So near and yet so far away. Berlin 2011

James Low Public Talk, Berlin, 6th May 2011 The theme is how illusive happiness is and how practice can help relax the yearning for something which is essentially ungraspable. German and English You can read the transcription here Download here

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Essential point in three statements • Todtmoos Au, June 2009

James taught on Patrul Rinpoche’s commentary on Garab Dorje’s ‘Essential point in three statements’. He continued teaching on this commentary in Todtmoos in October 2010. Patrul Rinpoche’s commentary is Chapter 11 in Simply being: texts in the dzogchen tradition German translation by Robert Jaroslawski Download here. Videos of part of the retreat are available here.

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Integration in Dzogchen • Freiburg, June 2009

Integration is a central concept in dzogchen: Sleeping Beauty or Sleeping Buddha? A Public Talk offered by James Low at Todtmoos in Jun 11th 2009 German translation by Robert Jaroslawski Videos of part of the retreat are here The transcript is here Download here “It’s a bit like in the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty. After she pricks her finger […]

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Dzogchen and identity • Berlin, Februrary 2009

James Low Berlin Teaching Weekend 6-8  Feb. 2009 “Dzogchen offers a radical view of personal identity. How we think of ourselves determines the choices we make and sets up the patterns of our lives. Yet, how we think of ourselves is determined by many complex historical factors. Caught up in a web of thoughts, feelings and sensations, we encounter a world […]

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Garab Dorje’s Three Points • Chiemsee, 2008

Retreat at Chiemsee, Germany. 31.10. – 02.11.2008 English and German Translating Andreas Ruft James teaches using Patrul Rinpoche’s commentary which is Chapter 11 in his book “Simply Being”. Garab Dorje was the first human teacher of the Atiyoga Tantras and the short text is variously translated as his three statements, or three testaments or as “Hitting the essence in three […]

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