[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhist Geeks: Alan Wallace on achieving Shamatha
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Buddhist Geeks 2: Alan Wallace on achieving Shamatha. In our first podcast featuring scholar-practitioner B. Alan Wallace we asked Dr. Wallace to give us the low-down on his spiritual journey, as well as describe the stages of deepening relaxation and vividness of attention leading to the culmination of an attainment he calls shamatha. Link: http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2007/01/15/buddhist-geeks-2-alan- wallace-on-achieving-shamatha/ What a tweeb. And this is the stuff you consider superior to TM???
[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhist Geeks: Alan Wallace on achieving Shamatha
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Buddhist Geeks 2: Alan Wallace on achieving Shamatha. In our first podcast featuring scholar-practitioner B. Alan Wallace we asked Dr. Wallace to give us the low-down on his spiritual journey, as well as describe the stages of deepening relaxation and vividness of attention leading to the culmination of an attainment he calls shamatha. Link: http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2007/01/15/buddhist-geeks-2-alan- wallace-on-achieving-shamatha/ My response: Lawson English on Feb 12th, 2007 said: My response: if these traits are genuine traits, then they will show up in other forms of meditative practice. And yetÂ… Contrast samadhi during TM with compassion meditation: Where's the underlying universal harmony in all points simultaneously, not just in some localized expression of expertise in a single function of the brain? http://web.mac.com/lawsonenglish/iWeb/Site/Meditation EEG.html
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhist Geeks: Alan Wallace on achieving Shamatha
On Feb 12, 2007, at 8:33 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Buddhist Geeks 2: Alan Wallace on achieving Shamatha. In our first podcast featuring scholar-practitioner B. Alan Wallace we asked Dr. Wallace to give us the low-down on his spiritual journey, as well as describe the stages of deepening relaxation and vividness of attention leading to the culmination of an attainment he calls shamatha. Link: http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2007/01/15/buddhist-geeks-2-alan- wallace-on-achieving-shamatha/ What a tweeb. And this is the stuff you consider superior to TM??? Well, if you consider the first stage or two involve TM style levels of stability and then you go towards hours of continuous absorption in the later stages, I guess you can reach your own conclusions! :-) A couple of minutes compared to an hour to several hours is quite a difference. Did you even listen to it? I didn't think you did! And shamatha is just the start...(as he explains)...
[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhist Geeks: Alan Wallace on achieving Shamatha
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 12, 2007, at 8:33 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: Buddhist Geeks 2: Alan Wallace on achieving Shamatha. In our first podcast featuring scholar-practitioner B. Alan Wallace we asked Dr. Wallace to give us the low-down on his spiritual journey, as well as describe the stages of deepening relaxation and vividness of attention leading to the culmination of an attainment he calls shamatha. Link: http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2007/01/15/buddhist-geeks-2-alan- wallace-on-achieving-shamatha/ What a tweeb. And this is the stuff you consider superior to TM??? Well, if you consider the first stage or two involve TM style levels of stability and then you go towards hours of continuous absorption in the later stages, I guess you can reach your own conclusions! :-) A couple of minutes compared to an hour to several hours is quite a difference. Did you even listen to it? I didn't think you did! And shamatha is just the start...(as he explains)... And he is wrong. And you are as well.
