95 From chaos to calm

Fall 2011 Shamatha Retreat by Diego Gonzalez

Oct 21, 201158:23Religion & Spirituality

Alan leads the group, who has started talking now, through a shamatha session (02:13) designed to bring the mind down from agitation to calm. He speaks to a question (35:53) regarding the Dzogchen view of rigpa and the e...

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