Dreaming of Reality: Sleeping, Dreaming & Dying in Tibetan Buddhism
D5S1 - Watching Thoughts Like a Cowherd
Lama Alan · 96 minutes · recorded January 1, 2019
In settling the mind in its natural state, eyes softly open and the gaze vacant, we watch whatever rises in the space of the mind from the stillness of awareness, as Dudjom Lingpa's cowherd watches cattle from afar. Lama Alan Wallace reads Lerab Lingpa on what the practice yields, empty forms and a non-conceptual sense that nothing can harm the mind, and warns with the story of the student who reached shamatha and did nothing but enjoy it, before mapping the four kinds of mindfulness that lead there.
Death and dying Dream yoga Dreams and sleep Illness and pain Sleep and rest The nature of mind Settling the mind in its natural state Shamatha (calm abiding) The Foolish Dharma of an Idiot Clothed in Mud and Feathers