Here are the recordings from the retreat held at Kamalashila in October 2015. James was teaching from the text of Patrul Rinpoche, “Self-liberating understanding” which is Chapter 10 in Simply Being.
Integrating the view, meditation and activity in dzogchen. We will focus on the self liberation of experience, which is the heart of the meditation, and how to apply that within the complexities of daily life. This involves finding the middle way of appearance and emptiness, free of control and avoidance on the one hand, and merging and identification on the other.
There are also video recordings available, filmed by Reiner Klein:
Audio recording by Andreas Ansmann
↓ Download recordings: James Low – Germany – Eifel – 2015 October
1 Thursday - James Low – Germany – Eifel – 2015 October
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1 Shamatha Meditation
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2 Distraction – Giving Oneself
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3 Recollection and Mindfulness
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4 Vipassana
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5 Naming Is Not Neutral
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6 Question – Spontaneity and Choice
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7 Awareness
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8 Identity, Meaning, Situation
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9 Nine-Round Breathing
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10 Sitting With What Occurs
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11 Leaving Appearances to Be as They Are
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12 Guru Yoga
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13 Guru Yoga Instructions
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14 Thoughts and Feelings Passing Through
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15 Question – Who Notices: Mind, Ego
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16 Just With the Thought
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17 A Few Words About the Text
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18 Introduction to the Text
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19 From the Heart of a Ragged Gentleman
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20 Inseparability of Your Mind and the Dharmakaya
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21 Knowing This, Everything Is Liberated
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22 Question – Fear Dissolving
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23 Question – Fear, Anxiety, Holding On
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24 This One Is Sufficient to Rule
2 Friday - James Low – Germany – Eifel – 2015 October
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25 On Refuge
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26 Question – Tree of Refuge
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27 Compassion, Then Back to Refuge
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28 Clear and Alert in Non-Artificial Voidness
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29 Question – Letting Go
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30 Do Not React – Remain Without Artifice
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31 Practice in Conjunction With the Text
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32 Your Mind Is Not Found by Seeking
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33 Staying With the Direct Experience
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34 Time Is Limited
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35 Seeking Is Not Necessary – Remain Without Artifice
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36 Non-Artificiality Removes All Obstacles
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37 About the Involvement of the Experiencer
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38 The Demon of Elation – Relational Structures
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39 Buoyant and Hopeful Equanimity
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40 Question – Faith and Trusting
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41 Teaching on the Mind's Hidden Faults
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42 Sitting Exactly Here and Now
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43 Question – One Ground, Two Paths, the Bardo
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44 Question – Semdzin Practice
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45 Question – Allowing Impact, Allowing Duration
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46 Question – Emanation
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47 Question – Partial Enlightenment, Prejudice, Illumination, Relative Truth
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48 Question – A Universal Ethical Code
3 Saturday - James Low – Germany – Eifel – 2015 October
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49 On Refuge Recitation
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50 Back to Points Where Confusion or Loss of Direction Can Enter
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51 Question – Experience With the Object, Familiar Positioning
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52 The Mind That Is Recollecting – Cat and Mouse
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53 Distraction, Intention, Neutrality
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54 Deconstructing Judgements
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55 Wrapping Phenomena in Catchability
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56 Mind Vacant, Unfocused; Mind Itself Empty
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57 Discrimination, Categories
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58 Tightening and Relaxing Attention
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59 My Own Falsity
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60 Question – Thoughts Coming and Going Quickly
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61 Rewards, Compensations, Equanimity
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62 Question – The One Who Is Having the Experience
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63 An Explanation of Mind's Activity
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64 Question – How Psychological Wounds and Karma Are Held
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65 Guru Yoga Practice
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66 Dream Yoga
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67 Instruction on Self-Liberating Confusion
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68 Being Present With What Is in the Everyday
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69 Free of Distraction, Assumption, Craving
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70 Integrating Practice in Everyday Life
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71 An Explanation of the Self-Liberation of the Afflictions
4 Sunday - James Low – Germany – Eifel – 2015 October
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72 An Explanation of How Mind Reveals Itself
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73 How to Practice the Four Aspects of Behaviour
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74 The Good Armour That Is the Friend of Meditation
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75 Essential Advice for Great Meditators
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76 A Path of Learning
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77 Refuge and Bodhicitta
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78 Dedication of Merit
