Alan Wallace Live from Phuket!
par B. Alan Wallace · Spiritualité
Welcome! This is now an archive page for Dr. Alan Wallace’s teachings from the Spring 2010 Shamatha Retreat in the wonderful Phuket International Academy Mind Centre!
This podcast feed was 100% created and updated by us (his students here in Phuket) so we can share Alan’s diamond-sharp teachings!
This podcast was created live every day during the retreat in 2010. We will still maintain this site because the teachings are timeless. For more information, please contact the great people at [email protected] !
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Épisodes
- Ending Where We Began: Equanimity Permeated With Loving Kindness
11 juin 2010 · 1 h 30 min
This afternoon may be the last podcast episode of Alan's lectures for this retreat. He started by returning to the hypothesis of saying that if we align ourselves with reality,… - The Last Shamatha Practice
11 juin 2010 · 39 min
I know, I am quite the dramatic with my titles :) With a bittersweet feeling we have come to the last group practice of Shamatha for this retreat. To end majestically, we… - Equanimity: Looking Ahead
10 juin 2010 · 1 h 39 min
This afternoon Alan started by sharing a story about his first meditation counsel with Geshe Rabten, and the two topics that he suggested for meditation: Precious Human Rebirth… - Of Trust, Devotion, or Lack Thereof (+ Awareness of Awareness Practice)
10 juin 2010 · 43 min
This morning Alan starts by giving instructions on how to watch the opening game of the World Cup (Mexico-South Africa) on Friday, after being asked for permission to do so. He… - Awareness of Awareness: Emerging through the Clouds of the Dense, Deluded, Compulsive Mind into Clear and Luminous Space
9 juin 2010 · 59 min
As we approach the end of the retreat, the lectures are getting more and more information packed and so are these summaries. I will say as I always do; if you are new to the… - Empathetic Joy: Using our Mind as a Best Friend (+ great Q&A incl. a deep question about love and attachment).
8 juin 2010 · 1 h 29 min
The story Alan narrates at the very start of this episode comes because there was a dog outside the teaching hall, and as we were coming in for the lecture he would try to get in… - Awareness of Awareness: A Smooth Transition from the Space of the Mind
8 juin 2010 · 54 min
This morning, Alan said he would squeeze out every drop of knowledge he had left about this first method of Awareness of Awareness, so if you listen to the previous episodes on… - Compassion: Investigating a Hypothesis about the Very Root of Suffering (and the importance of not taking Dharma out of context)
7 juin 2010 · 1 h 30 min
This afternoon Alan started by pointing out the modern tendency of being very harsh and strict with ourselves, and the need for Compassion. He then proceeds by diving down to the… - Settling the Mind in its Natural State: Sustaining a Continuity
7 juin 2010 · 29 min
This practice got separated from the previous episode for continuity purposes. As you might expect, we return for the final time to the practice of Settling the Mind in its… - [Extra Bonus] Culminating in the Great Perfection: The Dzogchen View (Addendum)
7 juin 2010 · 30 min
In this morning session, Alan really woke us up (interpret that as you will) by making an addendum to this Sunday's bonus episode where we had a "speed drive" through different… - [Bonus] The Philosophical Evolution of an Individual through all the Four Schools of Indian Buddhism, Culminating in the Great Perfection. In 45 minutes.
6 juin 2010 · 56 min
Yes, this is an ambitious title but as always the podcast episode does not fail to deliver the goods. However, I really won't even try to summarize all of Buddhist Philosophy in… - [Short Bonus]: How did ignorance and delusion arise in the first place? Will samsara end?
6 juin 2010 · 20 min
For this short bonus episode, I extracted a question that Elizabeth said was maybe unanswerable, about the very beginning of ignorance and delusion (and samsara for that matter).… - Compassion: Freeing Ourselves from the Underlying Causes of Suffering (Attachment/Craving)
5 juin 2010 · 38 min
In this afternoon practice, we focused not so much on the blatant form of suffering as we did yesterday, but on the underlying causes. In the introduction, Alan reflects on how… - "The Tempest," Settling the Mind in its Natural State
5 juin 2010 · 34 min
This morning we returned to Settling the Mind in its Natural state, this time observing the foreground of events arising within the domain of the mind. Alan quotes two plays from… - Compassion: Focusing on the Blatant Suffering
4 juin 2010 · 1 h 29 min
This afternoon we went into a very practical and powerful practice on Compassion, focusing on the blatant, glaring, obvious pain that can arise in both the physical and mental… - Settling the Mind In its Natural State: Exploring Conceptually Unmediated Experience
4 juin 2010 · 33 min
If you have been subscribing to the podcast, you are probably very familiar with today's meditation. We practiced Settling the Mind in its Natural State by first coming in… - Loving Kindness: Weaving the Present into the Future (+ Bodhicitta Discussion)
3 juin 2010 · 1 h 08 min
The introduction to today's practice was tailored to us here in Phuket in the sense that we are coming out of retreat soon, but it can be applied by everyone. Alan talks about… - Mindfulness of Breathing: Practicing with the "glass half full" attitude
3 juin 2010 · 42 min
In today's mindfulness of breathing practice, Alan started by talking about the causes and solutions for the all too popular phenomenon of the "energy going up to the head," and… - Opening the floodgates of our inner virtues ( + Loving Kindness practice)
2 juin 2010 · 1 h 09 min
This afternoon we started with a reflection on how many times we see people as just "flat images" or appearances arising to our minds. In the supermarket, subway, etc, we see… - Finding the balance between relaxation and effort (+ Breath Awareness practice)
2 juin 2010 · 36 min
This morning, Alan started by reading two short verses from the Dhammapada, (freshly translated by him last night) which are a very strong metaphor with the mind training we are… - Analyzing the reality that we live in, and testing the biggest experiment that a human being can perform. (+ Loving Kindness Practice)
1 juin 2010 · 1 h 32 min
The beginning of this afternoon's lecture is a stunning, wisdom-packed reflection on the analysis of our own world view. Alan starts by giving an overview of some of the… - Revisiting the Infirmary for the Last Time!
