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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Preface to Simply Being, 3rd edition.
Dzogchen is an approach to spiritual practice and daily life which is concerned with maintaining a sense of relaxed openness and happy attentive interest in all that is going on.
» Read moreFace to face
Facing the mystery of the face. Face to Face Facing your face, receiving infinity, You are ceaselessly revealing As each moment of revelation unravels effortlessly Receiving this I am slipped free of the fetter of agency And find myself within unbounded revelation: You and I safely beyond our habitual assimilation into Concepts we have about each other Too vast and […]
» 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 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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New Translation: Portuguese translation prepared by João Vale Neto. Uploaded 1st March 2021. Dutch translation prepared by Janine Huizing. Uploaded 14 March 2021.
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Encountering translations of Tibetan Buddhist texts is to enter a realm of technical terms embedded in an ethos that has few resonances with the beliefs and concepts that we are familiar with in the Greek and Judaeo-Christian traditions. Translators attempting to make traditional Tibetan Buddhist texts available are faced with a complex task. Texts written into Tibetan have arisen in […]
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