2019 8-Week Retreat, 16 Apr 2019, Lama Tzong Khapa Institute, Tuscany, Italy
Guided meditation is on merging mind with space.
The 4 Yogas of Mahamudra 2019 Retreat, 19 Jun 2019, Shambhala Mountain Center
Vipashyana: ontological investigation on the nature of the mind
The 4 Yogas of Mahamudra 2019 Retreat, 20 Jun 2019, Shambhala Mountain Center
Vipashyana: inverting awareness in upon the mind that is observing
2019 8-Week Retreat, 06 May 2019, Lama Tzong Khapa Institute, Tuscany, Italy
Guided meditation is on vipashyana on the emptiness of the mind.
2019 8-Week Retreat, 09 Apr 2019, Lama Tzong Khapa Institute, Tuscany, Italy
Guided meditation is on releasing the mind into space
2020 8-Week Retreat: The Vajra Essence – Part 1, 22 May 2020, Online-only
Session 15: Merging mind with space (releasing) 1. Review 2. The actual practice 3. Meditation - merging mind with space (releasing) 4. Importance of achieving shamatha 5. Which object to use 6. Q&A 7. Dedication On our last session, we focus on the practice of merging the mind with space, this time with an alternation between sharpening the attention and release. Meditation starts at 10:55 Glen describes the story of the Buddha on how he discovered that access to the first jhana is the basis for vipashana practice, which then leads to enlightenment. This does not mean that one should solely practice shamatha first and only later practice vipashana. Without vipashana, your shamatha practice will probably be filled with many obstacles. The accomplishment of shamatha also develops paranormal abilities and extrasensory perceptions. One can even remember past lives with the accomplishment of shamatha. The arya paths of all three vehicles (shravaka, pratyekabuddha, and bodhisattva) are obtained upon the dependence of shamatha. There are two types of practicioners, the arya and the ordinary practitioner. The arya is the person who has had a direct realization of emptiness. If a shravaka or a pratyekabuddha have a direct realization of emptiness, they are what is called “stream enterers.” A stream enterer can then develop into a “once returner” and then a “non returner.” Finally, upon achieving nirvana, you become an arhat. If somebody on the bodhisattva path has a direct realization of emptiness, they are an arya bodhisattva. In short, the achievement of shamatha is necessary to proceed on any path towards liberation. Glen then speaks briefly about which shamatha method we should use for our practice. In general, for the first four stages, mindfulness of breathing is best. Then, settling the mind and then awareness of awareness are practiced. However, the best shamatha method is the one that best works for you.
Shamatha Teachings Presented by Glen Svensson, 22 May 2020, Originally part of 2020 8-week retreat
Session 15: Merging mind with space (releasing) 1. Review 2. The actual practice 3. Meditation - merging mind with space (releasing) 4. Importance of achieving shamatha 5. Which object to use 6. Q&A 7. Dedication On our last session, we focus on the practice of merging the mind with space, this time with an alternation between sharpening the attention and release. Meditation starts at 10:55 Glen describes the story of the Buddha on how he discovered that access to the first jhana is the basis for vipashana practice, which then leads to enlightenment. This does not mean that one should solely practice shamatha first and only later practice vipashana. Without vipashana, your shamatha practice will probably be filled with many obstacles. The accomplishment of shamatha also develops paranormal abilities and extrasensory perceptions. One can even remember past lives with the accomplishment of shamatha. The arya paths of all three vehicles (shravaka, pratyekabuddha, and bodhisattva) are obtained upon the dependence of shamatha. There are two types of practicioners, the arya and the ordinary practitioner. The arya is the person who has had a direct realization of emptiness. If a shravaka or a pratyekabuddha have a direct realization of emptiness, they are what is called “stream enterers.” A stream enterer can then develop into a “once returner” and then a “non returner.” Finally, upon achieving nirvana, you become an arhat. If somebody on the bodhisattva path has a direct realization of emptiness, they are an arya bodhisattva. In short, the achievement of shamatha is necessary to proceed on any path towards liberation. Glen then speaks briefly about which shamatha method we should use for our practice. In general, for the first four stages, mindfulness of breathing is best. Then, settling the mind and then awareness of awareness are practiced. However, the best shamatha method is the one that best works for you.
