Talk by James Low, “Emptiness, Equanimity and Kindness” April 2020. When many people are suffering our hearts go out to them and we wish them well. This quality of kindness is vital to extend our connectivity beyond the people of our personal concern. However from the buddhist point of view the power of kindness is greatly increased by merging it with the wisdom of emptiness.
» Read moreNew Translation: Janine Huizing has just translated this into Dutch. Vriendschap sluiten met het verweesde zelf. Uploaded 13 July 2021
» Read moreJames Low Public Talk, Cologne, 19.04.2017 Due to ignorance all beings become cut off from the ground of their own being and seek to find a place to abide. Compassion, from the buddhist point of view, is the means to offer hospitality to ourselves and others – a hospitality grounded in the actuality of our mind as it is. […]
» Read moreMy own teacher said to me again and again, “Nothing is special. It’s all just the same.” And if one gets the point of this, one actually realizes it as a living practice. And then compassion towards all sentient beings is maintained by exactly not acting in a way that pays attention to what they identify as the specific causes […]
» Read moreBy James Low, Frankfurt, 21-01-1996. Download the PDF file “To conclude my response to your question, if as a parent, you have in your mind a syllabus of how your children should be, or what you should be doing, then you’re trying to pull them into your system. But if you try to be open to them, you can […]
» Read morePublic Talk 01 June 2005 Freiburg, Germany What Buddhism means by “Compassion” What Buddhism means by ‘Compassion’: how to apply it in daily life. [English and German] Translator: Robert Jaroslawski You can watch the video here. Download the audio files here
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