We will look at the nature of the mind, an idea which belongs primarily within Buddhist yogacara philosophy. I want to first set out two basic positions about looking into our experience of being alive in the world, and then relate that to the methods of meditation. James Low Download PDF Karma Thegchen Chö Ling, Bremen, Germany 17-18 June 1995 […]
» Read moreHow do wisdom and compassion inform us in our ordinary human relationships, both formal and informal? We might start with a question. Do human beings, do we as human beings, know how to behave to each other? JAMES LOW Download the PDF Karma Thegchen Chö Ling Dharma Centre, Bremen, Germany 15 October 1994 Transcribed by Liz Fox Not Edited Excerpts […]
» Read moreJames Low Karma Thegchen Chö Ling Dharma Centre, Bremen, Germany 15-16 October 1994 Transcribed by Liz Fox Download the PDF Not Edited Last time I was here I talked about tantra and I’ll return to that theme this time. This afternoon I’ll make some general remarks, bringing up the theoretical underpinnings of the practice of tantra and tomorrow we will […]
» Read moreThe word tantra in Tibetan means continuity or connectedness. Traditionally this indicates the continuity of awareness through all the moments of experience. Awareness is like the open sky; clouds and sunshine and rockets pass through the sky, but the sky itself is open to all of them. That is to say the continuity of the sky, the sky-ness of the […]
» Read moreJames Low Download PDF Bremen, Germany 29 January 1994 Transcribed by Liz Fox Unedited Excerpts “Our topic is psychotherapy and buddhism so I will start by saying something about the Buddhist understanding of the mind’s mental processes, and then reflect on that in relation to psychosis, anxiety and depression. After that we can look at whether there is any contribution […]
» Read moreWILD HEART GATHERING, EAST SUSSEX, UK. SEPTEMBER 2010 James Low Download the PDF Übersetzt von Kurt Rabitsch Download Audio Textauszüge: …Wir sind nicht der Inhalt unseres Geistes und trotzdem sind wir untrennbar vom Inhalt unseres Geistes. Der Inhalt unseres Geistes ist Erleben; er ist nicht Selbst-Definition; er ist nicht Essenz. Deshalb, wenn du schlechte Zeiten hast, definieren diese schlechten Zeiten […]
» Read moreWild heart Gathering, East Sussex, UK. September 2010 James Low Transcribed and edited by Sarah Allen Read the the transcript in English Read the transcript in German. Read the transcript in Portuguese. Read the transcript in Spanish. You can also listen to a recording of this talk at the audio link Extracts We are not the content of our mind and […]
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