Fall 2014 Shamatha, Vipashyana, Dream Yoga, 30 Aug 2014, Thanyapura Mind Centre, Phuket, Thailand
Alan gives advice on the practice of meditation regarding what to do when the mind feels so cluttered and agitated and how to overcome negativity. He emphasizes the importance to not make a habit of frustration in one’s meditation practice. Alan comments that a disturbed mind is a symptom of unbalance and disturbance of the prana system. Alan strongly recommends to work with the supine position until we master it. He further comments on a technique to stop the chitchat. Further on, Alan elaborates on the approach we are taking from Padmasambhava to meditate first, and later on it comes the view. In the trajectory of shamatha, which is based on relaxation, stability and vividness, we increase brightness and approach the unmediated clarity and luminous of awareness of substrate consciousness. With this practice of shamatha we may break through to pristine awareness and lucidity. It becomes a radical shift in the way of viewing reality from a lucid and awakened state (rigpa). Further on, Alan elucidates the two ways of ascertaining pristine awareness by comparing it with the two ways of becoming lucid in a dream. Alan concludes the session stating that if one really wants to follow this spiritual path he encourages to move on gradually to shamatha based on a strong foundation on ethics, purifying the mind and gathering virtue. Meditation starts at 07:41
Fall 2011 Shamatha Retreat, 26 Sep 2011, Thanyapura Mind Centre, Phuket, Thailand
Alan started the session of this afternoon explaining why among the immense variety ofmethods to achieve shamatha, he presents these three, and how they are fit for modernity.
Then he enlightened us with a global parallel between each of these practices with one of the three yanas: starting from the roles of mindfulness and introspection in each of these three until the different lifestyles of the shravaka, the bodhisattva and the tantric or dzogchen practitioner. Also he covered how each practice deals with the coarse, subtle and very subtle minds.
After this he connected this presentation with the practice of settling the mind in its natural state practice that followed up (42:17).
Finally, the questions (67:04) addressed the topics about the connection between body and mental feelings and how to focus only into the mental for the practice of settling the mind; reincarnation and Christianity; what does it mean “ola so” (I thought it was Spanglish); and how to consider those that seem that go in an opposite direction than genuine happiness.
As usual… inspiring…don’t miss it.
2023 8-Week Retreat: The Vajra Essence – Part 4, 19 Apr 2023, Crestone, Colorado and Online
Lama la begins the meditation by reminding us that this is not the developmental path of acquiring but the Dzogchen path of releasing to discover what is already there. Then we enter into the meditation by first settling the body in its natural state, the breath into its natural rhythm and the inner voice of the mind in silence. After this initial settling sequence Lama la encourages us to settle in our awareness and, while resting in stillness, observing whatever comes up in the space of the mind without grasping. Then we invert awareness in upon itself, taking consciousness as the path, trying to identify its salient characteristics and riding the wave of consciousness all the way to Shamatha. Lama la concludes the session by asking us if we can detect a mode of awareness that’s more like the sky: vast, unimpeded, never changing, all knowing, ever present and for which the very notion of motion is impossible.
Fall 2011 Shamatha Retreat, 10 Oct 2011, Thanyapura Mind Centre, Phuket, Thailand
Deep…During this extremely inspiring afternoon, Alan started by explaining how to recognize the object of attention of the practice of awareness of awareness for those that find this practice elusive. Also he explained, with the parallel of mosquitoes flying around a fan, how the oscillation works against thoughts. At the end, this practice leads to resting the mind into luminosity and emptiness.
