The Wild Heart Festival, UK. September 2010 Organised by Huw Wyn “I would like to start with the idea of Buddha. Buddha in the Tibetan language is expressed as sang gye. This is made up of two terms: sang meaning ‘to purify’ and gye meaning ‘to increase’. To take that on a very basic level, we’ve all got problems, difficulties, things […]
» Read moreThese are teachings given in Freiburg and Todtmoos during 12-14 June 2009 and 11-12 June 2010. James explains and comments on Patrul Rinpoche Brief and an Extended Commentaries on Garab Dorje’s “Three Essential Points”, translated later as “Three Statements that Hit the Key Points” and often by others as “Hitting the essence in three words”. This text was prepared by […]
» Read moreIn the course of this retreat, James taught from the text “Mi Tag Gyud Kul” – Encouragement of Impermanence – written by Rigdzin Godem. You can read more about this prayer here. Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
» Read moreTo focus is to be mindful, to stay on task without getting distracted. Mindfulness indicates being careful, taking care. It is the opposite of being careless. There is a difference between being careless and carefree. When we are carefree, the general sense is that there is no danger in the environment and so you we can relax and do as […]
» Read moreMacclesfield, 17 July 2004 James Low “If we do not have the capacity to choose whether to identify with arising thoughts or not we have little freedom. Like preoccupied puppets we are pulled by the strings of internal forces and external triggers which drive us into reactivity. Practices such as following the flow of the breath help develop a clear attention, […]
» Read moreMacclesfield, 8th Nov 2003 James Low The Macclesfield UK Talks [1] Audio edited by Wendy Chozom Download and read a transcript of this talk, entitled ‘Finding Freedom at the Bus Stop’. Download here
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