B Alan hit the nail on the head when he said that some of us need to burn off old karma causing craving and attachment. I needed to go thru some things and consciously put "practice" and any pursuit of a path on hold. I started meditating at 21yr old and stopped at 35 to fulfill a need to experience some very human experiences that most people take for granted but that I missed growing up in an orphanage and foster homes.. It turned out all wrong but that was all right. I returned to active seeking by the time I was 50 and it could not have gone any other way...
I like the sukhavati beeing called "pureland of the proletariat". The pureland way is so inclusive and wonderfull. May all beeings be free of opression ,hate and ignorance. Namo Amida Butsu
@@ezeeproproperties8352 i think thats why pureland method is so good, since it also includes heavly deluded beeings and offers us a way to buddhahood regardless of our samsaric nature, karma and ignorance. Still good to practice virture but we should know our limitations with relying on "self power".
Hi Janet, I think it's this one: Spacious Path to Freedom: Practical Instructions on the Union of Mahamudra and Atiyoga www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1559393408/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_8PN5CbGM2TCE1
I would like to hear Wallace's argument on the Pure Lands. He is always so critical of science being dogmatic and argues how we can come to know the mind and therefore the nature of reality through the mind, through meditation which I agree with. But I feel like there is no science behind the pure lands, that it is based solely on faith and even reminds me of the Christian heaven (maybe a transitory one?). When I hear about the pure land, I imagine it referring to the Earth, to how I view (or potentially could view) reality today. It is complete as it is. Why bother aspiring to something that I have no proof of its existence? I know wisdom and compassion to be true. I am skeptical of the pure lands. Is there a reasonable explanation for it?
Once you understand dependent origination and how the world which we know has arisen, the existence of the Pure Land becomes clear as well. You can't approach Buddhism with a materialist mindset. Mind and phenomena are inseparable.
You don't even have "scientific" proof of consciousness and the fact that consciousness happens is literally the most indubitable knowledge that we have. There are no tools of modern science that can measure the presence of absence of consciousness. Does that mean that we mustn't believe we are aware because science can't prove it?
I have followed Alan Wallace for many years, and I have the same questions. He seems to have a massive blind spot regarding his relentless criticism of scientific dogma vs. his lack of questioning of his own beliefs and perhaps even dogmas. In his case he is appealing to authority, that is, many highly advanced practitioners have discovered these realms in meditation and that's his evidence. It's not a fallacy per se - appeal to authority is fine in a situation like this - but where's the evidence for the rest of us? He can't provide it. He's asking us to believe him. That's also fine, but call a belief a belief, don't call it something you know or have discovered yourself. You can't criticize science being skeptical on the one hand and accept pure lands without scientific evidence to show us on the other. Alan Wallace can be very frustrating. He attacks anything new, like targeted brain stimulation, psychedelic research or any other non-traditional tools, has avoided discussing the massive implications of artificial intelligence, and is fine with neuroscience as long as it doesn't intrude upon Buddhist 'territory'. It is quite apparent that he is worried that neuroscience will soon overpower all the sophisticated, time-consuming, extremely demanding teachings he's spent decades learning and he doesn't like it. He also really doesn't want to deal with the philosophical challenges posed by AI. I would cut him some slack, as he is 72 years old, but Jack Kornfield is 78 and just this year had a conversation with Sam Altman of OpenAI about how AI and Buddhism will converge. Shinzen Young is also 78 and he is developing a device in collaboration with a neuroscientist to target specific brain regions in order to rapidly accelerate the spiritual path. And many similar technologies are being worked on in labs around the world. I can confidently say that without psychedelics, neurofeedback, brain stimulation, energy healing, *everything * I could find, I would have gotten nowhere on the path, the obstacles I face are too steep. Maybe 5% of society can actually follow everything Alan teaches in his talks and books. It's never going to wake up the world, dude, it's way too slow, and we don't have enough time. So I take Alan with a gigantic dose of salt.
B Alan hit the nail on the head when he said that some of us need to burn off old karma causing craving and attachment. I needed to go thru some things and consciously put "practice" and any pursuit of a path on hold. I started meditating at 21yr old and stopped at 35 to fulfill a need to experience some very human experiences that most people take for granted but that I missed growing up in an orphanage and foster homes.. It turned out all wrong but that was all right. I returned to active seeking by the time I was 50 and it could not have gone any other way...
I like the sukhavati beeing called "pureland of the proletariat".
The pureland way is so inclusive and wonderfull.
May all beeings be free of opression ,hate and ignorance.
Namo Amida Butsu
We say "inclusive" but how many people do you know who have the discipline for ethics?
I can count them on one hand.
