The Illumination of Primordial Wisdom
Illumination of Primordial Wisdom, Question and Answer Sessions, Session 3
Lama Alan · 93 minutes · recorded January 1, 2021
Appearances are handled differently in shamatha, where attention is selective, and in open presence, where it is not, and that difference opens the last hour of questions. Lama Alan Wallace tells a student with no teacher nearby to let the text itself be her lama, relays Karma Chagme on Mahamudra and Dzogchen being one as far as trekcho, and says fear of the mind dissolving means you are really getting somewhere. He ends by giving the oral transmission of the root text in English for the first time.
Anxiety and fear Emptiness Karma The nature of mind Dzogchen Mahamudra Open presence Shamatha (calm abiding)