James Low - Dzogchen and Buddhist Teachings

30 July - 9 August 2025. Seeing and imagining. Dzogchen retreat with James Low at Casa de Exercícios de Santo Inácio, Colares, in Sintra, Portugal.

Imagining is the play of the ground source. If the source is seen then all that is imagined is non-dual illusion, like a mirage or a dream. If the ground source is not seen and opened to then all that is imagined is reified and then we experience ourselves as existents in a world of existents.

~ James Low

Texts translated from the Tibetan in...

15-18 October, 2015. Meditation retreat in Kamalashila Institute, in the Eifel region of German, based on Chapter 10 of James Low's book Simply Being, which is a translation of Patrul Rinpoche's text "Self-liberating Understanding".

"Integrating the view, meditation and activity in dzogchen. We will focus on the self liberation of experience, which is the heart of the meditation, and how to apply that within the complexities of daily life. This involves finding the middle way of appearance and emptiness, free of control and avoidance on the one hand, and merging and identification on the other."

30 July - 9 August 2025. Seeing and imagining. Dzogchen retreat with James Low at Casa de Exercícios de Santo Inácio, Colares, in Sintra, Portugal.

Imagining is the play of the ground source. If the source is seen then all that is imagined is non-dual illusion, like a mirage or a dream. If the ground source is not seen and opened to then all that is imagined is reified and then we experience ourselves as existents in a world of existents.

~ James Low

Texts translated from the Tibetan in...

18 November 2011. James Low gave this workshop for practising therapists in Hereford, UK.

“Our open heart touching and opening the heart of the other. This is non-dual contact, the meeting of sky with sky, the heart of Buddhist ethics.”

~ James Low

James starts with an introduction to the traditional Tibetan view of mindfulness, then relates this to different psychotherapy theories and finally, with how it can be taken and used in clinical practice.

Organised by Jennifer French.

Cover vide...

9th November 2025. The Deathless and the Dying. Public talk with James Low at Lekdanling in East London, England, at the invitation of the Shang Shung Institute of Tibetan Studies.

The focus will be on illusion as the middle way between the familiar binary opposites of birth and death, health and sickness, life as flow and within that, loss and grief.

Cover video art: Amir Mghari, via Pexels.com

Transcript of this video: https://bit.ly/4hYIubW

Audio recording of...

1/4 Seeing and imagining. [EN-PT-ES] Sintra 07-08.2025

30 July - 9 August 2025. Seeing and imagining. Dzogchen retreat with James Low at Casa de Exercícios de Santo Inácio, Colares, in Sintra, Portugal.

Imagining is the play of the ground source. If the source is seen then all that is imagined is non-dual illusion, like a mirage or a dream. If the ground source is not seen and opened to then all that is imagined is reified and then we experience ourselves as existents in a world of existents.

~ James Lo...

June 4th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) Is consciousness and mind the same in Buddhism? Is my mind which is deluded and has its own habits and tendencies the same as the mind which is primordial, unborn and clear? If so why is the mind which I call mine deluded?

2) Are the explanations about karma and rebirth offered by traditional Buddhism part of a theory or belief or is it part of experience? Is it under the domain of consciousness or the...

May 14th – 18th, 2025. Tantra & Dzogchen. Dzogchen retreat with James Low in Wilga, Poland.

The delusion that we exist as definable entities is the basis of all limited and limiting experience. Through dissolving our contrived identity into that of Padmasambhava, we become free to act in whatever ways will help sentient beings. The view of dzogchen deeps our understanding of how this functions and aids our release into our intrinsic source which we have never actually strayed from.

~ James Low

Polish translation: Bartek Czajkowski

Camera and ed...

May 14th – 18th, 2025. Tantra & Dzogchen. Dzogchen retreat with James Low in Wilga, Poland.

The delusion that we exist as definable entities is the basis of all limited and limiting experience. Through dissolving our contrived identity into that of Padmasambhava, we become free to act in whatever ways will help sentient beings. The view of dzogchen deeps our understanding of how this functions and aids our release into our intrinsic source which we have never actually strayed from.

~ James Low

Polish translation: Bartek Czajkowski

Camera and ed...

November 8th – 11th, 2018. Indestructible freedom. Dzogchen retreat with James Low in Barcelona, Spain.

