Dana, generosity, participating. Extract from The Happy Twins, Eifel 2019

James Low

Extract taken from ‘The Happy Twins: Dzogchen and Mahamudra Autumn Retreat in the Eifel, 2019 James Low

The retreat focussed on two texts: The Mirror of Luminous Revelation, a terma text from Nuden Dorje Drophan Lingpa and The Mahamudra Middle Way of the Ganges spoken by Tilopa to Naropa. It also focused on how to respond, as Buddhists, to climate change and other world crises.

Transcribed by Jo Feat

Edited by Barbara Terris

Read the 3 page transcript here.

James speaks about offering, giving participating…

The idea of the nirmanakaya is that your embodiment is a gift into the world. From the dzogchen point of view we are the gift or the showing, or the blossoming, of the potential of the ground, so having that sense of gifting ourselves is very important. Being involved in dharma and thinking about organisations, structures and money gives us a chance to de-commodify.

Listen to the whole retreat here. https://simplybeing.co.uk/audio-records/year/audio2019/autumn-2019-the-happy-twins