We are all familiar with the hopes and fears inseparable from romantic love. However the Buddhist view of love is expressed as “May all beings be happy and have the cause of happiness.” This aspiration is inclusive and infinite. It is offered equally to all beings without reference to the qualities we perceive in them. To achieve this warm equanimity […]
» Read moreThanks to a lot of people working together you can finally watch and listen to very nice recordings of the last events James did before Lockdown. Videos Friday Evening talk Weekend Teaching Audio Friday Evening Talk Weekend Teaching
» Read moreQ&A Zoom Sessions starting from July 2020 – 2021 and continued James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zoom sessions. He received around 50 questions which he answers here. We publish and update the recordings of these Q&A sessions with their translations as they come to us. Therefore the content of this page is growing! Thank you to […]
» Read moreKindness, fellow feeling and the common weal. 31 Jan 2020 – 2nd Feb 2020 James Low Loving kindness, karuna, is the foundational attitude of Buddhism. Kindness sees all life as kind, as kin, as always-already-connected. With this view the barrier between self and other shrinks and we become inclusive in everything we do. This is deepened and supported by […]
» Read moreJames Low. 16-19 Jan 2020. Alentejo, Portugal. Teaching and meditation retreat focussing on a Tibetan text by Gonpo Wangyal, called “Discover the presence: the mother of all buddhas”. Gonpo Wangyal text in various languages. English and Brazilian Portuguese Translator: Milton Petruczok Organiser: João Vale Neto Recordings: Pedro Gomes Download the audio files here Alentejo Videos on Vimeo
» Read moreJames Low Teaching day, 15 Jan 2020. Instituto Macrobiótico de Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal. Calm and clear: finding space for life. As the our world becomes faster and more challenging – and as new crises and demands emerge – it is helpful to find a relaxed, open spaciousness within ourselves, and so start to welcome and respond to these movements. […]
» Read moreJames Low. Public Talk, 14 Jan 2020. Instituto Macrobiótico de Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal. Meditation and psychotherapy. In order to be open and available in the clinical setting, we need to be able to drop our pre-occupations and pattern formations. Being present with and for the other, without an imposed agenda, is perhaps our greatest gift. English and Brazilian Portuguese Translator: […]
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