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 Mother of all the Buddhas. Teaching retreat, Seville, 2018
Gonpo Wangyal’s terma “Uncovering the presence of the mother of all the buddhas” James Low Seville, 28th April – 1st May 2018 The practice of dzogchen, according to a short terma text by Gonpo Wangyal. The text is available here in Tibetan and English and has also been translated into various languages. English and Spanish Spanish translation by Juan B. […]
» Read moreThe 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
» Read moreTeaching 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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