In Conversation with B. Alan Wallace – Looking Within and Exploring The Potentials of Consciousness
In this episode of The Samadhi Podcast, David is joined by his teacher, B. Alan Wallace. Lama Alan very kindly offers us his thoughts on the nature and potentials of consciousness, the importance of shamatha and contemplative inquiry, and his vision for the Centers for Contemplative Research.
How to Preserve Our Inner Peace and Calm in Daily Life
In this episode, David responds to a question that came through our Facebook Group about how to preserve the calm and peace we find over the holidays when normal life starts again. Responding in the context of The Five Obscurations, which obscure our natural peace and clarity of mind, David stresses the importance of keeping a watchful eye over our mind at every moment and averting afflictions as they arise.
Tong-Len and Loving-Kindness
Notes & Transcript Transcript This morning I’d like to do a meditation that we haven’t, I’m not sure we’ve done it during these sessions, but if you’re familiar with any Tibetan Buddhism practise, you might have heard of this meditation and it’s called Tong-Len and essentially the translation is giving and taking the Tong means […]
Why Do We Feel The Need To Control Everything?
Notes & Transcript Guided Meditation Mindfulness of Feelings. This satipaṭṭhāna focuses on the contemplation of “feelings” or “feeling tones” (vedanā), which mainly refers to how one perceives feelings as pleasant, unpleasant or neutral. TranscriptGood morning everyone. Welcome to our Sunday morning meditation class. Welcome to those of you who come regularly and a special welcome […]
Are mindfulness and meditation the same thing?
Have you ever wondered whether you were using the words mindfulness or meditation correctly? It’s no surprise as there is a lot of confusion over the terms mindfulness and meditation, with some people using them interchangeably, and some people using the term mindfulness meditation. Because of this, one thing people often ask is: are mindfulness and meditation the same thing?