Working for dharma
Written in the hope that it may to of interest and help to all of us who work on various dharma projects.
» Read moreCategory: Texts in German
This includes translations from transcripts, from (short) writings, from poems and from things James has translated into English from Tibetan. i.e. from any texts.
Virus Hiatus
The COVID-19 virus is interrupting all our lives in in the most unexpected ways. Death, however, is the biggest interrupter. This little poem begins: Now your life is interrupted Now your plans are not fulfilled Now you see life is no possession Now you see life happens as it will English original German by Frank Sandschulte and Yvonne Gabriel German […]
» Read moreEmptiness, equanimity and kindness. Zoom, April 2020
Talk by James Low, “Emptiness, Equanimity and Kindness” April 2020. When many people are suffering our hearts go out to them and we wish them well. This quality of kindness is vital to extend our connectivity beyond the people of our personal concern. However from the buddhist point of view the power of kindness is greatly increased by merging it with the wisdom of emptiness.
» Read moreHow you see is what you see
James Low, 23 April 2020 It begins: Mum sends you, age 7, to the market to buy oranges, only oranges, and “don’t buy anything else!” The women with the fruit and vegetable stalls want to sell you what they have, “Look” they say, “what lovely bananas and the grapes, Oh, such lovely grapes – and these pears are so amazing.”
» Read moreGuided meditations
James Low has made recordings of two short guided meditations (April 2020) for releasing stress and integrating stillness and movement. These are designed for people in the caring professions working long hours due to COVID-19 and who only have brief periods to practise. Each lasts 10 minutes. If you like to make use of the recordings then you can extend […]
» Read moreIllusion, Delusion and Confusion. 3 days, London, 2020
New Transcript: The evening talk and the weekend teachings in London on “Illusion Delusion and Confusion” for the Shang Shung Institute. “If you awaken to your own mind, in that moment all the tensions release. The negative impulses release and you are able to connect, because it’s there from the beginning. It’s not done by you. None of us are doing by ourselves; we are the blossom, the breath of the Buddha. That’s all. Alive in this form for a while, dissolving and changing. We are not things. We are light and colour and shape and beauty. So, in this way hopefully we continue. ” Uploaded 5/9/23
» Read moreIntegrating the three aspects of kindness
Our aspiration for the benefit of others has no limits and can arise in fresh forms with each situation we encounter.
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