A Lamp to Dispel Darkness
Three sessions with Lama Alan Wallace on Mipham Rinpoche's pith instructions for pointing out the nature of mind, recorded at Colet House in 2016.
“Heed these words, You who wish to probe the depths of nature: If you do not find within yourself that which you seek, neither will you find it outside. In you is hidden the treasure of treasures. Know Thyself and you will know the Universe and the Gods”, Delphi Oracle A Lamp to Dispel Darkness is Lama Alan Wallace's translation of Mipham Rinpoche's Advice for Pointing Out the Mind in Accordance with the Tradition of the Old Realized Ones. It is a set of pith instructions that establish a powerful and profound path to sustain awareness of the essential nature of mind, and so to wake up to the true nature of our being, without the need for extensive learning or solitary retreat experience. Recorded at Colet House in London in 2016, this three-part course has Lama Alan giving the clear, direct and specific instructions for both establishing and sustaining such a view, and holding those present in it. The intent of the teaching is to crack open the egg of ignorance, to cut the net of mundane existence, and to dwell in space like equipoise. The aim across the three parts is a sound basis for a practice that carries into both meditation and everyday life and can be sustained continua
What this course covers
- Mipham Rinpoche's pith instructions on pointing out the nature of mind
- Cracking open the egg of unawareness
- Telling the substrate consciousness apart from rigpa
- Cutting the net of mundane existence
- Dwelling in space like equipoise
- Non-meditation, and the near misses that resemble it
- Sustaining the view in everyday life, not only in retreat
Sessions
- S1 - Cracking Open the Egg of Unawareness 99 minutes
- S2 - The Substrate Is Not Rigpa 48 minutes
- S3 - Non-Meditation and the Near Misses 121 minutes