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B. Alan Wallace

Graduation Year
1995
Dissertation Title
"The Cultivation of Sustained Voluntary Attention in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism"
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After earning his PhD in Religious Studies at Stanford University, B. Alan Wallace taught for four years in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is now the founder and president of the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies and three branches of the Center for Contemplative Research, as well as the chairman of the Phuket International Academy Mind Centre in Thailand, where he leads intensive, eight-week meditation retreats. His most recent books include The Four Immeasurables: Practices to Open the Heart (2021), Minding Closely: The Four Applications of Mindfulness (2021), Open Mind: View and Meditation in the Lineage of Lerab Lingpa (2018).

Featured Publications

"The Art of Transforming the Mind: A Meditator’s Guide to the Tibetan Practice of Lojong" on 2022

2022

"The Four Immeasurables: Practices to Open the Heart" on 2021

2021

"Minding Closely: The Four Applications of Mindfulness" on 2021

2021

"Open Mind: View and Meditation in the Lineage of Lerab Lingpa" on 2018

2018

"Fathoming the Mind: Inquiry and Insight in Dudjom Lingpa's Vajra Essence" on 2018

2018

"Düdjom Lingpa’s Visions of the Great Perfections" on 2016

2016

Mind in the Balance: Meditation in Science, Buddhism, and Christianity on 2014

2014

"Meditations of a Buddhist Skeptic: A Manifesto for the Mind Sciences and Contemplative Practice" on 2013

2013

"The Seven-Point Mind Training: A Tibetan Method for Cultivating Mind and Heart" on 2012

2012

"Dreaming Yourself Awake: Lucid Dreaming and Tibetan Dream Yoga for Insight and Transformation" on 2012

2012

"The Taboo of Subjectivity: Toward a New Science of Consciousness" on 2011

2011

"How to Practice Shamatha Meditation: The Cultivation of Meditative Quiescence" on 2011

2011

"Stilling the Mind: Shamatha Teachings from Dudjom Lingpa’s Vajra Essence" on 2011

2011

"Minding Closely: The Four Applications of Mindfulness" on 2011

2011

"Mind in the Balance: Meditation in Science, Buddhism, and Christianity" on 2010

2010

"The Four Immeasurables: Practices to Open the Heart" on 2010

2010

"Contemplative Science: Where Buddhism and Neuroscience Converge" on 2009

2009

"Embracing Mind: The Common Ground of Science and Spirituality" on 2008

2008

"Hidden Dimensions: The Unification of Physics and Consciousness" on 2007

2007

"The Attention Revolution: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind" on 2006

2006

"Genuine Happiness: Meditation as the Path to Fulfillment" on 2005

2005

"Balancing the Mind: A Tibetan Buddhist Approach to Refining Attention" on 2005

2005

"Buddhism and Science: Breaking New Ground" on 2003

2003

"Choosing Reality: A Buddhist View of Physics and the Mind" on 2003

2003

"Buddhism with an Attitude: The Tibetan Seven-Point Mind-Training" on 2001

2001

"Healing from the Source: The Science and Lore of Tibetan Medicine" on 2000

2000

"The Bridge of Quiescence: Experiencing Tibetan Buddhist Meditation" on 1998

1998

"A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life" on 1997

1997

"Tibetan Buddhism from the Ground Up: A Practical Approach for Modern Life" on 1993

1993

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