Dwelling in the Heart of Reality
D5S3 - Simeon's Light, and the Clear Light of Death
Lama Alan · Eva Natanya · 96 minutes · recorded January 1, 2020
Eva Natanya tells Simeon the New Theologian's own story of being flooded with light while praying, and reads Gregory Palamas on deification as a grace no natural capacity can reach. In her guided practice the heart becomes a chamber of light, drawing in the suffering of others and sending it back transformed. Lama Alan then answers a question on dying with the Tibetan account step by step, from the senses imploding to the clear light, and compares heaven with the pure land of Amitabha.
Death and dying Teacher and student The nature of mind Shamatha (calm abiding)