Awakening to the Nature of the Mind This teaching retreat will focus on awakening to awareness and we will use the text The Direct Indication of Buddhahood beyond Classification which is a treasure text revealed by CR Lama's first incarnation, Nuden Dorje. It is Chapter 8 in the book Simply Being. The revised version of the text (in Polish and [...]
Limitation is a Dream within the Ever-Open. This 5 day retreat will focus on The Aspiration of Samantabhadra, a famous Tibetan text which clarifies the nature of the primordial ground and the two paths which arise from it. These are the paths of confusion and limitation and the path of liberation. There will be a clear introduction to the nature [...]
The intrinsic is always already present! James Low will be leading this four day retreat. The focus is on directly opening to our mind as it is. Our intrinsic presence is not created by others, by our own effort, or by circumstances. It is not a construct and it is not like anything we know. By dis-identifying with our constructive [...]
The Practice of Meditation. This 9 day Retreat will focus on two texts: The Mahamudra Instructions of Tipun Pema Chogyal and Notes on Mahamudra by Padma Karpo. These texts show us how to identify and respond to the many kinds of obstacles that can occur in practice. The aim of the retreat is to enable us to maintain calm, clear [...]
James will be in Berlin teaching on the Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra from 10-13 October 2024. Please contact the organiser for details.
Dependent arising (Please note, This retreat is now full, 10 April 2024. The Organiser can put you on a waiting list in case there are any cancellations.) The myth that the autonomous ego is master of one's own destiny is a delusion that leads to lack of cooperation, conflict and lonely isolation. The Buddha gave us many opportunities to see [...]
Take It Easy This retreat will focus on relaxing our reliance on habitual patterns of dualistic involvement so that the self-liberation of all experience becomes clear. We will go through Patrul Rinpoche’s short text Self-Liberating Understanding which is Chapter 10 in the book Simply Being. There will be Spanish translation of the teaching. The text will [...]