After this clarification, he went on to present his opinion of some aspects of how is being presented the dharma related to these degenerated times. We should try to avoid to be playing the last piece of music with the orchestra of the sinking Titanic by relying on the notion of the path that starts with afflictions and finishes free from them. He mentioned again the lack of emphasis put into shamatha nowadays.
Moving on, Alan kindly shared with us another sublime passage from Dudjom Lingpa’s Vajra Essence that distinguishes the ground of the coarse mind from rigpa, giving detailed and extremely inspiring descriptions, and clarifying the notion of the path.
Then it followed the practice of awareness of awareness (55:02), probing into the agent to ascertain its nature, essential.
Finally, we got a very rich question (79:44) about the differences between the Mahamudra terminology and its path and those of Dzogchen. Alan made again a gift to us of it…
Please settle your body, speech and mind to listen to these teachings. Enjoy
Fall 2013 Shamatha and the Seven-Point Mind Training, 06 Sep 2013, Thanyapura Mind Centre, Phuket, Thailand
The third phase of mindfulness of breathing is discussed before entering into the guided meditation. This third phase is a classical Theravada method in which the focus is directed to the tactile sensations of the breath at the apertures of the nostrils.
Alan emphasises again the qualities of relaxation, stability and clarity and their synergy which feeds the meditative cultivation of attention.
After the meditation, we return to the four thoughts that turn the mind. First impermanence is further discussed, in particular the issues of old age, sickness and death. Subsequently, Alan goes deeper into the issue of the moment of death and the relevance of Dharma practice. Finally, the third thought that turns the mind is discussed: the unsatisfying nature of Samsara. A connection is made with the first two noble truths plus the question "how can we be of service?" is further elaborated on.
Meditation starts at: 18:38
Fall 2010 Shamatha Retreat, 18 Nov 2010, Thanyapura Mind Centre, Phuket, Thailand
We enter the final day of the first 10-day cycle of meditations in this retreat and the last phase of Awareness of Awareness in which we “expand our sense of our space of the mind.” The practice comes from Natural Liberation, by Padmasambhava.
We are then graced with a wide ranging discussion including: the philosophies of mind - materialism and Cartesian dualism, a modern version of relative and ultimate truth, a description of who (from each person’s own philosophic or religious perspective) achieves liberation, what it is that is both physical and not material, and two approaches to a rich Buddhist education.
Descartes’ illustration of dualism. Inputs are passed on by the sensory organs to the epiphysis in the brain and from there to the immaterial spirit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartesian_dualism
Fall 2011 Shamatha Retreat, 12 Oct 2011, Thanyapura Mind Centre, Phuket, Thailand
Reading from Vajra Essence regarding the difference between consciousness, substrate consciousness and Rigpa.
Meditation on awareness of awareness expanding out to all directions (26:30)
Questions (51:23)
How does the "naked" healing process of the mind by way of settling the mind happen with other shamatha methods?
How lasting or fleeting are the changes to the coarse and subtle bodies caused by altering the flow of prana through shamatha practice?
Person getting headaches from meditation – what suggestions to prevent it?
Question related to rigpa being necessary to explain extrasensory perception such as precognition and remote viewing
What is meant by the compassionate display of rigpa? Difficulty seeing rigpa as compassionate.
Question regarding how to move away from not liking oneself and feeling guilty over past unwholesome activities.
Spring 2012 Shamatha Retreat, 07 May 2012, Thanyapura Mind Centre, Phuket, Thailand
Our lives are saturated with desire for attainments of both a mundane and spiritual nature. While giving priority to a spiritual desire will aid our enthusiasm to practice, it may ultimately be fruitless in the context of multiple rebirths if it is not sustained with visionary motivation such as with bodhicitta. It is this benign form of grasping that provides the continuity of coherence in the long thread in the path to liberation. Alan begins with these lessons of ambition.
