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26 Shamatha Without a Sign - Releasing the mind in a state of non-grasping

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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, 17 Sep 2013

“The essential nature of the path is resting in the substrate” the ultimate substrate: the union of ultimate nature of reality (dharmata) and ultimate nature of the mind (citta).
Vajra Essence – Previously the intellect distinguished outer and inner and grasped to it as being distinct. Now settle into a nonconceptual state.
Discussion of Yogini Sera Khandro and her description of the four kinds of open presence. No benefit to sitting in open presence if don’t have the type of realizations described.

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