James Low, April 2026 writes: The traditional structure of Buddhist teachings is that each level or vehicle has its own View, Meditation, Activity and Result. Over the years I have focused on making the various views and meditations as clear as possible and you can access these through my many audio and video recordings, books and transcripts.
I feel that our retreats now need to have increasing emphasis on your activity and proactive learning.
We all have a lot of life experience and so how can we mobilise this experience to become an ally on our path instead of an obstacle? Rather than relying on our habitual assumptions and conclusions, our practice is to investigate how our subjectivity arises in different situations. We aim to locate the ground (or basis) for our subjective thoughts, feelings and actions in our simple presence within the ever-open here and now.
I will be teaching in the mornings. In the afternoons there will be small group activities led by experienced members of our sangha. They will offer a range of activities and I am encouraging you all to try them out so that you can experience what you can make use of (or not) at each moment in time. The key point is for you to observe what arises for you as you engage with each activity in your ever-changing environment.
The aim in dzogchen is to see the self-vanishing of each moment. We do this by ripening our presence without engaging in dualistic reificatory judgement.
Celebration of making tsa tsas together Are you a tsa tsa maker or would like to learn how to make them? Then you are welcome to meet Hanna Holtbernd on Zoom in these two dates to make and consecrate these clay images of the buddhas. She has given her email address and Whatsapp number if you would like to contact [...]
This Zoom room is available throughout the week. The passcode is: 111000. Counting the Prayers This is the form which we will use to count the total amount of recitations. When you have the number, fill the form with your information and you will receive an automatic response. The 14th of June marks the 21st anniversary of the death of [...]
James Low Vulnerability as hope: Vulnerability marks every stage of our life. This can feel oppressive and fear-inducing, or we can remind ourselves of the Four Noble Truths: suffering; its causes; that it can end; and the path to its ending. Due to ignorance of our own potential for enlightenment we can remain trapped in our ego's hopes and fears. [...]
