Podcasts Buddhism Spring 2011 Shamatha Retreat 16 Empathetic Joy as an Aspiration

16 Empathetic Joy as an Aspiration

Published: April 19, 2011, 11 a.m.

In this afternoon session, Alan Wallace guides us in a 24-minute meditation on mudita, or empathetic joy, from the perspective of mudita as an aspiration that all sentient beings never be parted from happiness free of suffering.

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During the following question and answer, Alan addresses these questions:

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1. I wonder why the monks at the dharma center where I teach a version of shamatha do not come to my teachings.

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2. How has the Shamatha Project study been received by the scientific community?

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3. Where to from here, now that the Shamatha Project is over?

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4. What is the definition of sentient beings?