10A Compassion and the Suffering of Change

04/15/11 • 19 min

Spring 2011 Shamatha Retreat

This is a 20 minute introduction to the practice of compassion that follows in the next podcast, "10B Compassion and the Suffering of Change". Alan Wallace describes the second type of suffering, the suffering of change, including its source.

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09 Settling the Mind in its Natural State: The Foreground

This morning session includes a guided meditation on the practice of settling the mind in its natural state, focusing on the foreground and the distinct events that are arising within the mind.

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10B Compassion and the Suffering of Change

This session is the continuation of "10A Compassion and the Suffering of Change" and includes the 24-minute guided meditation on compassion, focusing on the suffering of change.

During the following question and answer with the group, Alan answers the following questions.

1. What is the difference between desire without attachment and motivation?
2. In the context of the practice of settling the mind in its natural state, what is the mind?
3. What happens to an arhat after death?
4. What are the internal causes for shamatha?