Fall 2013 Shamatha And The Bodhisattva Way Of Life

Alan continues "taking off another layer" and assisting us to overcome our addiction to doing and trying in this meditation. He gives an analogy of a car in neutral gear. Not going forward or backward but knowing it is running. After the meditation talks about the difference between the Dzogchen meditation and Shamatha Without a Sign. Moving to the text we examine the seven qualities of our own Rigpa, before moving on to Padmasambhava's parable. This gives us an opportunity to consider a convergence between Buddhism and other contemplative traditions and modern science. Meditation starts at: 24:23