Radiant 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 […]
» Read moreThe Spanish translation of “Radiant Aspiration” has just been prepared for publication by Alexi, the son of Xavi Alongina under the title “La Aspiración Radiante”. It is a translation and commentary on the butterlamp prayer that Rinpoche composed and practised. The Spanish is based on a translation by Marta Pérez-Yarza. Ediciones Dharma has published all other Spanish books from James Low. You […]
» Read moreDownload PDF and read Chapitres 10, Brefs enseignements. Oeuvres Choisies de C. R. Lama. Établie et éditée par James Low et traduit par Manon Luce Widmer (Simply Being, 2016) ISBN-13: 978-0956923936
» Read moreZuhause im Spiel der Wirklichkeit: Ein Kommentar zum Dzogchen Schatztext “Unmittelbares Aufzeigen der Buddhaschaft jenseits aller Klassifizierung Zuhause im Spiel der Wirklichkeit: Ein Kommentar zum Dzogchen Schatztext “Unmittelbares Aufzeigen der Buddhaschaft jenseits aller Klassifizierung” von Nuden Dorje. Translated into German by Robert Jaroslawski. (Wandel Verlag, 2012) ISBN: 978-3942380096 This text was prepared from a commentary taught by James Low over […]
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