Transforming Felicity and Adversity into the Spiritual Path
A three-day retreat with Lama Alan Wallace, a commentary on the Third Dodrupchen Rinpoche's text on turning both good fortune and misfortune into the path.
A three-day retreat, recorded in 2022, in which Lama Alan Wallace presents a commentary on the classic Tibetan Buddhist text Transforming Felicity and Adversity into the Spiritual Path, composed by the eminent Dzogchen master the Third Dodrupchen Rinpoche (1865-1926). In times like these, a comment that could be made at any time in human history, it is imperative for those seeking to enrich their lives through spiritual practice to learn how to transform both good fortune and misfortune into the spiritual path. We all know it is relatively easy to practise when our life circumstances are calm and relatively trouble-free, but in those times it is also easy to procrastinate, as we let time slip by in little tasks and enjoyments. When things get rough, it is hard to focus on spiritual practice, for our attention gets riveted on just getting through the hard times. Lama Alan works line by line through the pith instructions, following the author’s explanation of how to transform all experiences into means for spiritual maturation by means of both relative and ultimate truth, rooted in the Madhyamaka view of Nagarjuna and the view of the Great Perfection of Padmasambhava. The teaching
What this course covers
- Line-by-line commentary on Transforming Felicity and Adversity into the Spiritual Path
- Dispensing with aversion to adversity, starting with the small ones
- Transforming good fortune, which is where practice is most easily put off
- Renunciation, refuge and rejoicing in virtue
- Emptiness, and the Madhyamaka view of Nagarjuna
- The view of the Great Perfection of Padmasambhava
- Guided meditations alongside the commentary
Sessions
- D1S1 - Whatever Attitude You Cultivate Grows Stronger 94 minutes
- D1S2 - Dispensing with Aversion to Adversity 76 minutes
- D2S1 - Renunciation, Refuge, and a Remedy for Each Adversity 92 minutes
- D2S2 - Compassion, Not Despair, and the Small Adversities 83 minutes
- D3S1 - Emptiness, and Transforming Good Fortune 92 minutes
- D3S2 - Atisha on the Middle Way 96 minutes