@@ezeeproproperties8352 i think thats why pureland method is so good, since it also includes heavly deluded beeings and offers us a way to buddhahood regardless of our samsaric nature, karma and ignorance. Still good to practice virture but we should know our limitations with relying on "self power".
Such an incredible dharma talk!!!! Can't stop listening to it.
He might have the most soothing voice I have ever heard
Vajra voice 💎💎💎🙏🙏🙏🙇🏻♂️🙇🏻♂️🙇🏻♂️
Our precious jewel of the west 🙏🙏🙏🙇🏻♂️🙇🏻♂️🙇🏻♂️
Alan Wallace is awesome... Great teacher... Namo
So awesome! So awesome. Alan Wallace aways inspires! Big heart thank you!
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This man hasn't aged one bit since I first started watching his videos back in 2010.
Namô Amitabha Buddha from Brazil. I aspire to be born in the Pure Land of Amitabha Buddha, and come back to this Saha World to help sentient beings.
nam mo a di da phat!
Thank you
Inspiring being!
Omn Lumina Nimbus so true!
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I vow to be born in Sukhavati. Nam Mo A Di Da Phat!!!
Namô Amitabha Buddha from Brazil.
could someone please tell me what the book is called that he mentioned in this video...I think he is saying 'The space of that to freedom'?
Hi Janet, I think it's this one: Spacious Path to Freedom: Practical Instructions on the Union of Mahamudra and Atiyoga www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1559393408/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_8PN5CbGM2TCE1
A spacious path to freedom: practical instructions on the union of mahamudra and atiyoga (dzogchen) Gyatrul Rinpoche and Alan Wallace 🙏🙏🙏
Who is this Venerable Rinpoche in the picture on the right side please?
I believe this is Yangthang Rinpoche
With Dudjom Lingpa between them 🙏
👌🏾
I would like to hear Wallace's argument on the Pure Lands. He is always so critical of science being dogmatic and argues how we can come to know the mind and therefore the nature of reality through the mind, through meditation which I agree with. But I feel like there is no science behind the pure lands, that it is based solely on faith and even reminds me of the Christian heaven (maybe a transitory one?).
When I hear about the pure land, I imagine it referring to the Earth, to how I view (or potentially could view) reality today. It is complete as it is.
Why bother aspiring to something that I have no proof of its existence?
I know wisdom and compassion to be true. I am skeptical of the pure lands. Is there a reasonable explanation for it?
Once you understand dependent origination and how the world which we know has arisen, the existence of the Pure Land becomes clear as well. You can't approach Buddhism with a materialist mindset. Mind and phenomena are inseparable.
You don't even have "scientific" proof of consciousness and the fact that consciousness happens is literally the most indubitable knowledge that we have.
There are no tools of modern science that can measure the presence of absence of consciousness.
Does that mean that we mustn't believe we are aware because science can't prove it?
My suggestion is to watch this at least 10 times.
It's as scientific as mathematics. It's intersubjective.
Listen to more of his talks, again and again, until you get it.
I have followed Alan Wallace for many years, and I have the same questions. He seems to have a massive blind spot regarding his relentless criticism of scientific dogma vs. his lack of questioning of his own beliefs and perhaps even dogmas. In his case he is appealing to authority, that is, many highly advanced practitioners have discovered these realms in meditation and that's his evidence.
It's not a fallacy per se - appeal to authority is fine in a situation like this - but where's the evidence for the rest of us? He can't provide it. He's asking us to believe him. That's also fine, but call a belief a belief, don't call it something you know or have discovered yourself. You can't criticize science being skeptical on the one hand and accept pure lands without scientific evidence to show us on the other.
Alan Wallace can be very frustrating. He attacks anything new, like targeted brain stimulation, psychedelic research or any other non-traditional tools, has avoided discussing the massive implications of artificial intelligence, and is fine with neuroscience as long as it doesn't intrude upon Buddhist 'territory'.
It is quite apparent that he is worried that neuroscience will soon overpower all the sophisticated, time-consuming, extremely demanding teachings he's spent decades learning and he doesn't like it. He also really doesn't want to deal with the philosophical challenges posed by AI.
I would cut him some slack, as he is 72 years old, but Jack Kornfield is 78 and just this year had a conversation with Sam Altman of OpenAI about how AI and Buddhism will converge. Shinzen Young is also 78 and he is developing a device in collaboration with a neuroscientist to target specific brain regions in order to rapidly accelerate the spiritual path. And many similar technologies are being worked on in labs around the world.
I can confidently say that without psychedelics, neurofeedback, brain stimulation, energy healing, *everything * I could find, I would have gotten nowhere on the path, the obstacles I face are too steep. Maybe 5% of society can actually follow everything Alan teaches in his talks and books. It's never going to wake up the world, dude, it's way too slow, and we don't have enough time.
So I take Alan with a gigantic dose of salt.