James Low. Dissolving attachment in the openness of being. When we lose touch with the open ground of our being we tend to hang on to habits and objects that give us a sense of who we are. This helps us to survive but in a restricted way. Meditation can give us confidence to relax our grasp on the already [...]

James Low Resting in open awareness, the dzogchen way of awakening to the ground of one’s being. With reference to a text by Ayu Khandro, translated into English,  The heartfelt advice of the Dakini, Indestructible Glorious Lamp. Please look here for the Booking Details and Schedule. Everyone is asked to register in advance at amigosdeldharma7@gmail.com. Payment can be made when you arrive.  It [...]

James Low Resting in open awareness, the dzogchen way of awakening to the ground of one’s being. With reference to a text by Ayu Khandro, translated into English,  The heartfelt advice of the Dakini, Indestructible Glorious Lamp. Please look here for the Booking Details and Schedule. Everyone is asked to register in advance at amigosdeldharma7@gmail.com. Payment can be made when you arrive.  It [...]

Who is hiding me from me? We will use meditation and self-enquiry to examine the assumptions which guide our sense of ourselves and the world around us. Assumptions such as 'I am an autonomous individual' may seem to provide a reliable basis for our lives but Buddhist teachings put that into question. Perhaps the light shed by our beliefs is [...]

Who is hiding me from me? We will use meditation and self-enquiry to examine the assumptions which guide our sense of ourselves and the world around us. Assumptions such as 'I am an autonomous individual' may seem to provide a reliable basis for our lives but Buddhist teachings put that into question. Perhaps the light shed by our beliefs is [...]

James Low Compassion, befriending the orphaned self. Due to ignorance all beings become cut off from the ground of their own being and seek to find a place to abide. Compassion, from the buddhist point of view, is the means to offer hospitality to ourselves and others - a hospitality grounded in the actuality of our mind as it is. [...]

James Low Compassion, befriending the orphaned self. Due to ignorance all beings become cut off from the ground of their own being and seek to find a place to abide. Compassion, from the buddhist point of view, is the means to offer hospitality to ourselves and others - a hospitality grounded in the actuality of our mind as it is. [...]

James Low This retreat is aimed at familiarizing ourselves with the six bardos. We will do this by studying The Root Verses of the Six Bardos, a fundamental text of Tibetan Buddhism and a terma of the master Karma Lingpa. The six bardos describe all aspects of our human lives, including the process of death and dying. They provide us with an opportunity [...]

James Low This retreat is aimed at familiarizing ourselves with the six bardos. We will do this by studying The Root Verses of the Six Bardos, a fundamental text of Tibetan Buddhism and a terma of the master Karma Lingpa. The six bardos describe all aspects of our human lives, including the process of death and dying. They provide us with an opportunity [...]

Impermanence, transitions and the illusory nature of phenomena. We will focus on the six bardos as described in Tibetan Buddhism. These bardos are states of transition and help us to see the absence of permanence and security in our lives. We will make use of the brief text which is chapter 4 in 'The Collected Works of CR Lama', translated [...]

Impermanence, transitions and the illusory nature of phenomena. We will focus on the six bardos as described in Tibetan Buddhism. These bardos are states of transition and help us to see the absence of permanence and security in our lives. We will make use of the brief text which is chapter 4 in 'The Collected Works of CR Lama', translated [...]