James Low Berlin 21-24 Nov 2019 Teaching and practice retreat Dissolving obstacles to living the dzogchen view How to apply the view to problems that might arise in life and in meditation. Reference is made to Chapters 8 and 9 of the book Simply Being. Chapter 8 is The direct indication of buddhahood beyond classification by Nuden Dorje and Chapter […]
» Read moreThe Happy Twins Dzogchen and Mahamudra are harmoniously complementary. Their evocative styles offer us beautiful metaphors which can sweetly and poetically ease us out of our rigid concepts. The retreat was focussed on two texts, the Mirror of Luminous Revelation, a dzogchen treasure text from Nuden Dorje Drophen Lingpa Drolo Tsal, and the Mahamudra Upadesha by Tilopa. The Nuden Dorje […]
» Read moreJames Low 28-30 June 2019. Todtmoos, Germany Retreat: Letting the mind settle English and German Audio recording and translation by Robert Jaroslawski Audio edited by Joe Peet Download the audio files here There are 8 videos on Youtube, starting with this one. https://youtu.be/el4zAfuvW8Q?si=Qiyp4nOYJdo_m5Lj
» Read moreAll that we know as subject and object arises in dependence on other manifestations which are also dependent, and so on in all directions forever. This is the play of the inseparability of emptiness and the creative effulgence of awareness. We will look at the deconstructive freshness of the Heart Sutra and relate it to the view of Dzogchen. It […]
» Read moreIntrinsic purity and purity through purification This nine-day retreat took place between 6th October and 14th October 2018. During the retreat James considered various texts with regard to the aspect of purification: The Heart Sutra (Saturday – Sunday) The Meditation and mantra recitation of Prajnaparamita, Mother of All the Buddhas, from Gonpo Wangyal (Sunday, Friday) The Evocation of Samantabhadra (Monday-Tuesday) […]
» Read moreJames Low Finding freedom in the source Teaching Retreat 8-10 June 2018. Todtmoos, Germany The familiar horizon established by our sense of self affords us a very limited sense of our own potential. Through awakening to the ground of being, the spacious awareness which pervades every aspect of our life, we can gain depth and light, freedom and easy communication […]
» Read moreThe focus was on using the dzogchen view to awaken to the inseparability of awareness and the openness of the ground. James was teaching from a text published in chapter 9 of the book Simply Being, where Padmasambhava sets out the truth of our existence. You can watch video recordings at https://youtu.be/LKoRR45eano?si=VvKlQw_YEnjkPbs- and at https://youtu.be/GfwnxQOSrIo?si=3wuveWvY0g_MuCVi Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
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