Alan Wallace Fall 2012 Retreat Podcast: Vipashyana, Four Applications Of Mindfulness

Meditation: Settling body, speech, and mind in the natural state; Bare attention; Application of mindfulness on the body Teaching: Alan begins by distinguishing between mindfulness, bare attention, vipassana, choiceless awareness, open presence, and dzogchen. As an entry point to vipasyana, it necessary to undo the conflation between that which is being presented and our superimposition of labels, memories, like/dislike, etc... Vipasyana is an expedition which attends to and engages with all appearances of reality without falling into old ruts. Someone suitable for the expedition possesses 3 qualities: 1) being perceptive, 2) being open-minded, and 3) putting teachings into practice. In the Sattipathana sutta, the Buddha calls the 4 applications of mindfulness the „direct path“ to the „realization of nirvana“. Samadhi is prerequisite for the wisdom teachings to penetrate, purify, transform, and liberate the mind. The foundation of samadhi is sila (ethics). Meditation starts at 00:00