Talks delivered in any country, in English without translation.
Macclesfield, 9-11 March 2018 James Low The Macclesfield UK Talks [19] Sound – Gareth + Wendy We are looking at what being alive is from the buddhist point of view and how this illuminates the death process. Précis: Many different ideas exist about what happens at death and these direct our intentionality in this life. The talk examines what buddhism […]
» Read morePublic Talk 18 April 2018, Koeln, Germany No one to gain, no one to blame. Ignorance and enlightenment, how does this happen ? Did we get lost by ourselves? Do we have to make ourselves enlightened? We will make a brief exploration of this strange situation that we find ourselves in. German and English This was followed by the Eifel Spring […]
» Read moreJames Low Who am I?: Buddhist approaches to the mystery of “me” being “me”. Seminar at the invitation of Shang Shung UK, and held at Lekdanling in London 19-20 Jan 2018 This continues the theme from the public talk the evening before. The public talk can be listened to here. The final sessions on Saturday 19th were not recorded. Recorded by […]
» Read moreWho am I? Buddhist approaches to the mystery of “me” being “me”. James Low Shang Shung Institute, London Public Talk. 18th January 2018 “The diverse buddhist lineages are united in seeing that suffering arises from us ignoring what is, and attaching to what is not. Once we attach to a sense of being a separate self – an individual with our own […]
» Read morePublic Talk: Our mind is not what we think it is! James Low 2 Nov 2017 National Library, Tallinn, Estonia The audio was prepared by Johannes Raimond Põllupüü. Although this was translated at the time into Estonian by Kadri Raudsepp the Estonian has been removed from this audio and video recording. Download the audio here A video of this public […]
» Read moreJames Low 25 October 2017, Germany James was invited to talk with the staff team living and working in a Buddhist centre for spiritual care. He spoke about how the application of Buddhist ideas might be helpful in their work. The Buddhist center is a place where people can live at times of crisis or illness. Audio edited by Jon Lever. […]
» Read more7-13 October 2017. In this six day retreat James was teaching on the text “The Evocation of Samantabhadra”, part of the Gongpa Zangthal which belongs to the Jangter or Northern Treasures revealed by Rigdzin Gödem. The prayer is commonly referred to in Tibetan as “Kunzang Monlam”. The text is available in Tibetan with English translation here, and in English only […]
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