The Roots of happiness. Public Talk. Hamburg, 2008

James Low Evening Public Talk Download the Public Talk Hamburg, Germany, 29th February to 2nd March 2008 Transcribed by Sarah Allen Excerpts … We are like children who spend the morning building a sandcastle on the edge of the sea and then when they come back from lunch are very unhappy because the sea has washed their castle away.  Everything we […]

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If all beings have buddha nature, where is yours? Vienna, 2009

Public Talk, Vienna, Austria James Low Vienna, 14 May 2009 Download the PDF Transcribed by Jo Féat Edited by Barbara Terris Excerpts All the obscurations that have built up over many lifetimes and aeons of karmic activity have no power to inhibit the union of the radiant nature of the person doing the practice and the radiant nature of the […]

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Meditation practices and developing clarity. Gutenstein Retreat, 2009

The retreat was organized around meditation explanations and instructions together with their background view, followed by periods of practice and questions. The focus was on experiencing kadag, the primordial purity of the mind. James Low Gutenstein Retreat, Austria 15-17 May 2009 Download the Pdf Transcribed by Jo Féat Edited by Barbara Terris  Extract Question: How do I know when to […]

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At home in emptiness. Szczecin, 2009

James Low Integrating dzogchen meditation and teachings with our daily life. Teaching at Drzewo Życia Centre, Szczecin, Poland, 7-8 May 2009 Translated and transcribed by Bartek Czajkowski Edited by Sarah Allen and James Low Read or download the transcript in English in German Excerpts “…The Buddha’s teachings are radical, disturbing—they turn our world upside-down and shift the basis of who […]

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Reflections on buddhism and psychotherapy. Italy, 2007

James Low A talk given to therapists at the Buddhism and Psychotherapy Conference at the Lama Tzong Khapa Institute organised by the Mindfulness Project,  Pomaia, Italy.  15-17 August, 2007 Download the Pdf Extract All the experiences of our lives are like birds flying in the sky.  Maybe you go walking through the lovely trees here and suddenly a memory comes into […]

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Linking view and meditation. Gutenstein Retreat, 2006

  James Low   Guttenstein Summer Retreat 8-10 Sept 2006 Edited Barbara Terris Download Pdf Excerpts …As long as the seed is just a seed, weeds don’t matter – weeds only become important once the sprouting has occurred.  So when we start to engage in meditation and spiritual activity, we often encounter more problems in our life, not less.  We […]

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