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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]
The five faults (Sanskrit: ādīnava; Tibetan: nyes-dmigs) of shamatha meditation according to the textual tradition [b] of Tibetan Buddhism are: [3] [4] [5] Laziness ( kausīdya , le-lo ) Forgetting the instruction ( avavādasammosa, gdams-ngag brjed-pa )
[29] [30] [31] Intelligent faith and devotion brings trust when developed from shamatha, vipashyana and tonglen practice. [32] In general, the sutra teachings speak of four faith types: inspired faith, aspiring faith, confident faith and irreversible faith.
Wallace also notes that several modern Buddhist figures, such as Pa Auk Sayadaw and Geshe Gedun Lodro have also written about how to train the mind to access past life memories. [86] The Burmese monk Pa Auk Sayadaw is known for teaching such methods and some of his western students like Shaila Catherine have written about this and their ...
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.
The complete YBh is often divided into the Basic Section and the Supplementary Section. The first section, which is the largest (49.9% of the work), is the "main stages division" or "the basic section" (Skt. *Maulyo Bhūmayaḥ, Ch. 本地分 Běn dì fēn, Tib.