Then with the guided meditation we bring our attention to the three knowable aspects in settling the mind in its natural state: the space of the mind, objective thoughts and memories, and subjective feelings that arise in their accompaniment.
Q&A
* Can the attainment of shamatha be hindered by excessively striving?
* The difference between dzogchen and mahamudra.
* How should one begin a vajrayana practice.
Meditation starts at 39:07
2019 8-Week Retreat, 04 Apr 2019, Lama Tzong Khapa Institute, Tuscany, Italy
Guided meditation on settling body, speech, and mind.
2017 8-Week Retreat, 10 Apr 2017, Lama Tzong Khapa Institute, Tuscany, Italy
The guided meditation is Settling the Mind in Its Natural State
2018 8-week retreat- The Essence of Clear Meaning, 16 Apr 2018, Lama Tzong Khapa Institute in Pomaia (Pisa), Italy
Guided meditation on Taking Aspects of the Mind as the Path.
2017 8-Week Retreat, 16 Apr 2017, Lama Tzong Khapa Institute, Tuscany, Italy
The guided meditation is a vipashyana inquiry into the mind as agent.
The 4 Yogas of Mahamudra 2019 Retreat, 19 Jun 2019, Shambhala Mountain Center
Vipashyana: Origin, location and destination of the mind that is observing.
2022 8-Week Retreat: The Vajra Essence – Part 3, 02 Apr 2022, Online from Miyo Samten Ling in Crestone, Colorado, USA
Settling Body, Speech and Mind in Their Natural State
2019 8-Week Retreat, 03 May 2019, Lama Tzong Khapa Institute, Tuscany, Italy
Guided meditation is on the close application of mindfulness on the mind.
2018 8-week retreat- The Essence of Clear Meaning, 04 May 2018, Lama Tzong Khapa Institute in Pomaia (Pisa), Italy
Guided meditation on taking aspects of the mind as the path.
2018 8-week retreat- The Essence of Clear Meaning, 22 May 2018, Lama Tzong Khapa Institute in Pomaia (Pisa), Italy
The guided meditation is on taking the mind as the path followed by tonglen.
2020 8-Week Retreat: The Vajra Essence – Part 1, 03 Apr 2020, Online-only
Settling Body, Speech and Mind in their Natural State
Shamatha Teachings Presented by Glen Svensson, 03 Apr 2020, Originally part of 2020 8-week retreat
Settling Body, Speech and Mind in their Natural State
2022 8-Week Retreat: The Vajra Essence – Part 3, 30 Apr 2022, Online from Miyo Samten Ling in Crestone, Colorado, USA
The Shamatha Trilogy - Part 2 - Taking the Mind as the Path
Fall 2010 Shamatha Retreat, 18 Nov 2010, Thanyapura Mind Centre, Phuket, Thailand
If you want firewood, you can trim off all the leaves and branches and wait for the tree to die and fall over. OR you can cut the tree down at its base - at the root, and you have firewood now. Likewise for investigating the mind: you can go at it intellectually – using logic, forming hypotheses, picking off one idea after another or you can go for the root by way of direct observation, though direct experience of the mind at close range in the practice of awareness of awareness.
Urging us on to the practice, Alan invokes our Star Wars hero; “Be like Luke Skywalker going after the death star. May the force be with you…
… and the death star is TOAST.”
Other subjects include: the Dalai Lama and the book – The Good Heart, a great quote from physicist Anton Zeilinger, atheism, agnosticism, Stephen Hawking, and more. Listen for yourself. See for yourself.
