James Low “Brief notes on refuge and bodhicitta” are taken from teachings given at the Drzewo Życia Centre, Szczecin, Poland, 7-8 May 2009 Translated and transcribed by Bartek Czajkowski Edited by Sarah Allen and James Low Read the transcript in English in German by Petra Niehaus in German by Vera Neuruth in Polish Extract In buddhism our practice begins with […]
» Read moreDetectives are trained to be suspicious, to resist the temptation to be taken in by taking the evidence and stories at face value. Psychotherapy and dharma are also concerned with the exploration of cover-ups and the search for the true causal matrix of problematic experience. Take a look at the article Excerpts …Some tourists were driving in Ireland along country roads and lost […]
» Read moreJames Low Evening Public Talk Download the Public Talk Hamburg, Germany, 29th February to 2nd March 2008 Transcribed by Sarah Allen Excerpts … We are like children who spend the morning building a sandcastle on the edge of the sea and then when they come back from lunch are very unhappy because the sea has washed their castle away. Everything we […]
» Read moreJames LowBilbao Retreat18-19 April 2009 Transcribed by Jo Féat Edited by Barbara Terris Download Retreat transcript in English Download Retreat transcript in German Download Retreat transcript in Spanish Extract…There is a story from the early Kadampa school where one monk went to his teacher and said, ‘My mind is always full of bad thoughts. What can I do?’ His teacher […]
» Read morePublic Talk, Vienna, Austria James Low Vienna, 14 May 2009 Download the PDF Transcribed by Jo Féat Edited by Barbara Terris Excerpts All the obscurations that have built up over many lifetimes and aeons of karmic activity have no power to inhibit the union of the radiant nature of the person doing the practice and the radiant nature of the […]
» Read moreThe retreat was organized around meditation explanations and instructions together with their background view, followed by periods of practice and questions. The focus was on experiencing kadag, the primordial purity of the mind. James Low Gutenstein Retreat, Austria 15-17 May 2009 Download the Pdf Transcribed by Jo Féat Edited by Barbara Terris Extract Question: How do I know when to […]
» Read moreJames Low Integrating dzogchen meditation and teachings with our daily life. Teaching at Drzewo Życia Centre, Szczecin, Poland, 7-8 May 2009 Translated and transcribed by Bartek Czajkowski Edited by Sarah Allen and James Low Read or download the transcript in English in German Excerpts “…The Buddha’s teachings are radical, disturbing—they turn our world upside-down and shift the basis of who […]
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