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BuddhaNet - Worldwide Buddhist Information and Education Network. Spring 2012 shamatha retreat audio teachings with Alan Wallace | Teachings from the eight-week shamatha retreat at Thanyapura Mind Centre, Phuket, Thailand. 94 Loving-Kindness. Q&A Aspiring for genuine happiness. Unguided meditation not included. What do i have to do to achieve stage 4 outside of retreat? What does full enlightenment mean? Podcast: Play in new window | Download 93 Practice in the Spirit of Loving-Kindess, Q&A We proceed directly into meditation with loving kindness for ourself, then spend the remaining time with Q&A. Q&A (at 24:51) * Subtlety of subjectivity in lucid dreams. * Achieving shamatha while dreaming. * Sleep paralysis and false awakenings. * What is deja vu? * Relevance of learning the Tibetan language today. * Unpacking the terms “reality-based” and “let reality rise up to meet you.”

Podcast: Play in new window | Download 92 Morning Q&A We are encouraged to practice the four immeasurables in a spirit of looking back on our retreat and broader past. Podcast: Play in new window | Download 91 Practice in the Spirit of Loving-Kindness. . * Recommended dzogchen reading. * Nyam, flashbacks, and the placebo effect. 90 Morning Q&A. Unfettered Mind. A Theravada Library. Dhammatube. FPMT.org.

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