Aleksandra Lewtak is working through James’ videos that are on the Vimeo website and copying them over onto a YouTube channel. She has then been gathering them into what YouTube calls Playlists (and what Vimeo calls Showcases). The channel is called James Low – Dzogchen and Buddhist Teachings and currently has 751 subscribers. A big job, but hopefully the videos will reach more people this way. Thank you, Aleksandra.
You can watch James teaching on a Nuden Dorje text here, https://vimeo.com/showcase/6019748 and listen to the audio here. Thanks to Juan Bautista for his Spanish translating and for preparing the videos.
Finding Freedom is a book of texts that were very important to CR Lama, James’ teacher. They are of immense value for our practice. The book is in three sections, Fighting the Good Fight, Mistaken Identities and Sweet Simplicity. Andreas Ruft is publishing it on the next full moon date and offers a special subscription price. Read all about it here.
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Based on a talk given by James Low at Watkins Books, London 26th April 2018
Transcribed by Martin Lineham and revised by Barbara Terris and James Low
You can watch it at here and here.
Jon has now got the audio recording from October 2018 ready. Listen to them here and learn how we give ourselves and others a hard time!
This annual camping retreat is in the grounds of Emerson College in East Sussex and is organised by Huw Wyn.
The transcript has been prepared by Wendy. She also has made the audio recording available and you can listen to it here.
James begins by saying that we live in very troubled times and that over the next few days we will explore useful ways to participate in the world so that we reduce the amount of tension and anxiety that we feel and we can also promote a sense of peace. This retreat is one of the ‘Into the Wild’ gatherings which Huw Wyn organises in East Sussex and we are indeed going to go ‘into the wild’ because the wildest thing we will ever encounter is our own mind! And this is what we will be encountering here.

In March 2019 James taught on a text by Nuden Dorje which is in his book Being Right Here. You can listen to the teachings here with Juan’s Spanish translation.
In March 2019 James taught on a text by Nuden Dorje which is in his book Being Right Here. You can listen to the teachings here with Juan’s Spanish translation.
The audio recordings from Emerson College in 2018 are now ready here. The teachings from Warsaw in January 2019, with Polish translation, are here.
Retreat: Meditation integrieren mit all den Aktivitäten, denen wir uns widmen. Meditation befördert eine ruhige Klarheit, die uns ermöglicht, die Fülle der Welt zu schätzen, in der wir leben. Wir untersuchen den dzogchen-buddhistischen Blick auf das Leben und praktizieren gemeinsam Meditationen.
Transcription Lea Pabst
Revision Barbara Terris
Translation into German A. Bihler

Auszug
… Stellen wir uns vor du triffst jemanden und verliebst dich in ihn oder sie. Du glaubst, er oder sie ist total nett, aber deine Freunde sind sich nicht so sicher. Du sagst ihnen „Ihr versteht einfach nicht. Ihr versteht die Person nicht so, wie ich das tue.“ Nach einigen Monaten aber “Was war es das ich in dieser Person gesehen habe?” Wir haben in Wirklichkeit nie diese Person gesehen. Wir haben sie benutzt als einen Haken, an den wir uns mit all unseren Fantasien, Sehnsüchte, Einsamkeit etc. aufhängen konnten. So funktioniert Einbildungskraft: wir werden von einer Idee erfasst. Sie vereinnahmt uns und wir sind drin in dieser Blase, die wir als eine Existenzielle Qualität erfahren. Jede dieser Blasen hat ihre eigene Logik wodurch alles einen Sinn ergibt. Und dann, plupp, ist’s vorbei. Wir sind überrascht. Wir sind aber nicht von der Realität in die Fantasie gewechselt. Wir sind auch nicht irgendwo anders hingegangen. Wir waren die ganze Zeit hier in unserem Körper und doch waren wir verloren. Wir waren sowohl da wie auch nicht da…