Eifel Retreat Spring 2016
Emptiness, space and display. How the Heart Sutra reveals the space of dzogchen. All dharma points to the same inexpressible truth. You can also watch the video recording here. Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
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Since 1995 James Low has led retreats twice a year in the Eifel region of Germany, usually at the Kamalashila Institute.
Eifel Retreat Autumn 2015
James teaching on the Patrul Rinpoche’s text “Self-Liberating Understanding” from Patrul Rinpoche, from the Autumn retreat in 2015.
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Doing less, experiencing more. Dzogchen view and practice following the text of Chetsangpa which is on pages 69-83 of the 3rd edition of Simply Being, and on pages 110–128 of the recent German edition. Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
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An extended retreat from Autumn 2014, during which James was teaching from the text The Mahamudra Instructions of Tipun Pema Chogyal.
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Mahamudra & Dzogchen “The focus of this retreat will be on integrating the view and practices of Mahamudra and Dzogchen so that we can see how these systems complement each other.” Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
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The view and practice of trekcho We will focus on gaining direct experience of the open nature of the mind. We will do a range of practices including the semdzin exercises to develop non-conceptual experience. Read the transcripts here in English and German. Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
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Dying and death from the view of Dzogchen “In dzogchen we practice to integrate all experience within the state of infinite life. Life itself, the ever-fresh presence of awareness, is unlimited by any experience which arises, including the movement of dying and death. This involves de-centering but not annihilating the ego” Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
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