“The retreat will focus on settling into the clarity which is present in all experience. Through meditation, including some of the methods of the semdzin and using chapter 8 of "Simply Being" we will open the space within which all obscurations are self-liberating and go free like clouds dissolving in the sky.”

~ James Low

Spanish translation: Mariana Orozco and Maria Lleó

Video recording and initial editing: Antonio Gomez.

Full au...

November 8th – 11th, 2018. Indestructible freedom. Dzogchen retreat with James Low in Barcelona, Spain.

“The retreat will focus on settling into the clarity which is present in all experience. Through meditation, including some of the methods of the semdzin and using chapter 8 of "Simply Being" we will open the space within which all obscurations are self-liberating and go free like clouds dissolving in the sky.”

~ James Low

Spanish translation: Mariana Orozco and Maria Lleó

Video recording and initial editing: Antonio Gomez.

Full au...

July 5th – 13th 2025. Non-duality is simple. Dzogchen retreat with James Low at Retreathaus Berghof, Wiesen, Germany: https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/berghof-2025/

James thought using Chapter 8 "The Direct Indication of Buddhahood beyond Classification, by Nuden Dorje" of his book "Simply Being" (available on Amazon): https://simplybeing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Simply-Being-Text-Chapter-8-Revised-31-05-2023.pdf

The aim of this dzogchen retreat is to let go of our habitual involvement in the myriad forms of duality. In order to let go we need to sever the links between our erroneous se...

July 5th – 13th 2025. Non-duality is simple. Dzogchen retreat with James Low at Retreathaus Berghof, Wiesen, Germany: https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/berghof-2025/

James thought using Chapter 8 "The Direct Indication of Buddhahood beyond Classification, by Nuden Dorje" of his book "Simply Being" (available on Amazon): https://simplybeing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Simply-Being-Text-Chapter-8-Revised-31-05-2023.pdf

The aim of this dzogchen retreat is to let go of our habitual involvement in the myriad forms of duality. In order to let go we need to sever the links between our erroneous se...

July 5th – 13th 2025. Non-duality is simple. Dzogchen retreat with James Low at Retreathaus Berghof, Wiesen, Germany: https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/berghof-2025/

James thought using Chapter 8 "The Direct Indication of Buddhahood beyond Classification, by Nuden Dorje" of his book "Simply Being" (available on Amazon): https://simplybeing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Simply-Being-Text-Chapter-8-Revised-31-05-2023.pdf

The aim of this dzogchen retreat is to let go of our habitual involvement in the myriad forms of duality. In order to let go we need to sever the links between our erroneous se...

July 5th – 13th 2025. Non-duality is simple. Dzogchen retreat with James Low at Retreathaus Berghof, Wiesen, Germany: https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/berghof-2025/

James thought using Chapter 8 "The Direct Indication of Buddhahood beyond Classification, by Nuden Dorje" of his book "Simply Being" (available on Amazon): https://simplybeing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Simply-Being-Text-Chapter-8-Revised-31-05-2023.pdf

The aim of this dzogchen retreat is to let go of our habitual involvement in the myriad forms of duality. In order to let go we need to sever the links be...

November 8th, 2003. The View of Dzogchen, in Macclesfield, UK.

Full transcript of these teachings: http://bit.ly/3JzStri

Audio file of this video: https://simplybeing.co.uk/audio-records/retreats/macclesfield-talks-1/

📱 Instagram of excerpts: https://instagram.com/SBSangha_JamesLow

🎧 Poscasts of some teachings: https://simplybeing.co.uk/news/podcasts/

📆 Learn more about future events: https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/

Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwUvddkUp_U

Audiobook 'Buddha Shows the Way - A collection of public talks and teachings', by James Low and transtaled and spoken to Portuguese by Madalena PedrozaThis book contains a selection of edited public talks given by James Low. They cover a wide range of topics yet share a common theme: how to apply Buddhist teachings in our complex engagement with the modern world. We are all faced with ever increasing tasks of life maintenance as we struggle to cope with the profound impact of climate change, conflict, economic chaos, environmental and political instabilities. Moreover our own inner life is prey...

