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B. Alan Wallace
Graduation Year
1995
Dissertation Title
"The Cultivation of Sustained Voluntary Attention in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism"
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