1 juin 2010 · 24 min
I'll try not to title all of the Shamatha episodes from today onwards with the phrase "for the last time," although we have come to the final cycle of the teachings! My… - [Bonus] Psychology, attention, and the urgent need for contemplative science.
30 mai 2010 · 55 min
A number of the past bonus podcasts had been geared towards the physicists, but this weekend we have some juice for psychologists! In this bonus podcast, we have some extremely… - [Bonus] Phuket Mind Observatory Plans / Neurofeedback Augmentation
30 mai 2010 · 35 min
In this bonus episode we cover some very interesting cognitive science/brain science questions from Noah. The first question asks if meditation researchers have been able to… - Entering the Great Path of the Bodhisattvas
29 mai 2010 · 1 h 34 min
In this afternoon's marvelous introduction, Alan talks about The Great Path of the Bodhisattvas, comparing it to a Freeway (using the American term). Using this very accurate… - [Vesak] Special Meditation and the Story of The Buddha’s Enlightenment
28 mai 2010 · 1 h 21 min
This afternoon we started with a special guided meditation to commemorate the Buddha's Enlightenment, not specifically centered on Shamatha or the Four Immeasurables. After the… - Vesak Day Guided Meditation
28 mai 2010 · 32 min
Happy Vesak Day! This morning we conmemorated the celebration of Buddha Śākyamuni's birth, enlightment, and parinirvana with a guided Shamatha meditation. After the session, Alan… - [Bonus] A Sublime Explanation of Awareness of Awareness [Short]
27 mai 2010 · 18 min
I extracted this practical gem from this afternoon's lecture. It is a clear example of how the instructions to a practice can be profoundly meaningful, stunning, transformative,… - Cultivating Self-Worth, Eliminating Pride, The Story of Alan’s First Meeting with HH. Dalai Lama back in 1971, and flowers.
27 mai 2010 · 51 min
Today we went directly into practice, which I removed from the recording to make it easier to listen to. As you know by now, just do your own practice and then press play! Alan… - Retaining the benefits of practice
27 mai 2010 · 32 min
This morning we had a silent meditation followed by a few brief tips. The tips cover a bit of posture, and then Alan talks about how the benefits of the practices can be retained… - [Short] The Expedition of Shamatha
26 mai 2010 · 15 min
This afternoon we went directly into meditation with no preamble, and had no outro directly pertaining to the meditation. So you can meditate for 24 minutes on your own and then… - Starting a Two Week Retreat
26 mai 2010 · 33 min
This morning Alan suggested to adopt the attitute of starting a 2-week retreat. He humorously gave some very important points and tips about the practice in order to make the… - Four Immeasurables / Four Best Friends
25 mai 2010 · 38 min
In today's lecture, Alan gave a very brief reflection for when we finish this retreat. As we know, the still, sustained focus / samadhi of our attention will naturally diminish… - "A Sacred Tension" that we might experience
25 mai 2010 · 9 min
In this episode, Alan talks about something that probably bothers many of us, and he calls it "A Sacred Tension." It is about our decision to either dedicate our time fully to… - Four Immeasurables: Using our anti-affliction arsenal correctly
24 mai 2010 · 1 h 01 min
This afternoon we started with a very practical introduction on how to draw from the 4I throughout the course of a normal day in our life after the retreat if we are not going… - Flying Solo [Silent Practice]
24 mai 2010 · 35 min
This morning Alan started by saying that he would like to let us choose our own Shamatha method, for these next few days and perhaps for the rest of the retreat. If so, then I… - [Bonus] The Whole Shamatha Story in one Session
23 mai 2010 · 34 min
In this short and sweet sunday bonus, we synthesized the three main methods of Shamatha into one practice. There is an extremely short introduction and then the practice. A great… - Loving Kindness: "Coming back to the Beginning for the First Time"
22 mai 2010 · 1 h 28 min
This lovely afternoon we went back to the practice of Loving Kindness, using the phrase from T.S. Elliot in the title. We went straight into meditation. After the practice, we… - Equanimity: Making the task cosmical; Awakening the deepest dimension of our existence.
21 mai 2010 · 1 h 33 min
As you can probably tell by the title, today's practice was not you regular 4I practice. Sure, it did start out with a regular equanimity/Tonglen practice but this time we had… - Awareness of Awareness: Probing into why we exist (the other side of the equation)
21 mai 2010 · 34 min
Alan "kickstarted" this morning [because he likes that word so much ;) ] with a healthy dose of Physics. He started talking about the following article from NYT:…
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