Fall 2011 Shamatha Retreat

A discussion of substrate, substrate consciousness and pristine awareness. How klishtamanas comes out of the alayavijñana creating a sense of "I am" and subject and object. Also a discussion of the dying process. Practice(10:53): Awareness of awareness, oscillating between non-objectified knowing and reflecting on who is knowing (and who is knowing that person knowing) Final comment: Padmasambhava: awareness of awareness is a shamatha practice but you may slip into pristine awareness as well.