Buddhism and psychotherapy. Public Talk, Bremen, 1994

James Low Download PDF Bremen, Germany 29 January 1994 Transcribed by Liz Fox Unedited Excerpts “Our topic is psychotherapy and buddhism so I will start by saying something about the Buddhist understanding of the mind’s mental processes, and then reflect on that in relation to psychosis, anxiety and depression. After that we can look at whether there is any contribution […]

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The Heart of Dzogchen. Eifel, Oct 2012

“What does it mean for me to be me? What is our real identity? Is our identity just what we take it to be – the narratives that we say about ourself – or is identity perhaps something different?
From the point of view of dzogchen, there are many ways to see the constructed way in which we create fantasies of identity about who we are. We may occupy them for some time, but then it becomes impossible to occupy them any more because the present becomes the past.
The present is always becoming the past, so what shall we rely on? This is the central question in dzogchen because if we rely on something unreliable we feel betrayed and we do not feel supported.”

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Mit frischen Augen sehen: Ausstieg aus Samsaras endloser Geschichte, Mannheim, 2009

Öffentlicher Abendvortrag, 20. November 2009, Mannheim James Low Download the Pdf Übersetzt von Daniel Beierstettel Auszüge …In tibetischen Buddhismus gibt es viele Formen der Praxis und viele verschiedene Linien. Für uns im Westen ist jedoch der zentrale Punkt, wenn wir diese Art der Übung ausführen, [genau genommen] zweierlei: Was für eine Art der Intention lässt sie in uns entstehen und […]

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