James was teaching on The Root Verses of the Six Bardos, a fundamental text of Tibetan Buddhism and a terma of the master Karma Lingpa. The six bardos describe all aspects of our human lives, including the process of death and dying. They provide us with an opportunity to discover how we can recognize all aspects of living and dying as an expression of our buddha nature, our limitless and true nature.
The Root Verses of the Six Bardos is published in the Collected Works of C.R. Lama in 2013 (Chapter 4), edited by James Low. The German edition was published in 2016 under the title „Gesammelte Schriften von Chimed Rigdzin Rinpoche”.
In the section “The six realms of Samsara”, James refers to a depiction of the Wheel of Existence that can be viewed here .
↓ Download recordings: James Low – Germany – Eifel – 2017 April
1 Thursday - James Low – Germany – Eifel – 2017 April
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001 Tenderness and Kindness in Practice
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002 Non-Duality and Ignorance
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003 The Focus of Our Path
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004 False Identification
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005 About Refuge
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006 The Dogs of Cadiz
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007 Taking Refuge in the Buddha
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008 Taking Refuge in the Dharma
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009 Taking Refuge in the Sangha
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010 Bodhicitta
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011 The Bodhisattva Vow and Primary Identification
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012 The Six Realms of Samsara
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013 Pathways We Never Go Down
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014 Worlds We Inhabit, Worlds Others Inhabit
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015 Examining How We Make Sense of the World
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016 Escaping the Solidity of the World
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017 Introducing the Guru Yoga Practice
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018 Guru Yoga Practice Instruction
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019 Something Is Going On and You Are Part of It
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020 From Control to Relaxation and Trust
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021 The Power of Our Belief and Imagination
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022 A Thought Does Not Define Who I Really Am
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023 Memories
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024 Question – Trauma, Intensity and Realness
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025 Question – Fixation or Spontaneity
2 Friday - James Low – Germany – Eifel – 2017 April
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026 Meeting a Limit
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027 About Purity
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028 The Need to Purify Interpretation and Belief
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029 The Bardo Between Polarities
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030 The Origin of the Text
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031 The Meaning of the Bardo of Life
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032 The Bardo of Life – No Time for Leisure
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033 Reflection – Inhabiting This Life
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034 Appearance and Mind
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035 The Ripening of the Three Kayas
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036 Vacillation, Distraction
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037 Question – Contradiction in the Requirement for Activity
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038 Question – Not an Invitation to Stop Thinking
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039 Question – We Are Redundant
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040 Question – IT and Distraction in Our Time
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041 The Bardo of Dreams
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042 Falling Asleep – Mindful Clarity in Darkness
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043 Dreams and Meaning – Recognising the Illusory Nature
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044 Rest in the Clarity of the Mind
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045 Question – Prophetic Dreams
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046 Prepare for the Night in the Day
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047 Question – Position for Practice Before Sleep
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048 Question – Not Remembering Dreams
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049 Question – Astral Projection
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050 Question – When to Use Phat
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051 Question – Taking Working Life Seriously
3 Saturday - James Low – Germany – Eifel – 2017 April
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052 Transmission – Absorbing the Dharma
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053 Padmasambhava Practice and the Bardos
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054 The Bardo of Mental Stability
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055 Question – Seeing Phenomena, Seeing the Mind
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056 Keep Within the Openness Which Is Free of Limits
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057 Question – Buddhist Notion of Ego
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058 Working With the Ego – Two Roads
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059 Something Into Nothing
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060 Worldly Activities – Not Getting Hooked
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061 The Bardo of Dying – Loss of the Familiar
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062 Moving Towards Death
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063 Keeping on the Path of the Dharma – Instructions
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064 Question – Why Should Anything Carry On
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065 Question – Access and Connection to Deities in the Bardo
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066 Question – Dharma and Dementia
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067 Anxiety, Worry, Doubt
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068 My Task at This Time – In Preparation
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069 Becoming Free of the Body
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070 Attachment, Identification, Renunciation
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071 Dissolving the Limitations Binding Awareness
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072 The Bardo of Actuality – Dharmata
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073 At Home as Space in Space
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074 The Peaceful and Wrathful Deities
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075 The Good and the Bad Have the Same Basis
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076 The Natural Radiance of My Own Awareness
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077 Question – Connection With More Than One Deity, Yidam
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078 Knowing This Is the Mode of Appearance of This Bardo
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079 Question – Simulating With Drugs
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080 Question – Why 42 Peaceful Deities
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081 Must Not Be Afraid – Just My Experience
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082 Question – Meditating in Darkness, Fear
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083 Question – Zhitro Transmission
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084 The Bardo of Rebirth
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085 Seeing What I Am Caught Up In
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086 Question – Artificial Fertilisation
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087 This Is the Time to Do Dharma
4 Sunday - James Low – Germany – Eifel – 2017 April
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088 Passed in Meaningless Activity
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089 The One Certain Necessity
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090 My Own Deceiver
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091 Question – About Becoming More Valuable or Not
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092 Question – Passing the Dharma on to Our Children
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093 Question – Emptiness and Discriminating Wisdom
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094 Question – Fulfilling the Bodhisattva Vow
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095 Question – Sharing Dharma Understanding With Our Parents
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096 Dealing With Difference
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097 Review of the Main Aspects of Dzogchen
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098 Question – Retreat Experience and Everyday Life
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099 Question – Dark Retreat
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100 Question – Life-Changing Decisions
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101 Question – Writing a Diary to Sort My Life