The Last Shamatha Practice

Alan Wallace Live from Phuket! by B. Alan Wallace

Jun 11, 201000:39:10Religion & Spirituality

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...

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