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Loving Kindness: A Remedy for Infatuation with Samsara

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Spring 2010 Shamatha Retreat

B. Alan Wallace
20 Apr 2010 – 11 Jun 2010
Thanyapura Mind Centre, Phuket, Thailand

This is Dr. Alan Wallace’s teachings from the Spring 2010 Shamatha Retreat in the wonderful Phuket International Academy Mind Centre.

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This podcast was created live every day during the retreat in 2010.

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B. Alan Wallace, 27 Apr 2010

We start with a great introduction on the Four Inmeasurables and how they interrelate based on Buddhaghosa and the Tibetan Buddhism perspective, including the “faux facsimiles” or close but very distorted versions of the 4I (yes! I finally found an abbreviation that I will be using from now on) and some commentary on how to remedy the delusion about thinking that we will be the lucky ones in samsara. After finding that Loving Kindness is the cure for that, we go into a great, deep practice to “get real.”
Afterwards there is some reflection on the practice and a few misc. Q&A.

This samsaric picture by Malcolm was taken before the retreat. This will probably be the only beach picture you see from us!

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