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Making Tsa Tsa I would like to encourage you to engage with the making and placing of tsa tsa images of Padmasambhava, Amitayus and other deities connected with our practice. While making the tsa tsa we recite the mantras of Padmasambhava or the Seven Line Prayer. We start with our bodhisattva intention, then we recall the sufferings of all beings […]
» Read moreThis short text is by Dudjom Rinpoche who was held by the Nyingmapa in general to be their greatest scholar and the greatest meditator. He wrote and taught on many different approaches to practice. When we approach the text I think it’s probably useful to start at the very end, at the colophon, because it gives us the background story. I was fortunate to translate this text with his guidance, and he also told me this story which is given at the end of the text.
» Read moreDear friends, Starting today (17.03.2023), Milton and I are hosting the 7 line prayer daily at 8-9 am (Lisbon/London Time) dedicating it to all beings, and in particular to James Low, his health, his long life and his work. The link is below Love João https://us06web.zoom.us/j/5375744785?pwd=MDZEM1cvcUc0K2MzbFdURDhuRjlBdz09 Meeting ID: 537 574 4785 Passcode: light Download the audio file here
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» Read moreThe Aspiration for Pure Discernment: The Prayer by which One Recognises One’s Own Faults and Remembers One’s Refuge, together with A Repentant Confession and Rectification and A Very Pure Aspiration to Be Absolutely Clear About What Is to Be Adopted and What Is to Be Abandoned This prayer by Jigdral Yeshe Dorje is in the book Lotus Source, pp 83-106. […]
» Read moreTibetischen Buddhismus im Westen lehren. A 2023 interview with James Low in the German magazine Buddhismus Aktuell. Article in German Google Translation into English. Teaching Tibetan Buddhism in the West
» Read moreIlaria Corti has translated James Low’s book Sweet Simplicity into Italian [March 2023] You can download the PDF file here. It has not been published. The back cover of the book reads, in Italian: Canti mahamudhra doha Gli splendidi testi brevi presentati in questo libro sono rivolti all’inesprimibile, meravigliosa semplicità della nostra mente. Semplicità che solitamente viene oscurata dalla […]
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