92 episodes
Alan Wallace Shamatha Teachings Fall 2010 Unknown
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- Religion & Spirituality
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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Welcome! On this site you’ll find downloadable podcasts from the Fall 2010 Shamatha Retreat led by B. Alan Wallace in Phuket, Thailand. Follow along with the retreat as Wallace gives daily meditation instructions to help one cultivate attention and awareness as well as the qualities of love, compassion, joy and equanimity. Read more about Alan Wallace’s extensive background in Tibetan Buddhism at http://www.alanwallace.org/index.htm. Check out the Phuket International Academy Mind Centre at http://www.phuketinternationalacademy.com/piamc/phuket-international-academy-mind-centre. Also, feel free to check out the following forum to connect with other Shamatha practitioners: http://contemplativeobservatory.weebly.com/forum.html#/
We hope you will enjoy and benefit from these beautiful teachings!
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Session 92: (Discussion Only) A Final Teaching, and an Expression of Gratitude to Our Teacher
Alan offers final words and we tearfully say goodbye. The session ends with a big group hug.
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Session 91: (Discussion Only) Bringing Good Motivation into Daily Life
Alan encourages us not to be discouraged when life dishes up difficult situations, and instead to bring our best motivation to daily life.
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Session 90: (Discussion Only) Letting Our Minds Become Dharma
Alan discusses bringing wholesome intentions into our daily lives as a way of letting our minds become dharma. Though we will continue to be mentally afflicted, if we can see our mental afflictions for what they are, we will be able to act on them less and less.
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Session 89: (Discussion Only) Envisioning the Future You Would Love to Live
Alan talks about envisioning something new for ourselves as we go back into situations that feel old and familiar.
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Session 88: (Discussion Only) Genuine Happiness in Everyday Life
As we anticipate the end of retreat, Alan mentions that the effects of retreat will not be lost as we go out and engage with the world. Genuine happiness can certainly arise outside of a retreat, as we go out into the world and lead an ethical way of life.
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Session 87: (Discussion Only) Balancing Discipline and Gentleness and a Q&A Session
In this talk, Alan encourages us to continue our practice in a spirit of loving-kindness for ourselves. He then answers questions about Arhats, colors of traditional monastic robes, and oracle to the Dalai Lama, Khandro La.