Dreaming of Reality: Sleeping, Dreaming & Dying in Tibetan Buddhism
D4S5 - Why Shamatha Cannot Be Skipped, and Questions on Dying
Lama Alan · 82 minutes · recorded January 1, 2019
Lama Alan Wallace sets the physics notes aside and gives the rest of the retreat to Buddhadharma. He recounts asking the present Dudjom Rinpoche why hardly any Tibetans really teach shamatha, and is told they get bored and Westerners come for empowerments. Lucid dreaming that never questions the daytime reality changes nothing. No practice tonight: the hour goes to questions on karma in dreams, near death experience and dying sedated, closing with a burning coal melting through a cone of snow.
Death and dying Dream yoga Dreams and sleep Karma Sleep and rest Shamatha (calm abiding)