Transforming Felicity and Adversity into the Spiritual Path
D1S1 - Whatever Attitude You Cultivate Grows Stronger
Lama Alan · 94 minutes · recorded January 1, 2022
Lama Alan Wallace opens with gratitude to his teachers, then, following Gyatrul Rinpoche's commentary, says who the text is for: those who put genuine well-being above mundane pleasure. The homage follows, then the text's first lines, on how a mind habituated to dwelling on suffering turns the most insignificant circumstance into great distress, and that depression comes from the mind and not the brain. The session closes with a guided twenty minute practice of settling body, speech and mind in the natural state.
Anger and aversion Anxiety and fear Buddhist psychology Depression and low mood Genuine happiness and wellbeing Habits and change Illness and pain Compassion (karuna)