39 Equanimity, part 1

Fall 2011 Shamatha Retreat

Back to meditative cultivations of equanimity, Alan emphasizes maintaining the equilibrium in the face of whatever arises. Alan also talks about the cognitive and affective aspects of equanimity.
Meditation starts at 34:46

Questions (59:40):
Alan answers questions about the feeling of energies in circulating in the body while practicing, the visions a non-Buddhist can expect in the dying process in reference to the descriptions posed by several texts on the bardos, if the acquired sign can arise if one focuses on a rock and about the conditions and time necessary to achieve shamatha.