Audiobook 'Buddha Shows the Way - A collection of public talks and teachings', by James Low and transtaled and spoken to Portuguese by Madalena Pedroza.This book contains a selection of edited public talks given by James Low. They cover a wide range of topics yet share a common theme: how to apply Buddhist teachings in our complex engagement with the modern world. We are all faced with ever increasing tasks of life maintenance as we struggle to cope with the profound impact of climate change, conflict, economic chaos, environmental and political instabilities. Moreover our own inner life is...

Life comes as it comes. We do not know what events will arise and impact us. Struggling to stay in charge of what is occurring is exhausting while letting events determine our situation is unwise. The Buddhist Middle Way indicates that we can rest in open awareness while avoiding the extremes of over-involvement and under-involvement. We will focus on the Dzogchen teachings of relaxing and releasing our habitual patterns of reactivity so that our participation is both spontaneous and precise – contactful, yet neither invading nor abandoning.

Dates: 16-21 June 2025

Location: Emerson College, Ha...

Life comes as it comes. We do not know what events will arise and impact us. Struggling to stay in charge of what is occurring is exhausting while letting events determine our situation is unwise. The Buddhist Middle Way indicates that we can rest in open awareness while avoiding the extremes of over-involvement and under-involvement. We will focus on the Dzogchen teachings of relaxing and releasing our habitual patterns of reactivity so that our participation is both spontaneous and precise – contactful, yet neither invading nor abandoning.

Dates: 16-21 June 2025

Location: Emerson College, Ha...

Life comes as it comes. We do not know what events will arise and impact us. Struggling to stay in charge of what is occurring is exhausting while letting events determine our situation is unwise. The Buddhist Middle Way indicates that we can rest in open awareness while avoiding the extremes of over-involvement and under-involvement. We will focus on the Dzogchen teachings of relaxing and releasing our habitual patterns of reactivity so that our participation is both spontaneous and precise – contactful, yet neither invading nor abandoning.

Dates: 16-21 June 2025

Location: Emerson College, Ha...

July 2nd 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) I am a US citizen seriously dismayed by the current state of politics particularly in the US. I am so upset by the prospects that I completely exclude all news and refrain from discussions on the topic. Withdrawing in this way is good for my blood pressure but is it wise to withdraw to this degree?

2) James says the guru yoga of the White A is enough yet he also describes the...

July 2nd 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) I am a US citizen seriously dismayed by the current state of politics particularly in the US. I am so upset by the prospects that I completely exclude all news and refrain from discussions on the topic. Withdrawing in this way is good for my blood pressure but is it wise to withdraw to this degree?

2) James says the guru yoga of the White A is enough yet he also describes the bo??. So do...

July 2nd 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) I am a US citizen seriously dismayed by the current state of politics particularly in the US. I am so upset by the prospects that I completely exclude all news and refrain from discussions on the topic. Withdrawing in this way is good for my blood pressure but is it wise to withdraw to this degree?

2) James says the guru yoga of the White A is enough yet he also describes the bo??. So do...

July 2nd 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

Note: the constant cuts in this video result from the removal of James Low's periods of silence, while waiting for the consecutive translation from the German translator.

"(0:00) I am a US citizen seriously dismayed by the current state of politics particularly in the US. I am so upset by the prospects that I completely exclude all news and refrain from discussions on the topic. Withdrawing in this way is...

July 2nd 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) I am a US citizen seriously dismayed by the current state of politics particularly in the US. I am so upset by the prospects that I completely exclude all news and refrain from discussions on the topic. Withdrawing in this way is good for my blood pressure but is it wise to withdraw to this degree?

2) James says the guru yoga of the White A is enough yet he also describes the...

July 2nd 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) I am a US citizen seriously dismayed by the current state of politics particularly in the US. I am so upset by the prospects that I completely exclude all news and refrain from discussions on the topic. Withdrawing in this way is good for my blood pressure but is it wise to withdraw to this degree?

2) James says the guru yoga of the White A is enough yet he also describes the bo??. So do...

July 2nd 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) I am a US citizen seriously dismayed by the current state of politics particularly in the US. I am so upset by the prospects that I completely exclude all news and refrain from discussions on the topic. Withdrawing in this way is good for my blood pressure but is it wise to withdraw to this degree?

2) James says the guru yoga of the White A is enough yet he also describes the...

From "No gain, no loss. Zoom 06.2025": http://youtu.be/GDD-yNMP9r4

Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a12BMaKSxSM

June 28th 2025. No gain, no loss. Zoom teachings with James Low.

