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Bruce [1] Alan Wallace (born 1950) is an American Buddhologist of Tibetan Buddhism and author. He has authored many texts in the field of contemplative science , most notably The Attention Revolution on the cultivation of Samatha , and Dreaming Yourself Awake on the lucid dreaming practice of dream yoga .
Buddhist Geeks is a podcast, online magazine, and annual conference with a primary focus on American Buddhism.It was established in 2006 by Vince Horn and Ryan Oelke. [1] [2] Past guests have included Brad Warner, [3] Shinzen Young, [4] and B. Alan Wallace.
Through one's practice of vipashyana being based on and carried on in the midst of shamatha, one eventually ends up practicing a unification [yuganaddha] of shamatha and vipashyana. The unification leads to a very clear and direct experience of the nature of all things. This brings one very close to what is called the absolute truth. [70]
When we've heard the teachings and also experienced their true meaning – that to practice shamatha is to abide peacefully – a certain faith develops. This isn't blind faith. It's based on our own relationship with meditation. We have faith in a practice that we have experienced ourselves.
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The Mind & Life Institute is a US-registered, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1991 to establish the field of contemplative sciences.Based in Charlottesville, Va., the institute “brings science and contemplative wisdom together to better understand the mind and create positive change in the world."
As in Zen but unlike Tibetan Buddhist practice, meditators engage in group practice of shamatha-vipashyana. In addition, Shambhala have adopted the practices of kyūdō , ikebana (kado), tea ceremony , oryoki , calligraphy , and other traditional Japanese arts.
Buddhist meditation is the practice of meditation in Buddhism.The closest words for meditation in the classical languages of Buddhism are bhāvanā ("mental development") [note 1] and jhāna/dhyāna (a state of meditative absorption resulting in a calm and luminous mind).