Staying open to life as it is [16], Macclesfield, 2015

Macclesfield, 21-22 Feb 2015 James Low “The world impacts us and influences us as it flows into us through our sense organs and we influence the world by being part of it, like a stream within a bigger river. We will explore how observing yourself as you are, being kind to yourself and letting yourself reveal yourself is the way to […]

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Finding the spacious peace. Bristol, 2014

29-30 Nov 2014, Bristol, UK Finding the spacious peace present in every moment of movement “Meditation is a means of awakening to the basic space of awareness within which all experience occurs. Through this we can develop wisdom and compassion.” Recorded by John Chettoe  and edited by his son. Download here

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The Heart Sutra. Emerson College, 2014

James Low Emerson College, East Sussex, UK. July 4-6th 2014 This annual camping retreat in  the grounds of Emerson College in East Sussex  is organised by Huw Wyn. James begins by saying that, “Tomorrow we will start looking at the Heart Sutra, one of the Buddha’s first teachings on emptiness or the natural openness of all phenomena, and then we will […]

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Balancing relaxation and effort in Buddhism [15]. Macclesfield, 2014

Macclesfield, 1-2 Feb 2014 James Low “We can observe how using effort to try to stabilise that which is inherently unstable is exhausting and ineffective. So, giving up on that, how do we make the appropriate shifts between agency – the assertion of energy, and plasticity – and allowing ourselves to be moulded by circumstances?  By relaxing into our potential it […]

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