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Dreaming of Reality: Sleeping, Dreaming & Dying in Tibetan Buddhism

D3S4 - Thoughts in Real Time, Emotions Only in Hindsight

Lama Alan · 66 minutes · recorded January 1, 2019

Settling the mind in its natural state, with a way in for anyone who keeps failing: deliberately generate a thought, Mary had a little lamb, syllable by syllable, watch where it dissolves and hold your attention there so the next arising is caught as it comes. The same is done with an image of a piece of fruit. Lama Alan Wallace explains why thoughts and images can be caught in real time while desires and emotions are only ever noticed afterwards.

Death and dying Dreams and sleep Sleep and rest Settling the mind in its natural state

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