"Beginnings and Endings" by Alan James

The training rejects all speculations. It is rare to be born human. Life after death and emotional responses are reviewed. First noble truth:- attachment to Earth life is the problem. Second noble truth:- yearning to belong, but there is no peace where there is craving and hatred. There are lessons to learn from being human before progressing onward. What happens to a meditator after death? Emphasis is placed on practising right to enlightenment. Seeing the 3 marks, knowing the 4 truths.       

Alan James founded the House of Inner Tranquillity, along with his wife Jacqui James in 1980. He continued to teach the way to enlightenment until his retirement in 2010.  

This talk was originally given in October 1992