The Natural freedom of the mind. Public Talk. Geneva, 2016

James Low Public talk in Geneva. 18th March 2016 Transcribed by Martine Widmer. Edited by Barbara Terris and A. Bihler. Read or download a PDF of the full transcript  here Listen to the audio recording here. “We are patterns of energy, in a field of energy, within the space of open awareness. We are not the master, neither are we the […]

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Dissolving the root of conflict and war. Emerson College UK, 2017

James Low 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.

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Cutting free without losing anything. Berlin, 2011

James Low TEACHING RETREAT, BERLIN, 7-8 May 2011 Transcribed by Jo Féat Edited by Barbara Terris The transcript can be read here in English An extract about Chöd, revised by James Low, can be read in English in German   The audio can be listened to here in German and English Excerpt The  more we do this practice, the more we become aware […]

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Depth and light. Berlin, Jan 2016

James Low Teaching Retreat, Berlin, 30-31 Jan 2016 Depth and light: dzogchen thogal is the revelation of the energy of the unborn space of the mind. First the focus is on the depth of space, the ground and field of our being. When this becomes clear then the nature of appearance becomes obvious. Organised by Olaf Brockmann Transcribed by John Imes […]

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The Wonder of being. Berlin, 2016

Public Talk, Berlin 29 Jan 2016 Being, Space and Time, the dzogchen view of the wonder of being. This view and simple practice frees us from the delusion of being a finite, vulnerable thing. Transcribed by John Imes Edited by Barbara Terris Read or Download the Transcript Excerpt …I remember climbing trees. I remember running up hills in Scotland. These […]

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The Mirror of luminous revelation. Aracena, 2016

This text comes from Nuden Dorje, the first incarnation of my own teacher, C R Lama. We believe that Nuden Dorje was himself an incarnation of one of the close disciples of Padmasambhava, and that Padmasambhava came directly from the pure heart of Amitabha.
Buddhist texts often include a history of how the text arose, from whom, where and when. To say that a text came directly from Padmasambhava or from the mind of another great teacher, what does this mean? Why should we trust it? Who should we trust? You come here and I am telling you a lot of things. Why should you trust me? If you trust there is a chance you will be cheated, but if you don’t trust it’s difficult to proceed.

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