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50 Introduction to the Transitional Process of Dreaming

50 Introduction to the Transitional Process of Dreaming

FromFall 2014 Shamatha, Vipashyana, Dream Yoga


50 Introduction to the Transitional Process of Dreaming

FromFall 2014 Shamatha, Vipashyana, Dream Yoga

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Released:
Sep 19, 2014
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Alan begins with further instruction on a Dzogchen approach to mindfulness of breathing.

After the silent meditation session, he introduces Padmasambhava’s teachings on the second bardo, the transitional process of dreaming (Natural Liberation p. 141) with a discussion of buddha nature.

Alan emphasizes that included in this section of the text are practices for seeing the illusion of dream appearances in both nighttime and daytime. Even people who have little recall of their dreams while sleeping will have plenty of practice to do.

Break for silent, unrecorded meditation at 11:12
Released:
Sep 19, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (72)

This eight-week retreat will focus on three of the six transitional processes, namely: the Transitional Process of Living, with teachings on śamatha and vipaśyanā, the Transitional Process of Dreaming, with teachings on dream yoga, and the Transitional Process of Meditation with teachings on Dzogchen meditation. All these teachings will be based on the text The Profound Dharma of The Natural Emergence of the Peaceful and Wrathful from Enlightened Awareness Stage of Completion Instructions on the Six Transitional Processes, an “earth terma” of teachings by Padmasambhava, revealed by Karma Lingpa in the fourteen century. The English translation of this text has been published under the title Natural Liberation: Padmasambhava’s Teachings on the Six Bardos, with commentary by Gyatrul Rinpoche and translated by B. Alan Wallace.