New Texts

Even if the date of a talk or piece of writing is many years ago each item listed below does include something new. It may be a new transcript, a new poem, a new piece of writing, and often it is a translation from an existing text into a new language…

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  • A Brief Exposition of Mahamudra by Maitripa
    This is the first of two texts of mahamudra (Phyag-rGya Chen-Po), the great openness. It was composed by the famous Indian yogi Maitripa and transmitted directly to Marpa who gave it to his disciple Milarepa. Translated by James Low and commented by him in East Sussex, 2021, Bremen 2012, Geneva, 2019, Freiburg, 2018. Read the text in English here. This text is Chapter 12 in Simply Being by James Low (Simply Being, UK, 2010) ISBN: ISBN 978 1907571015
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  • The Mahamudra Middle Way of the Ganges. 23 verses taught by Tilopa to Naropa
    "Twenty-three indestructible verses on mahamudra taught on the banks of the River Ganges by the master adept of mahamudra, Sri Tilopa, to the learned and accomplished Kashmiri pandit Naropa after he had accomplished the twelve demanding tasks. Great Naropa then transmitted it to the great king of translators Marpa Chokyi Lodro who translated it and finalised it at Naropa's northern residence of Pullahari.   Ithi! May there be virtue!" Translated by James Low, September 2019 and commented by him in Wilga, Poland 2023, and Eifel, Germany2019) Read the text in English here. This text is in Sweet Simplicity by James Low (Simply Being, UK, 2022) ISBN: 9781739938154
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  • James Low interviewed by Ludovic Fontaine. Dec 2022
    New Text and new Translation: James Low was interviewed by Ludovic Fontaine about his background in the dharma. Madalena Pedroza has translated it into Portuguese. Uploaded 26 05 2024
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  • Video. World Education Conference. March 2024
    James was asked to mbe one of the speakers at this conference. It may be especially interesting for people working in the field of education since "it highlights the need for play and relaxation to generate the open receptivity and responsivity which is the basis of life-affirming learning". [embed]https://youtu.be/vu3oT8OzpBE?si=fdmwspUZ9HYiIaoa[/embed]  
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  • Welcome to our lineage! Article, Nov 2023
    New Text: Welcome to our lineage! "Now that evermore people are making use of the website I offer some words of welcome and a brief introduction to how we are." In English, French, German, Portuguese and Turkish. Uploaded 30 01 2024
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