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15 Settling the Mind in its Natural State

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Fall 2013 Shamatha and the Bodhisattva Way of Life

B. Alan Wallace
03 Sep 2013 – 25 Oct 2013
Thanyapura Mind Centre, Phuket, Thailand

Alan Wallace Fall 2013 8-Week retreat on Shamatha and the Bodhisattva Way of Life, including teachings on the Seven-Point Mind-Training and A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, by B. Alan Wallace at the Thanyapura Mind Centre in Phuket, Thailand, from September 2nd- October 28th, 2013

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B. Alan Wallace, 11 Sep 2013

Prefaced with brief elusion to the third of those four thoughts that turn the mind about - focusing on the reality of suffering. Why do we have to suffer at all? This deepest dimension of suffering - it arises directly because of or pertains to our relationship with our bodies and minds. The aggregates (our bodies and minds), arose in relation to mental afflictions (klesha) and karma. We are closely holding onto, or identifying with, our bodies and minds which are defiled in the sense of being created by karma and klesha. That very identification with that which is not 'I' or ‘mine’, as being 'I' or ‘mine’. Alan then goes on to give examples.

Meditation starts at: 16:08

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