In 1981 C R Lama wrote that “These prayers describe how … Padma Sambhava promises to come every morning with the rising sun and to come every tenth day of the lunar month and make himself visible to the people. The prayers give protection from war, disease, famine, difficult journeys, dangerous animals, earthquakes, troublesome yeti, robbers and authoritarian police, at […]
» Read moreNew Russian Translation. Быть прямо здесь. Перевод на русский язык (2023): Мария Шрамко, Россия. Being Right Here. Translated into Russian by Maria Shramko Jan 2024. Uploaded Jan 2024.
» Read moreSimply Being presents twelve texts collected and translated by James Low, who copied them from the travelling libraries of yogis practising in the Himalayas
» Read moreRadiant aspiration: the butterlamp prayer lamp of aspiration was written by C.R. Lama while in retreat in Tso Pema in India and arose as a gesture of love and longing for his teacher, Tulku Tsorlo whom he never saw again after he had to leave Tibet. C.R. Lama offered 100,000 butterlamps each year with his disciples and this practice continues.
» Read moreThe texts gathered in Collected Works of C.R. Lama present a wide range of short works that C. R. Lama engaged with over his years as Reader in Indo-Tibetan Studies at Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, when Western student lived in and around his family home, and he taught and translations were produced. Some are original writings, some are translations and […]
» Read moreSparks is a wide ranging collection of short writings by James Low and extracts from previous teachings. The focus is on the dzogchen approach of resting in intrinsic open awareness which is the radiance of our being.
» Read moreThis book offers three approaches to awakening. The first section, Fighting the Good Fight, is concerned with how we can commit ourselves to the mindful activity of renouncing our familiar and often comforting limiting habits. Here the orientation is towards leaving our familiar ego-home and going on a journey to seek something which seems only to be available elsewhere. The […]
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