The Mother’s Gift. a poem about devotion in Dzogchen. Emerson, 2019
A nugget of a poem (dug up by Rainer Schader) written during a 2019 retreat, translated into Portuguese and Turkish.
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Relax and release. Teaching weekend, Geneva, 2019
New Transcript. Transcribed by Marijke Acket and Divya Gupta helped to complete it – all 160 pages. Uploaded 05 06 2021 (2 years to the day!)
» Read moreVideos from Berlin in November 2019
Dissolving obstacles to living the dzogchen view. Olaf now has the videos ready from the retreat in Berlin, 21-24 Nov 2019. With German translation by Katia LaVoix. You can watch all 14 videos on Vimeo and Youtube.
» Read moreFinding freedom: texts from the Theravadin, Mahayana and Dzogchen Buddhist traditions
New Portuguese translation: João Vale Neto has finished his Portuguese translation of the Introductory chapter to Finding Freedom. Uploaded 24 06 2022.
» Read moreWhy is it so difficult to relax? Public Talk. Vienna, 2019
James Low Public talk, QiGong Kleinowitz Center, Vienna September 5, 2019 Transcribed by Kate Egetmeyer Extract.. a kind of pre-dawn shimmering, before the sun has come up, even before it’s low on the other side of the hill, when you look at the morning star …space… indistinct … you can’t make out shapes. With the rising of the light more […]
» Read moreLetting the mind settle. Public talk. Geneva, 2019
James Low Letting the mind settle: how to find freedom without searching and striving Public talk, Geneva, 7th July 2019. Organised by Manon Widmer.Transcribed by Sanatan. Listen to the audio recording here. Extracts …If instead of applying the concept ‘flower’ we just look and open to it like the Buddha did, simply sitting there. When thoughts and feelings arise we […]
» Read moreEquanimity and the pull of the five poisons. Public Talk. Frankfurt, 2019
Buddhist teaching day. Equanimity and the pull of the five poisons: the power of the five poisonous afflictions (mental dullness, desire, aversion, jealousy and pride) is very strong and each affliction can easily pull us away from grounded harmony and into the treacherous security of taking up a position. However equanimity is the great quality of the Middle Way avoiding extremes. Poised, dynamically balancing according to circumstances yet without bias in any direction, it reveals the freedom not to be at the mercy of the afflictions.
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