B. Alan Wallace

(1950) Translator

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B. Alan Wallace is a translator.

Quick Facts About B. Alan Wallace

Born: January 1, 1950
Profession: Translator

About B. Alan Wallace

[Wikidata] American author, translator, teacher, researcher, interpreter, and Buddhist practitioner... | [Wikipedia] Bruce Alan Wallace is an American Buddhologist of Tibetan Buddhism. He has authored many texts in the field of contemplative science, most notably The Attention Revolution on the cultivation of Samatha, and Dreaming Yourself Awake on the lucid dreaming practice of dream yoga. Wallace's works include

Quotes by B. Alan Wallace

One of the most persistent of all delusions is the conviction that the source of our dissatisfaction lies outside ourselves.

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Conviction

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“Meditation is a balancing act between attention and relaxation.”

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Balancing act

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Mindfulness was experienced as not holding onto the past, the future, or 'nowness:' but relaxing into the immediacy of whatever was happening.

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Future

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The point of Buddhist meditation is not to stop thinking, for cultivation of insight clearly requires intelligent use of thought and discrimination.…

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Activity

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We are persons whose bodies can be objectively studied according to the impersonal laws of physics but whose minds are subjectively experienced…

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Able

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Integrated meditation practice is like a healthy diet which is indispensable for maintaining your vitality and resistance to disease. Likewise, a balanced…

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