2019 8-Week Retreat, 15 Apr 2019, Lama Tzong Khapa Institute, Tuscany, Italy
This teaching refers to Phase 2 on pages 169-170 of the text. Lama Alan points out that in various meditation practices thus far we have been releasing and arousing our attention through the agent of our mind, awareness. He asserts that if we just observe the agent with bare attention, (inverting in upon that which is the agent – awareness of awareness) we are practicing Shamatha which is designed to identify substrate consciousness (and layers of dust have been removed). Lama Alan says that if we probe into the agent and find that the agent both does and does not exist, it is possible to cut through the ordinary sense of the mind, into substrate consciousness and then (by knowing that all appearances including the self as agent have no inherent existence from their own side) into pristine awareness. He says it is by way of Vipashyana that this is achieved. Questions that can be put include whether the agent is permanent/impermanent, whether it is a form of sukha/dukha, whether it has origin, location, destination, has form and color, is inside/outside/inside and outside. Lama Alan says that optimally we ask these questions after we have achieved Shamatha and are resting in substrate consciousness. But it is not necessary to wait. He suggests that the questions be put earlier when we have a window of uncluttered awareness. He asserts that by inquiry we will discover that the mind that is awareness neither exists nor does not exist (it has not been seen by anyone including the Buddhas and yet it is all-creating sovereign). He says that when we have reached that position (dharmakaya) we are very close to cutting through to pristine awareness. He suggests that we rest there - at the apprehension of your own mind and that like the 4 year old child referred to in earlier teachings over time the child will recall its long departed mother. Meditation starts at 22:06 After the meditation Lama Alan referred to the following with reference to the text: • The “two ethically neutral states” are substrate and substrate consciousness. References are being made to the third mindfulness and self-illuminating mindfulness. • Release all identification with awareness itself and the qualities of bliss luminosity, non-conceptuality (i.e. release all preference and reification) and the mind melts into pristine awareness. • Not cognizing pristine awareness means don’t take it as an object of knowing. • The three modes of non-modification are the 9 modes of inactivity.
Fall 2011 Shamatha Retreat, 04 Oct 2011, Thanyapura Mind Centre, Phuket, Thailand
Instruction and meditation on Mindfulness of Breathing: the focus on anapanasatti (focusing on the sensations at the opening of the nostrils and/or on the upper lip under the nostrils)
The problem with this foundational practice is that the mind has a thirst for entertainment and it gets bored with the practice and makes up its own entertainment. Thoughts will come up in this practice but you do not cognitively fuse with them (fall into daydreaming).
The problem with Settling the Mind in its Natural State is that you get sloppy and just get caught up in what arises in the mind.
In Awareness of Awareness, the most common error is just sitting there, zoning out and not knowing anything – which is the root of samsara.
In Mindfulness of Breathing, the antidote to restlessness/too much kinetic energy is to relax and release the energy gently on the out breath. If it gets boring when the sensations become very subtle, attend closely while releasing all control of the breath.
If stability isn’t getting better, your shamatha isn’t working
Asanga does not mention the acquired sign or the counterpart sign. He discusses attending to the whole body and the route of the passage of the breath. He also discusses prana – a subtle energy (and it might be what he is referring to when he speaks about breathing through the skin).
Some discussion of Tibetan medicine and the notions of the three humors: wind, fire, and phlegm.
Meditation starts at 48:19
Q&A (73:07)
Discussion of the differences between the discovery and the development models.
2023 8-Week Retreat: The Vajra Essence – Part 4, 24 Apr 2023, Crestone, Colorado and Online
In guiding this meditation Lama-la offers us the following pith instructions from Düdjom Rinpoche (The Illumination of Primordial Wisdom): “Alternatively, you may place your attention anywhere, such as resting vacantly without any basis. By meditating in this way, at the beginning you may think there are many appearances of discursive thoughts, but without regarding them as either faulty or favorable, continue to meditate, and by so doing they will gradually subside. Then well-being will arise in your body and mind, your mind will be unable to rise from this non-conceptual state, and as if you have no desire to move, by proceeding gently, you will remain single-pointed. These are the signs of familiarization with śamatha.” Lama-la comments that this may not only be the simplest and most complete shamatha instruction, but it is also very inviting because it involves ‘not doing’, as in not focusing your attention on anything at all, and not being distracted by laxity or excitation. What is left is the sheer luminosity and cognisance of your awareness that was already there. He concludes that this practice may be sufficient for achieving shamatha.
