Take it easy. Zoom Video. Nov 2020
James Low video on 4 November 2020 Take it easy: freedom is lost by the ego’s activity, so release habits and tendencies into the space of clarity.
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Love your mother. Zoom Teaching. Oct 2020
James Low teaching on 3-4 October 2020 In this life a woman gave birth to you. You call that woman your mother. She has given you a great gift yet you will die. However you have another mother, a mother you have never met yet who is never apart from you. This is your intrinsic mother who has never given […]
» Read moreSolitude and how to make use of it. Zoom, 2020
There is no end to learning, there is no end to thinking, there is no end to worrying, there is no end to problem-solving but there is an end to samsara, which is to relax into open awareness which has been unchanging from the very beginning..
» Read moreEmptiness, equanimity and kindness. Zoom, April 2020
Talk by James Low, “Emptiness, Equanimity and Kindness” April 2020. When many people are suffering our hearts go out to them and we wish them well. This quality of kindness is vital to extend our connectivity beyond the people of our personal concern. However from the buddhist point of view the power of kindness is greatly increased by merging it with the wisdom of emptiness.
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Our aspiration for the benefit of others has no limits and can arise in fresh forms with each situation we encounter.
» Read moreCalm and clear. Public Talk. Freiburg, 2006.
When things are calm it is easy to disturb them. When things are clear it is easy to dirty them, to make them lose their clarity. On an ordinary level calmness and clarity are very vulnerable states. This is because of the very nature of our existence. From a traditional buddhist point of view the functioning basis of our existence, of how we operate as human beings, is to be caught up in an experience of duality: looking inside we experience ‘ourselves’, and looking outside we experience ‘things’ which are other. But of course, it is not quite as simple as that.
» Read moreFour foundations of mindfulness. Macclesfield, 2010
James LowMacclesfield, UK. 16-17 January 2010Transcribed by Sarah Allen We will be looking at how the Four Foundations of Mindfulness can be applied with conscious application and effort, as well as from the dzogchen point of view which indicates that too much effort can be problematic. You can listen to the audio here.
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