Failure and Guilt

Letting Go of Our Expectations

Acceptance and Seeing Life As Like a River

Responding to Bad News or a Difficulty

Self-Cherishing vs Cherishing Others

Anger-Eating Demon

The Mirror-Like Mind and Five Obscurations

Aversion in Response to Tragedy

In Conversation with B. Alan Wallace – Looking Within and Exploring The Potentials of Consciousness

In this episode of The Samadhi Podcast, David is joined by his teacher, B. Alan Wallace. Lama Alan very kindly offers us his thoughts on the nature and potentials of consciousness, the importance of shamatha and contemplative inquiry, and his vision for the Centers for Contemplative Research.

How to Preserve Our Inner Peace and Calm in Daily Life

In this episode, David responds to a question that came through our Facebook Group about how to preserve the calm and peace we find over the holidays when normal life starts again. Responding in the context of The Five Obscurations, which obscure our natural peace and clarity of mind, David stresses the importance of keeping a watchful eye over our mind at every moment and averting afflictions as they arise.