Talk by James Low London, 22 April 1995 Transcribed by Ruth Rickard and edited by Barbara Terris ExcerptThe key thing that I want to emphasise today is that this story of Nyima Özer is about the nature of service and of being a servant. The bodhisattvas are our servants and from that point of view, their service is holy. It […]
» Read moreJames Low, Frankfurt, May 1995. Transcribed by Liz Fox and edited by Barbara Terris Download PDF Excerpts The only way to get into enlightenment is through love. Love, tenderness and awareness are all very similar in quality, love for ourselves and love for others…. … In dzogchen meditation we pay attention to the balance of the elements both within our […]
» Read moreJames Low Frankfurt, March 1995 Download PDF The Paradoxical Double-Move of Tantra The Teacher Student Relationship The Two Truths: Relative Truth and Absolute Truth Finding what is a good fit for you Pure Relative Truth Deconstructing our assumptions Impure Relative Truth: seeing things as real and attachment to them Dzogchen and the Two Truths Thoughts arising in Shamatha meditation Thoughts […]
» Read moreJames Low 6 page extract from teachings on “The Two Truths” given by James Low in Frankfurt on the 11th March 1995 Transcribed by Liz Fox and lightly edited by Barbara Terris Download PDF The view of emptiness is that all things are empty, nothing is real and this is also the view of wisdom. The view of compassion is that […]
» Read moreJames 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 […]
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» Read moreI want to stay with this practice of shiné and link it, through tantra, into the basic examination of the nature of mind. In shiné practice the focus is on separation, so essentially in this practice we are separating out an observing, focusing, aware position of the self from an involved enmeshed position of the self. James Low Download the […]
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