Studying and teaching dharma. 2020
James Low, July 2020 This was written for all those who are involved in study and/or practice groups, to “meet as a learning comity, a loose but hopefully collaborative Sangha”.
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Vanishing
Here is a question we all must ask,Oh, how did this happen to me?For this aged weary bodyWas once so young and free. Life is so precious andIt is over so fastSo find your true mind,This chance won’t last. Rest in the unchangingLet thoughts pass awayAll forms are impermanentYou can’t make them stay Now is the only momentTo find the […]
» Read morePatrul Rinpoche’s commentary on Garab Dorje’s Three Statements
Audio record of the Zoom broadcast 4-5 July 2020 James Low teaches using his revised translation of the Patrul Rinpoche text, which is Chapter 11 in his book Simply Being. The text is by Patrul Rinpoche and is a commentary on Garab Dorje’s Three Statements that hit the Key Points. Patrul Rinpoche’s commentary is called The Special teaching of Khepa […]
» Read morePatrul Rinpoche’s elucidation on Garab Dorje’s Three statements. Zoom, July 2020
The Three Statements the Hit the Key Points were the final testament of Garab Dorje, the first human teacher of Dzogchen and in the 19th Century Patrul Rinpoche wrote his elucidation,The Special Teaching of Khepa Sri Gyalpo, the Wise and Glorious King. The Zoom teaching James Low gave on 4-5 July 2020 was using a revised translation of this text, […]
» Read moreStaying open in a shut down world. Zoom, May 2020
James Low. Zoom teaching in the time of COVID-19. 22nd May 2020 Transcribed by Lea Pabst. Download the English transcript. We have some time to look at the question of how we can use the time of this lockdown in a useful way. Generally speaking, Buddhist paths, which are many, many in number, can be organised according to whether they […]
» Read moreProtecting the body, voice & mind of all beings
Solitude and how to make use of it. Zoom, 2020
There is no end to learning, there is no end to thinking, there is no end to worrying, there is no end to problem-solving but there is an end to samsara, which is to relax into open awareness which has been unchanging from the very beginning..
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