The Illumination of Primordial Wisdom
D4S1 - Searching for the Apprehending Mind
Lama Alan · 127 minutes · recorded January 1, 2021
Chasing awareness back to its source, as a sunbeam is traced back to the sun, is the instruction here. Lama Alan Wallace distinguishes vipashyana, which entails inquiry, from the non-judgemental witnessing taught under that name, then puts the questions in Dudjom Rinpoche's commentary: where a thought arose, where it is now, where it ceases, who is the agent of joys and sorrows, and whether that mind has a beginning, end and interim. In the closing practice we put them to whatever arises in the mind.
Consciousness and science The nature of mind Shamatha (calm abiding) Vipashyana (insight)