Spring 2010 Shamatha Retreat, 01 Jun 2010, Thanyapura Mind Centre, Phuket, Thailand
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 doing here. He then talks about the importance of having a base in relaxation and training the mind from the ground up rather than tensing up and forcing it to quiet down. However, pure relaxaton will not simply cause stability to arise on its own, so Alan explains how a delicate balance is needed between effort and relaxation, and gives one of the core, indispensable teachings for Shamatha practice.
After a breath awareness session, Alan further shows the relationship between the Dhammapada verses and our own mind training, and it's amazing how spot-on they are considering the fact that they have been around for 2500 years!
This photo was taken by Sanjay just around the corner from the mind centre. The plants on the ground are the same pineapple plants from yesterday's photo!
2017 8-Week Retreat, 16 May 2017, Lama Tzong Khapa Institute, Tuscany, Italy
This session is the first of what Alan says will be a series of morning sessions devoted to looking at what in Tibetan literally means, “Nine methods for stilling the mind.” A common misunderstanding of these nine is to see them as an array of tools that can be picked up and put down at will, or as a sequence of goals to be taken on with an accomplishment mentality. Rather, they are nine natural stages along a path of attentional development leading to the achievement of shamatha. Panchen Lozang Chökyi Gyaltsen likens them to the natural stages of the growth of a plant. Just as there is no defining point when a seed becomes a sprout and a sprout becomes a sapling, neither are these fixed stages of achievement. Rather they are akin to trail-markers on a map. The map shows the way to the destination, and the nine stages show us where we are on the map and the appropriate method or approach for that section of territory. They point out dangers and challenges along the route, as well as suggestions for how to approach and navigate those dangers. Alan reiterates, however, that technique alone will not lead to progress and before we even consider going into long-term shamatha retreat we must seriously consider and cultivate the prerequisites. Without these, Tsongkhapa says, we may practice for a thousand years and not achieve anything. They are: 1) pure ethics; 2) contentment (with what is present); 3) few desires (for what is not present); 4) few duties, and; 5) completely abandoning compulsive ideation. If one goes into retreat with lofty goals but lacking these prerequisites, with a mind habituated to inner and outer doing, the practice will go nowhere and quickly end in frustration either from sinking like a stone in a pond or flailing about on the agitated surface of the mind. It is of utmost importance that we cultivate the essential prerequisites for the practice to work. With this in mind, we go into this morning’s silent practice, aimed at overcoming coarse excitation by cultivating relaxation without losing clarity. The silent mediation practice in this session was not recorded.
The 4 Yogas of Mahamudra 2019 Retreat, 15 Jun 2019, Shambhala Mountain Center
Shamatha: Settling body, speech, and mind in their natural state
2018 8-week retreat- The Essence of Clear Meaning, 30 Apr 2018, Lama Tzong Khapa Institute in Pomaia (Pisa), Italy
Guided meditation on the unfindability of the self and its bases of designation (Body & Mind).
2023 8-Week Retreat: The Vajra Essence – Part 4, 04 Apr 2023, Crestone, Colorado and Online
The mediation is on settling body, speech, and mind in their natural states.
2022 8-Week Retreat: The Vajra Essence – Part 3, 28 Apr 2022, Online from Miyo Samten Ling in Crestone, Colorado, USA
Guided Mediation from Atiśa on the Unreal Nature of the Nonphysical Mind
2019 8-Week Retreat, 08 May 2019, Lama Tzong Khapa Institute, Tuscany, Italy
Guided meditation is on vipashyana on the nature of the mind, following Padmasambhava's instructions.
