In this episode Alan Wallace explores the themes of enlightenment and salvation considering two expressions of Buddhism and his own spiritual journey. This Talk was part of a day of interfaith dialogue between Alan Wallace and Fr. Laurence Freeman. Alan Wallace is a renowned Tibetan Buddhist teacher and the founder of the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies.
n this dialogue Dr Wallace explores the themes of enlightenment and salvation and responds to questions such as:
Are salvation and enlightenment the same?
Is grace at work in the individual journey?
At what levels do (or can) different traditions achieve sameness?
Is the origin of grace within or without yourself, and where is the demarcation?
Does Christianity treat God as an emotional projection?
Alan Wallace is a prominent voice in the emerging discussion between contemporary Buddhist thinkers and scientists who question the materialist presumptions of their 20th-century paradigms. He left his college studies in 1971 and moved to Dharamsala, India, to study Tibetan Buddhism, medicine and language. He was ordained by H.H. the Dalai Lama, and over fourteen years as a monk he studied with and translated for several of this generation’s greatest lamas. He is founder of the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies.
Music Credits: Aourourou by Blue Dot Sessions