Stilling the Mind: Shamatha Teachings from Dudjom Lingpa's Vajra Essence
B. Alan Wallace is president of the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies. He trained for many years as a monk in Buddhist monasteries in India and Switzerland. He has taught Buddhist theory and practice in Europe and America since 1976 and has served as interpreter for numerous Tibetan scholars and contemplatives, including H. H. the Dalai Lama. After graduatingsumma cum laudefrom Amherst College, where he studied physics and the philosophy of science, he earned his MA and PhD in religious studies at Stanford University. He has edited, translated, authored, and contributed to more than thirty books on Tibetan Buddhism, medicine, language, and culture, and the interface between science and religion.Brian Hodel is a freelance journalist and book editor. He has collaborated with B. Alan Wallace on many books includingStilling the Mind, Embracing Mind, Dreaming Yourself Awake, andContemplative Science.