2022 8-Week Retreat: The Vajra Essence – Part 3, 13 May 2022, Online from Miyo Samten Ling in Crestone, Colorado, USA
Meditation: Mindfulness on the Mind, With a Focus on the Differentiation between Desire and Intention
2022 8-Week Retreat: The Vajra Essence – Part 3, 17 May 2022, Online from Miyo Samten Ling in Crestone, Colorado, USA
Meditation: Resting in Awareness and Observing the Knots of the Mind Release Themselves
Fathom the Mind. Heal the World., 01 Oct 2022, Online and in person from Blazing Mountain Retreat Center, Crestone, Colorado
Welcome to the "Fathoming the Mind. Healing the World." Retreat. A synopsis will be coming soon
THE SCIENCE OF MIND, 18 Nov 2021, Online Retreat
The Science of Mind - Day Six, Session One, Meditation Only Buddha's instructions to Bāhiya
2018 8-week retreat- The Essence of Clear Meaning, 23 Apr 2018, Lama Tzong Khapa Institute in Pomaia (Pisa), Italy
In this afternoon's teaching Lama Alan emphasises the importance of cultivating shamatha and vipashyana and their integration. As we practice shamatha and the unsettling upheavals or nyam arise, both on and off the cushion, vipashyana is required in order to recognise the upheavals as upheavals and to stop reifying them. Shamatha is required in order to sustain the insight of vipashyana. Alan likens this to science and technology where the one supports the other. This union of shamatha and vipashyana, which can also be viewed as skilful means and wisdom, can enable us to cut right through the conceptual mind and taste pristine awareness or rigpa. In the following meditation we will focus on the mind as agent and observer and probe deeply into its location. Alan equates this to a destroyer throwing a depth charge at our submarine of primal self-grasping - there should be no survivors! The meditation is on vipashyana focused on the mind: probing into the location of the mind and its domain. After the meditation Lama Alan encourages us to be constantly vigilant as the mara submarine is stealthy and sends out torpedoes when we are not looking, especially at night! Alan continues the commentary on the Sharp Vajra of Conscious Awareness Tantra. Finally, Lama Alan again emphasises the importance of the preliminary practices as the bedrock of Vajrayana and he says, "Nobody achieved shamatha as a hobby". The whole point of the Lama's teaching is to benefit the disciples; there is zero benefit for the Lama. If one regards the Guru as a sentient being, one will have no grounds for regarding oneself as a Buddha. The pure view perspective is essential in the practice of Dzogchen. This is a full on 24/7, 365 days a year work for attaining enlightenment. Dudjom Lingpa has risen to the occasion, he has laid it out, the rest is up to us! The meditation starts at 29:27 Text p. 59-60
2017 8-Week Retreat, 03 Apr 2017, Lama Tzong Khapa Institute, Tuscany, Italy
Guided meditation on settling body, speech, and mind in their natural states.
2019 8-Week Retreat, 10 Apr 2019, Lama Tzong Khapa Institute, Tuscany, Italy
Guided meditation is on taking the mind as the path, focusing on stillness and movement.
The 4 Yogas of Mahamudra 2019 Retreat, 17 Jun 2019, Shambhala Mountain Center
Shamatha: Settling the mind in its natural state following Yangthang Rinpoche's approach
The 4 Yogas of Mahamudra 2019 Retreat, 17 Jun 2019, Shambhala Mountain Center
Shamatha: Settling the mind in its natural state, focusing on the subjective impulses.
Spring 2012 Shamatha Retreat, 16 Apr 2012, Thanyapura Mind Centre, Phuket, Thailand
Empathetic joy counteracts depression and low self-esteem, and balances the mind.
Meditation starts at 11:11
2019 retreat - Open Mind, 06 Jan 2019, Online
Sunday Meditation - Settling Body, Speech and Mind in their Natural State
2018 8-week retreat- The Essence of Clear Meaning, 05 Apr 2018, Lama Tzong Khapa Institute in Pomaia (Pisa), Italy
Guided meditation on Settling Body, Speech and Mind in their natural states.
