on the third stage of mindfulness of breathing. He also describes the preliminary signs of progressing along the path of sham…
00:32:32 |
Wed 13 Apr 2011
04 Loving-Kindness for Self and Others
In this afternoon session, Alan Wallace teaches a guided meditation of loving-kindness, beginning first with one's self, then moving outwards to others. He reminds us that loving-kindness is not an e…
01:33:25 |
Tue 12 Apr 2011
03 Mindfulness of Breathing, the Second Stage
In this morning session, Alan Wallace gives a guided meditation of mindfulness of breathing, the second stage, focusing on the balance of relaxation and stability.
00:33:36 |
Tue 12 Apr 2011
02 Introduction to Loving-Kindness
This afternoon session is a 24-minute guided meditation on the practice of loving-kindness, followed by question and answer with the group.
01:31:31 |
Mon 11 Apr 2011
01 Introduction to Shamatha: Mindfulness of Breathing
In this morning session, Alan Wallace leads a guided meditation and introduction to the practice of shamatha; the first stage of mindfulness of breathing. He teaches the cultivation of a deepening se…
00:32:08 |
Mon 11 Apr 2011
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