Interview
Dr B Alan Wallace: 'My Buddhist Journey' — Interview by Iain McNay
B. Alan Wallace discusses his path from monk to scholar of Buddhism and consciousness studies.
About the teacher
B. Alan Wallace
B. Alan Wallace moved to Dharamsala, India in 1971 to study Tibetan Buddhism, medicine and language, and was ordained a monk by the Dalai Lama two years later, spending fourteen years as a monk studying with and translating for leading lamas including Geshe Rabten. He later resumed Western academic study, earning a PhD from Stanford focused on the interface between Buddhism and Western science and philosophy.
He founded the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies and the Centers for Contemplative Research in Colorado, Italy and New Zealand, has written and translated more than forty books, and has been a frequent participant in Dalai Lama-scientist dialogues since 1987.
“"Like a telescope launched into orbit beyond the distortions of the earth's atmosphere, shamatha meditation provides a platform for exploring the deep space of the mind." — B. Alan Wallace, "Within You Without You," Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Winter 2009 (an essay he authored)”B. Alan Wallace
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