Q&As. Extracted 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

James answers questions that arose during the retreat.

Read the 24 page transcript here.

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

Question about revising translations 2

Question about termas  3

Question about death and distraction           4

Question about dementia      5

Question about gender of gurus        7

Question about activating awareness            7

Question about transmission 11

Question about sound            13

Question about getting confused when we die         14

Question about optimism      15

Question about using analogy of movie screen         16

Question about a Tibetan word         16

Question about who is the one who focuses on the mind    17

Question about whether great yogis fall in love        17

Question about attaining non-attainment     18

Question from a student called Ruth: Cutting the root of the ruth-ness of ruth      19

Question about understanding the unborn   23

Question about our identity         24