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 […]
» Read moreImpermanence, 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 […]
» Read moreJames 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 […]
» Read moreJames 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 […]
» Read moreJames 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. […]
» Read moreJames 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. […]
» Read moreWho 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 […]
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