The Happy Twins: dzogchen and mahamudra 2026. Have you ever wondered what the views and practices of dzogchen and mahamudra have in common and in what ways they differ? If yes, then James’ latest book The Happy Twins is the book for you! Available in hardback and in Kindle ebook format. Based on teachings given in the Eifel in 2019 […]
» Read moreNatural Freedom: A Collection of Dzogchen Teachings. (Simply Being, UK, June 2025. ISBN 978-1739457280) Number 21 in the series “Simply Being Buddhism”. Available as Kindle eBook and as Paperback. How can we sustain a dharma orientation whilst participating in our challenging complex world? This is a question for all Buddhists and the 6 chapters in “Natural Freedom” address this question […]
» Read moreJames Low Extract taken from ‘The Happy Twins: Dzogchen and Mahamudra.’ Autumn Retreat in the Eifel, 2019 James Low The retreat focussed on two texts: The Mirror of Luminous Revelation, a terma text from Nuden Dorje Drophan Lingpa and The Mahamudra Middle Way of the Ganges spoken by Tilopa to Naropa. It also focused on how to respond, as Buddhists, […]
» Read moreJames Low Extract taken from ‘The Happy Twins: Dzogchen and Mahamudra Autumn Retreat in the Eifel, 2019 James Low The retreat focussed on two texts: The Mirror of Luminous Revelation, a terma text from Nuden Dorje Drophan Lingpa and The Mahamudra Middle Way of the Ganges spoken by Tilopa to Naropa. It also focused on how to respond, as Buddhists, […]
» Read moreNew Translation: Illusion, Verblendung und Verwirrung translated into German by Frank Sandschulte, 28 Sept 2022.
» Read moreJames Low An Introduction to Dzogchen 31 March 2021 Zoom talk given for Oxford Internal Arts at the request of Gio Maschio. The talk explains the traditional categories of View, Meditation, Conduct (sometimes referred to as Action, or Path) and Result. Then follows advice about sitting meditation and the transition from formal meditation to moving out into the world (sometimes […]
» Read moreThis book has a conversational style, being a lightly edited transcript of teachings given by James Low in Aracena, Spain over four days in 2019.
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