Mahamudra as understood through two texts: Maitripa’s ‘Brief Exposition of the Great Seal’ and Saraha’s ‘The Treasury of Songs: Esoteric Instructions on Mahamudra’ James Low teaches using his translations of both texts which are also Chapters 12 and 13 in his book Simply Being. Todtmoos, Germany. 20-22 June 2008Transcribed by Sarah Allen. Edited by Barbara Terris …When we look at the […]
» Read moreJames Low 24-27 April 2008 Retreat at the Kamalashila Institute in the Eifel. Download the transcript Topics: Buddhist ‘tools’: what are they for and how do we use them? Emptiness Dzogchen: things are as they are Choosing a practice that suits you Bardo teachings from the Shitro Terma of Karma Lingpa The Root Verses of the Bardo A Prayer for […]
» Read moreThis short teaching was given by James Low towards the end of the retreat at Kamalashila Institute in the Eifel during April 2008. At that time there were uprisings and suppressions reported in Tibet. It was transcribed by Jo Féat and edited by Barbara Terris. Download the prayer
» Read moreÖffentlicher Vortrag im TTC Hamburg 29.02.2008. James Low PDF downloaden Übersetzung: Axel Wasmann Transkription: Joerg Struve Überarbeitet von Jayachitta und Christiane Wittekind Extract Wir sind wie Kinder, die morgens am Strand eine Sandburg bauen, und dann nachmittags enttäuscht sehen, dass das Meer sie weggespült hat. In allem, was wir tun, bauen wir bloß Sandburgen. Die Annahme, dass es mehr sei, ist reine […]
» Read moreA terma treasure text of Nuden Dorje. Teaching and commentary on his translation by James Low. Todtmoos, June 2007.Transcribed by Sarah Allen and edited by Barbara Terris. This terma text with commentary is included in Chapter 8 of Simply Being. The Todtmoos transcript has also been incorporated into a book prepared by Robert Jaroslawski and called Zuhause im Spiel der […]
» Read moreEifel Herbst Retreat, 19-22 Oktober 2006 James Low Als PDF downloaden Transkribiert von Wulf Niepold (Don. Sam.) und Magda Linca (Son.). Editiert von Barbara Terris und übersetzt von Kurt Rabitsch Extracts Dharmakaya ist das Gewahrsein der unendlichen Räumlichkeit des Geistes als Ort der Gastlichkeit gegenüber allen Formen, während sie unaufhörlich erscheinen. Der Dharmakaya verändert sich nicht, weil er kein Ding ist, wogegen alles, […]
» Read moreWhen 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.
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