Heart Sutra. Cologne, 1994

James Low. 12-13 March 1994 Download PDF “The instigation for the sutra comes from the Buddha who, in his meditation goes to Sariputra, prompting him to ask a question of Chenrezig. Chenrezig in turn is in his meditation as he replies to the questions. In this way the Buddha stimulates Sariputra to ask a question of Chenrezig, so the teaching […]

» Read more

Compassion. Berlin Dzogchen Retreat, 1994

My own teacher said to me again and again, “Nothing is special. It’s all just the same.” And if one gets the point of this, one actually realizes it as a living practice. And then compassion towards all sentient beings is maintained by exactly not acting in a way that pays attention to what they identify as the specific causes […]

» Read more

Wisdom and compassion: 'I should phone my mother'. Bremen Oct 1994

How do wisdom and compassion inform us in our ordinary human relationships, both formal and informal? We might start with a question. Do human beings, do we as human beings, know how to behave to each other? JAMES LOW Download the PDF Karma Thegchen Chö Ling Dharma Centre, Bremen, Germany 15 October 1994 Transcribed by Liz Fox Not Edited Excerpts […]

» Read more

The Nature of tantra: Chenrezig practice. Bremen, Oct. 1994

James Low Karma Thegchen Chö Ling Dharma Centre, Bremen, Germany 15-16 October 1994 Transcribed by Liz Fox Download the PDF Not Edited Last time I was here I talked about tantra and I’ll return to that theme this time. This afternoon I’ll make some general remarks, bringing up the theoretical underpinnings of the practice of tantra and tomorrow we will […]

» Read more

The Nature of tantra. Bremen, Jan. 1994

The word tantra in Tibetan means continuity or connectedness. Traditionally this indicates the continuity of awareness through all the moments of experience. Awareness is like the open sky; clouds and sunshine and rockets pass through the sky, but the sky itself is open to all of them. That is to say the continuity of the sky, the sky-ness of the […]

» Read more

Buddhism and psychotherapy. Public Talk, Bremen, 1994

James Low Download PDF Bremen, Germany 29 January 1994 Transcribed by Liz Fox Unedited Excerpts “Our topic is psychotherapy and buddhism so I will start by saying something about the Buddhist understanding of the mind’s mental processes, and then reflect on that in relation to psychosis, anxiety and depression. After that we can look at whether there is any contribution […]

» Read more

Western and Buddhist ideas about the nature of the mind. 1994

James Low Jame is unsure about the time and place of this talk, however it was possibly 1994. Chimed Rigdzin Rinpoche was present and speaks at the end of the recording. Download the Transcript C R Lama “Lord Buddha is the highest of people who have talked of relaxation. Lord Buddha says you can get the necessary relaxation in your […]

» Read more
1 2