Dwelling in the Heart of Reality
D6S1 - Convergence, Not Conversion
Lama Alan · Eva Natanya · 128 minutes · recorded January 1, 2020
Convergence rather than conversion is Lama Alan Wallace's theme for the closing day, and where the two traditions find deep common ground is in love and compassion. He works through the four immeasurables, then guides a practice with an orb of light at the heart, drawing in darkness on the in breath and sending out loving kindness on the out breath, widening from oneself to one person and on to every being. Eva Natanya warns how easily one's own pristine awareness becomes a possession of the ego.
Buddhist psychology Genuine happiness and wellbeing The nature of mind Compassion (karuna) Loving kindness (metta) The four immeasurables