In this longer retreat, James gave an initiation into a tantric mahayoga/anuyoga practice of Padmasambhava together with a full explanation of the practice and how to apply it in all areas of life.here .
↓ Download recordings: James Low – Germany – Eifel – 2016 October
1 Tuesday - James Low – Germany – Eifel – 2016 October
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001 The Nature of Suffering
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002 Karma
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003 Impermanence and Death
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004 The Rarity of Our Precious Human Life
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005 About Refuge
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006 Buddhist Practices as Methods for Us
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007 Commentary on Brief Rituals for Taking Refuge
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008 Confession
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009 Celebrating Others' Happiness
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010 Turning the Wheel of Dharma
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011 Dedication of Merit
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012 What We Take Refuge In – An Orientation for Our Lives
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013 Intentions – Keeping Our Word
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014 Turning Towards Virtue
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015 Repetition – What Would I Rather Be Doing?
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016 The Bodhisattva Vow – Brief Introduction
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017 Why Lineage Is Important
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018 Different Schools – Always Benefit Others
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019 Bodhisattva Vow From the Point of View of Practice
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020 Connectivity and the Bodhisattva Vow
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021 Being With the Tragedies of the World
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022 Being for the Other
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023 Prejudice, Co-Emergence, Freedom to Respond
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024 Question – Spontaneity and Anger
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025 Training in One Simple Method
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026 Keep Your Mind Bright and Cheerful
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027 Sitting With the Field of Experience
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028 Initiations, Rebirths, Identity
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029 Padmasambhava – Early Life Story
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030 Vows and Mastery Over Circumstances
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031 Why Vow? My Existence Involves Killing
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032 Obscurations – Vajrasattva Practice
2 Wednesday - James Low – Germany – Eifel – 2016 October
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033 Nine-Round Breathing
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034 Sitting Practice and the Flow of Impermanence
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035 Alignment, Participation and Safety
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036 No More Ordinary
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037 Free to Become What Is Required
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038 About Offering
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039 The Offering Verse
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040 Attachment, Possessions, Assumptions
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041 About Visualisation
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042 Two Kinds of Blindness
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043 Wandering in a Safe Place
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044 Yes Without Reservation
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045 When We Die
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046 Maintaining the Vow – Being Aware
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047 Seed Syllables
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048 Absolute Truth, Bodhicitta
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049 Inviting the Gods to Come Here
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050 Powerful Padmasambhava
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051 The Mandala and Purification
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052 Forms of Padmasambhava
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053 About Mantra
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054 Wisdom and Compassion Together
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055 Appearance and Emptiness Together
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056 A Chain of Sheep on a Hillside
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057 Sacrificing the Things That Constrain Us
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058 Whatever We Do Is the Energy of Emptiness
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059 About Authorisation
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060 Putting Faith in the Object
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061 About Tsog
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062 Still in the Form of Padmasambhava
3 Thursday - James Low – Germany – Eifel – 2016 October
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063 Guru Yoga
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064 Everything Just Passing Through Now
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065 Tantra in Context
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066 Emptiness
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067 Brain Science and Buddhism
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068 Emptiness, Impermanence, Shared Field
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069 Tantric Vows – Fourteen Root Downfalls
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070 The Imagination
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071 Question – Illusion, Seeing Our Hypocrisy
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072 Question – Obstacles
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073 Findings on Imagination – Having a Reverse Gear
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074 The Object in Shine and Tantra
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075 Initial Request
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076 Seven-Line Prayer
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077 Taking Refuge
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078 Developing Infinite Altruism
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079 Question – The Grip of Emotion
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080 Question – Altruism and the Bodhisattva Vow
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081 Finding Other People
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082 Question – Effect of Tantra on Connection
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083 Where Does the Slug Want to Go?
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084 Never Separated From the Nature of Padmasambhava
4 Friday - James Low – Germany – Eifel – 2016 October
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085 Shine Meditation With Music
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086 Participating in and Continuing the Practice
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087 Seven-Branch Practice
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088 One Practice Is Enough
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089 Visualisation – Padmasambhava Is There
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090 Each of These Views Is a Method – Language Is Part
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091 Question – Mind, Heart, Body and Speech
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092 Prayer
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093 Mantra
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094 Receiving the Four Initiations
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095 Dissolving and Merging
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096 Padmasambhava Melts Into My Heart
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097 Offering and Prayer
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098 Bringing the Meditation Into Ordinary Life
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099 As Regards the Objects of Audition
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100 Question – Dissolution of Ego
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101 Leaving the Restless Movement in Its Own Place
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102 With the Purification of All That Appears
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103 Welcoming and Releasing
5 Saturday - James Low – Germany – Eifel – 2016 October
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104 Massaging the Text Into Yourself
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105 Ethics – The Basic Ground Is Good
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106 The Call of Impermanence
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107 Sharp Knife, Strong Arm
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108 Getting Lost and Coming Back
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109 Cutting the Root of Desire and Craving
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110 Three Poisons, Four Sufferings, Bad Actions
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111 Causal Conditions, Power of Mara, Mind Arises Naked
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112 Further Encouragement to Ourselves
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113 On Non-Duality
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114 The Deep Compassion
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115 Upturn and Empty Samsara
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116 Refuge and Initiation Names
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117 Large Rigdzin Practice
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118 Sharing the Offering
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119 Liberation of Troublesome Forms
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120 Enjoy These Assembled Offerings
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121 Dedication of Merit
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122 Aspiration for the Flourishing of Dharma
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123 Shorter Forms of the Practice
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124 Question – Bliss, Complacency, Dewachen and Heaven
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125 Question – Resistance to Praying
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126 Question – Dissolving, Locating the Heart
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127 Question – Praising Ourselves as Padmasambhava
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128 Question – Another Dissolving
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129 Moving in the Mandala
6 Sunday - James Low – Germany – Eifel – 2016 October
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130 Whatever Is Here Is Experience
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131 Participating – Softening Yourself From the Inside
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132 Transmission and Initiation
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133 Permission From the Initiation
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134 Opening to the Mystery
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135 Nothing Is Debased or Unhelpful
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136 Let Them Have Their Experience
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137 Question – Dreams as Natural Tantra
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138 Question – Compassion and Others' Experience
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139 Questions on Padmasambhava – Arising, Dissolving, Mantra
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140 Question – Belief in the Specialness of the Practice
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141 Question – Different Forms of Padmasambhava
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142 Question – Lucid Dreaming, Waking
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143 Question – This Practice and the Bardo
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144 Conscious, Gentle Leaving
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145 Continuing on Our Journeys
