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 [...]
James Low 6pm to 7:30 pm (London Time) https://dateful.com/time-zone-converter With German, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish translation. Please send your questions now to Milton at simplybeingsangha gmail com and he will forward them to James. If you send your questions in advance this gives him a chance to think about them and see if any common themes emerge. Registrations are available here. Those [...]
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 [...]
May you live in interesting times: Crisis, Creativity and Awareness Webinar: Wednesday 2nd Oct 2024 Speaker: James Low Moderator: Safak Ersozlu Turkish Translation: Pinar McGivern This is organised by Safak Ersozlu who, together with his wife Bahar, has a studio space in Izmir, Turkey. www.acikstudyo.com. Registrations are available here. The password, if solicited, is rigpa. Flyer in English. Those who [...]
Zoom Saturdays in the Autumn. This autumn James will be hosting 3 all-day sessions The times are from 9:30 am to 5.30 pm UK time. The October Q&A will be translated into German (Robert), Polish (Bartek), Portuguese (João), Russian (Marie) and Spanish (María) James Low 6pm to 7:30 pm (London Time) https://dateful.com/time-zone-converter With German, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish translation. Please [...]
Awareness – The Hidden Jewel that is not Hidden James will be in Berlin teaching on the Dzogchen View from 10-13 October 2024. Please contact the organisers, Anne Gäbler at Yontan@gmx.net and Olaf Brockmann at info.khordong@gmail.com for details. Thursday 10/10/2024 |19:00 - 20:30 Friday 11/10/2024 |10:00 - 13:00 Friday 11/10/2024 |15:00 - 18:00 Saturday 12/10/2024 |10:00 - 13:00 Saturday 12/10/2024 |15:00 - 18:00 Sunday 13/10/2024 |10:00 [...]
Dependent arising 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 the falsity of our popular belief in inherent existence. By examining how we continue to believe in ourselves as a separate entity despite all evidence [...]
James Low 6pm to 7:30 pm (London Time) https://dateful.com/time-zone-converter With German, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish translation. Please send your questions now to Milton at simplybeingsangha gmail com and he will forward them to James. If you send your questions in advance this gives him a chance to think about them and see if any common themes emerge. Registrations are made here. Those who [...]
Relaxing into freedom: a day of teaching and practice. We are used to structuring our lives around the notion of the self, our individual view of the world and our personal agency. However, when we explore who we are through meditation, we come to find that this egoistic or dualistic (me/not me) view perpetuates our being in a seemingly inescapable [...]
FRIDAY 8th. NOVEMBER 2024 Your Mind is Mahamudra! Zoom-Teaching | James Low We are used to thinking about things and trying to work out what is going on. This is how we have been educated. However Mahamudra points to the intrinsic capacity of our mind to instantly and intuitively respond to whatever occurs without entering into dualistic thought production. We will explore [...]
Zoom Saturdays in the Autumn. With German (Robert), Polish (Bartek), Portuguese (Milton), Russian (Marie) and Spanish (Juan) translation. Register yourself here. 9:30-11:00 Teaching 11:00-11:30 Break 11.30-13:00 Teaching 13:00-14:00 Lunch break 14:00-15:30 Teaching 15:30-16:00 Break 16:00 -17:30 Teaching Those who would like to make an offering for the teaching just need to click on the “Donate” button below and follow [...]
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 [...]