The eight worldy concerns (or dharmas) are stimulated by attachment and aversion:

• hope for happiness and fear of suffering,

• hope for fame and fear of insignificance,

• hope for praise and fear of blame,

• hope for gain and fear of loss.

Full transcript of these teachings (English only): https://bit.ly/3Ie5Cp7

Audio file of this video (English only): https://bit.ly/40tfwcM

Duration: 04:30:02

June 28th 2025. No gain, no loss. Zoom teachings with James Low.

The eight worldy concerns (or dharmas) are stimulated by attachment and aversion:

• hope for happiness and fear of suffering,

• hope for fame and fear of insignificance,

• hope for praise and fear of blame,

• hope for gain and fear of loss.

Full transcript of these teachings (English only): https://bit.ly/3Ie5Cp7

Audio file of this video (English only): https://bit.ly/40tfwcM

Duration: 04:36:49

June 28th 2025. No gain, no loss. Zoom teachings with James Low.

The eight worldy concerns (or dharmas) are stimulated by attachment and aversion:

• hope for happiness and fear of suffering,

• hope for fame and fear of insignificance,

• hope for praise and fear of blame,

• hope for gain and fear of loss.

Full transcript of these teachings (English only): https://bit.ly/3Ie5Cp7

Audio file of this video (English only): https://bit.ly/40tfwcM

Duration: 04:41:50

June 28th 2025. No gain, no loss. Zoom teachings with James Low.

The eight worldy concerns (or dharmas) are stimulated by attachment and aversion:

• hope for happiness and fear of suffering,

• hope for fame and fear of insignificance,

• hope for praise and fear of blame,

• hope for gain and fear of loss.

Full transcript of these teachings (English only): https://bit.ly/3Ie5Cp7

Audio file of this video (English only): https://bit.ly/40tfwcM

June 28th 2025. No gain, no loss. Zoom teachings with James Low.

The eight worldy concerns (or dharmas) are stimulated by attachment and aversion:

• hope for happiness and fear of suffering,

• hope for fame and fear of insignificance,

• hope for praise and fear of blame,

• hope for gain and fear of loss.

Note: the constant cuts in this video result from the removal of James Low's periods of silence, while waiting for the consecutive translation from the German translator.

Ful...

June 28th 2025. No gain, no loss. Zoom teachings with James Low.

The eight worldy concerns (or dharmas) are stimulated by attachment and aversion:

• hope for happiness and fear of suffering,

• hope for fame and fear of insignificance,

• hope for praise and fear of blame,

• hope for gain and fear of loss.

Full transcript of these teachings (English only): https://bit.ly/3Ie5Cp7

Audio file of this video (English only): https://bit.ly/40tfwcM

Duration: 04:42:15

June 28th 2025. No gain, no loss. Zoom teachings with James Low.

The eight worldy concerns (or dharmas) are stimulated by attachment and aversion:

• hope for happiness and fear of suffering,

• hope for fame and fear of insignificance,

• hope for praise and fear of blame,

• hope for gain and fear of loss.

Full transcript of these teachings (English only): https://bit.ly/3Ie5Cp7

Audio file of this video (English only): https://bit.ly/40tfwcM

Duration: 04:29:09

Extract from "Wisdom and Compassion", on March 7-8th 2025, weekend teachings with James Low at Townley Hall in Macclesfield, UK: https://youtu.be/jtjlM1CYuN4

Wisdom and Compassion are often said to be like the two wings of a bird. With their collaboration, we can fly free of the snares of samsara and its false dualism. We will integrate the wisdom of emptiness, which reveals how all our experience is like an illusion, with the kind compassion, which brings us into authentic contact.

James has been teaching in Macclesfield...

Extract from "Wisdom and Compassion", on March 7-8th 2025, weekend teachings with James Low at Townley Hall in Macclesfield, UK: https://youtu.be/jtjlM1CYuN4

Wisdom and Compassion are often said to be like the two wings of a bird. With their collaboration, we can fly free of the snares of samsara and its false dualism. We will integrate the wisdom of emptiness, which reveals how all our experience is like an illusion, with the kind compassion, which brings us into authentic contact.

James has been teaching in Macclesfield...

