Meditation, Stability, Clarity: Experiencing the Liberating Power of Full Attention
D6S2 - Merging Mind with Space, and What Shamatha Requires
Lama Alan · 91 minutes · recorded June 5, 2025
A guided practice of releasing awareness into open space, drawn from Dudjom Lingpa's Dzogchen texts, continues the sequence from the day before. Lama Alan describes the lasting effects of achieving shamatha, from vivid perception to lucid dreaming, and what it requires: a quiet environment, few desires, few activities, and companions with a similar practice. He ends by describing a Scottish property that could become a retreat centre.
Dream yoga The nature of mind Dzogchen Shamatha (calm abiding) The Foolish Dharma of an Idiot Clothed in Mud and Feathers