The Last Shamatha Practice

I know, I am quite the dramatic with my titles :) With a bittersweet feeling we have come to the last group practice of Shamatha for this retreat. To end majestically, we practiced the fourth method of Shamatha without a sign as taught by Padmasambhava. Preceding the practice, Alan shared some tips of what we can do to practice and ground ourselves in the midst of a flurry of activity around us. He first returned to his analogy of Schooner (Boat)/ Submarine/Jet Plane in relationship with the Shamatha practices, and then he shared one more drop of wisdom in the form of a brand new practice for us, combining Breath Awareness with Awareness of Awareness to create a deeply soothing yet vivid and engaged practice. After the meditation, Alan suggests keeping the attention engaged with something real in between thoughts and everyday, and finished by sharing a brilliant Tibetan aphorism to keep us out of trouble: "When you are alone, watch your mind. When you are with others, watch your mouth." This beautiful starry picture is a still from David.

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The Last Shamatha Practice is an episode from Alan Wallace Live from Phuket! by B. Alan Wallace.

This episode is 00:39:10 long.

This episode was published on Jun 11, 2010.

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