Talk by James Low, “Emptiness, Equanimity and Kindness” April 2020. When many people are suffering our hearts go out to them and we wish them well. This quality of kindness is vital to extend our connectivity beyond the people of our personal concern. However from the buddhist point of view the power of kindness is greatly increased by merging it with the wisdom of emptiness.
» Read moreJames Low, 23 April 2020 It begins:Mum sends you, age 7, to the market to buy oranges, only oranges, and “don’t buy anything else!” The women with the fruit and vegetable stalls want to sell you what they have, “Look” they say, “what lovely bananas and the grapes, Oh, such lovely grapes – and these pears are so amazing.”
» Read moreJames Low wrote Chapter 15 of this book, Practising Chod in the Cemeteries of Ladakh, which includes a secret biography of the yogini Machig Labdron and the Chod practice which she created. The practice of chod is unique to Tibetan Buddhism.
» Read moreIn 1981 C R Lama wrote that “These prayers describe how … Padma Sambhava promises to come every morning with the rising sun and to come every tenth day of the lunar month and make himself visible to the people. The prayers give protection from war, disease, famine, difficult journeys, dangerous animals, earthquakes, troublesome yeti, robbers and authoritarian police, at […]
» Read moreNew Russian Translation. Быть прямо здесь. Перевод на русский язык (2023): Мария Шрамко, Россия. Being Right Here. Translated into Russian by Maria Shramko Jan 2024. Uploaded Jan 2024.
» Read moreSimply Being presents twelve texts collected and translated by James Low, who copied them from the travelling libraries of yogis practising in the Himalayas
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