James Low Worms, 30-31 October, 1993 Download the PDF Excerpt The purpose of eating is to satisfy the taste sensation in the mouth and the hunger in the stomach and to make sure you take in enough nourishment to sustain body and mind. The purpose of meditation is similar. First of all, it has to please our mouth: we have […]
» Read moreHere are the recordings on a teaching offered by James on Geneva back in february 1st 2013. It’s a buddhist approach to staying relaxed and open in modern life. Tracks below are in english only.
» Read moreJames Low Lahr, Germany, 5th-6th December, 2009 Download PDF Transcribed by Sarah Allen Edited and revised by James Low Excerpts: … Sitting quietly in meditation you can examine the birth of samsara, when the openness of the mind gets lost sight of, as the subject is mesmerised by the object and so forgets its own ground… …Thoughts are very fragile; […]
» Read moreJames Low Hamburg Retreat, February 2011 Download PDF Hamburg, Germany 18-20 February 2011 Transcribed by Anne Conn Edited by Barbara Terris Extracts …In the springtime when you go out in the country you see the small lambs jumping about. This is the mind of a meditator, because the field is open. There is nothing to do except jump about and […]
» Read moreJames Low An extract from the weekend retreat entitled Awake in Illusion Download PDF Hamburg, Germany 18-20 February 2011 Transcribed by Anne Conn Edited by Barbara Terris Extract: But this kind of experience in meditation like tiredness—in Tibetan they call it jing-wa—means sinking and is described as like being a tired swimmer. You still have to get across the river, you […]
» Read moreDownload the Chod Text from Yogins of Ladakh Turning the Body into Food – The Secret Treasure of the Dakini. Extract from Chapter 15 by James Low of The Yogins Of Ladakh: A Pilgrimage Among The Hermits Of The Buddhist Himalayas. By John Crook and James Low (Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1997) IBSN 81-208-1462-2. Republished 2007. “One of the Chod texts […]
» Read moreMacclesfield, UK. February 26th, 2005 Most of us have a lot of worries and anxiety in our lives. I will explain the traditional Nyingmapa understanding of the nature of anxiety, the structures underpinning its development, and show how meditation can help us cut through the root of that development. Transcribed by Kevin Lawrence Edited by Wendy Chozom Excerpts Anxiety is not […]
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