The Mirror of Clear Meaning: a commentary on the dzogchen treasure text of Nuden Dorje
This book has a conversational style, being a lightly edited transcript of teachings given by James Low in Aracena, Spain over four days in 2019.
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The Root Verses of the Six Bardos. A prayer.
Bardo indicates an interlude, an intermission, a moment or period occurring between other, different, moments or periods. The six bardos are: the bardos of the nature of birth; of dream; of meditation; of death; of actuality and of becoming.
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This text comes from Nuden Dorje, the first incarnation of my own teacher, C R Lama. We believe that Nuden Dorje was himself an incarnation of one of the close disciples of Padmasambhava, and that Padmasambhava came directly from the pure heart of Amitabha.
Buddhist texts often include a history of how the text arose, from whom, where and when. To say that a text came directly from Padmasambhava or from the mind of another great teacher, what does this mean? Why should we trust it? Who should we trust? You come here and I am telling you a lot of things. Why should you trust me? If you trust there is a chance you will be cheated, but if you don’t trust it’s difficult to proceed.
The Mirror of luminous revelation. Aracena, 2016
This text comes from Nuden Dorje, the first incarnation of my own teacher, C R Lama. We believe that Nuden Dorje was himself an incarnation of one of the close disciples of Padmasambhava, and that Padmasambhava came directly from the pure heart of Amitabha.
Buddhist texts often include a history of how the text arose, from whom, where and when. To say that a text came directly from Padmasambhava or from the mind of another great teacher, what does this mean? Why should we trust it? Who should we trust? You come here and I am telling you a lot of things. Why should you trust me? If you trust there is a chance you will be cheated, but if you don’t trust it’s difficult to proceed.
Teaching and practice retreat. Aracena, Spain
Commentary by James Low on the practice “El espejo de significado claro”, a dzogchen terma text of Nuden Dorje. James asks people to please bring a copy of his book Aquí y Ahora so that they can follow the commentary. Flyer in Spanish Blog
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Commentary by James Low on the practice “El espejo de significado claro”, a dzogchen terma text of Nuden Dorje. James asks people to please bring a copy of his book Aquí y Ahora so that they can follow the commentary. Flyer in Spanish Blog
» Read moreDirect indication of buddhahood beyond classification. Todtmoos, 2007
A 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 […]
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