The natural freedom of the mind. Geneva, 18-20 March 2016

James Low Teaching Retreat. Geneva. 19-20 March 2016. This event was also a book launch for the publication of Oeuvres Choisies de C. R. Lama translated into French by Manon Widmer. Transcribed by Martine Widmer Edited by Barbara Terris Download PDF Transcript of the teachings The teachings are structured around The Three Statements of Garab Dorje. Excerpts …Have confidence in […]

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Space, energy and imagination. Eifel, Spring, 2012

James Low Eifel Retreat, Germany, 12-15 April 2012 Transcribed by Anne Conn. Edited by Barbara Terris James’ poem “How to be Naked” was put to music and sung by the group at the end. Download PDF When you see images of the buddhas, their bodies are translucent. You can see right through them. That means ‘no secrets’. They’re not hiding their mobile phones […]

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Compassion. Berlin Dzogchen Retreat, 1994

My own teacher said to me again and again, “Nothing is special. It’s all just the same.” And if one gets the point of this, one actually realizes it as a living practice. And then compassion towards all sentient beings is maintained by exactly not acting in a way that pays attention to what they identify as the specific causes […]

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Natural freedom. Retreat, Badow, 2009

When we say we live in a state of absence, it doesn’t mean that we have lost something, but that we are absent from being present in what is here. James Low Download the Transcript in English Download the Transcript in Portuguese Badow, Poland, April 2009 Transcribed by Joanna Janiszewska-Rain Edited by James Low Extracts …I would imagine that for […]

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The Concept of self in eastern thought and humanist psychology. Essay, 1984

James Low Written in 1984 and submitted as a  dissertation for The School of Independent Studies, North East London Polytechnic, 1985. Download the essay Extract The task of understanding a different culture involves a delicate balance between giving empathetic attention to all the details and significances of the cultural forms and attitudes as they function in that society and at […]

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Linking view and meditation. Gutenstein Retreat, 2006

  James Low   Guttenstein Summer Retreat 8-10 Sept 2006 Edited Barbara Terris Download Pdf Excerpts …As long as the seed is just a seed, weeds don’t matter – weeds only become important once the sprouting has occurred.  So when we start to engage in meditation and spiritual activity, we often encounter more problems in our life, not less.  We […]

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