“The greatest gift you can give someone,” says B. Alan Wallace, “is your attention.” I’ve just given him nearly 15 minutes of mine and it was worth it, and I’ll listen to more tomorrow (thank you for the tip, William Harryman!). Here’s the opening talk of a two-day retreat hosted by the Jefferson Tibetan Society of Charlottesville, VA,  focusing on The Four Immeasurables (the Brahmaviharas) and Shamatha (meditative quiescence), followed by a guided meditation. Wallace, a meditation teacher, scholar, former Tibetan monk and a longtime student of the Dalai Lama’s, teaches that any of us can benefit from these practices whether we’re Buddhist or not. Great stuff, take a listen

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