Extract from "Wisdom and Compassion", on March 7-8th 2025, weekend teachings with James Low at Townley Hall in Macclesfield, UK: https://youtu.be/jtjlM1CYuN4

Wisdom and Compassion are often said to be like the two wings of a bird. With their collaboration, we can fly free of the snares of samsara and its false dualism. We will integrate the wisdom of emptiness, which reveals how all our experience is like an illusion, with the kind compassion, which brings us into authentic contact.

James has been...

June 4th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

Note: the constant cuts in this video result from the removal of James Low's periods of silence, while waiting for the consecutive translation from the German translator.

"(0:00) Is consciousness and mind the same in Buddhism? Is my mind which is deluded and has its own habits and tendencies the same as the mind which is primordial, unborn and clear? If so why is the mind which I call mine deluded?"

"(9:26...

June 4th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) Is consciousness and mind the same in Buddhism? Is my mind which is deluded and has its own habits and tendencies the same as the mind which is primordial, unborn and clear? If so why is the mind which I call mine deluded?

2) Are the explanations about karma and rebirth offered by traditional Buddhism part of a theory or belief or is it part of experience? Is it under the domain of consciousness or the...

June 4th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) Is consciousness and mind the same in Buddhism? Is my mind which is deluded and has its own habits and tendencies the same as the mind which is primordial, unborn and clear? If so why is the mind which I call mine deluded?

2) Are the explanations about karma and rebirth offered by traditional Buddhism part of a theory or belief or is it part of experience? Is it under the domain of consciousness or the...

June 4th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) Is consciousness and mind the same in Buddhism? Is my mind which is deluded and has its own habits and tendencies the same as the mind which is primordial, unborn and clear? If so why is the mind which I call mine deluded?

2) Are the explanations about karma and rebirth offered by traditional Buddhism part of a theory or belief or is it part of experience? Is it under the domain of consciousness or the...

June 4th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) Is consciousness and mind the same in Buddhism? Is my mind which is deluded and has its own habits and tendencies the same as the mind which is primordial, unborn and clear? If so why is the mind which I call mine deluded?

2) Are the explanations about karma and rebirth offered by traditional Buddhism part of a theory or belief or is it part of experience? Is it under the domain of consciousness or the...

June 4th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) Is consciousness and mind the same in Buddhism? Is my mind which is deluded and has its own habits and tendencies the same as the mind which is primordial, unborn and clear? If so why is the mind which I call mine deluded?

2) Are the explanations about karma and rebirth offered by traditional Buddhism part of a theory or belief or is it part of experience? Is it under the domain of consciousness or the...

June 4th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) Is consciousness and mind the same in Buddhism? Is my mind which is deluded and has its own habits and tendencies the same as the mind which is primordial, unborn and clear? If so why is the mind which I call mine deluded?

2) Are the explanations about karma and rebirth offered by traditional Buddhism part of a theory or belief or is it part of experience? Is it under the domain of consciousness or the...

May 10th 2025. Access, not ownership: staying present with whatever occurs. Zoom teachings with James Low.

Note: the constant cuts in this video result from the removal of James Low's periods of silence, while waiting for the consecutive translation from the German translator.

Full transcript of these teachings: https://bit.ly/4kvMS2x

Audio file of this video: https://bit.ly/4dTwaId

English: youtu.be/kfxMQUKgHgA (you are here)

English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/_mfS_LlkYhA

May 10th 2025. Access, not ownership: staying present with whatever occurs. Zoom teachings with James Low.

Turkish translation: Mustafa Çelebi

English: youtu.be/kfxMQUKgHgA

English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/_mfS_LlkYhA

German: youtu.be/Z7VxJnXPZLQ

Russian: youtu.be/75h8-TP0CYI

Polish: youtu.be/FrWGFSWVYPU

Spanish: youtu.be/ikMvGzk62BU

Portuguese: youtu.be/pRpPhwC0wxI

Romanian: youtu.be/-5hCDJ7JIc4

Turkish: youtu.be/6pUaCsByQ4E (you are here)

Duration: 04:29:13

May 10th 2025. Access, not ownership: staying present with whatever occurs. Zoom teachings with James Low.

Romanian translation: Viorica Constantinescu

English: youtu.be/kfxMQUKgHgA

English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/_mfS_LlkYhA

German: youtu.be/Z7VxJnXPZLQ

Russian: youtu.be/75h8-TP0CYI

Polish: youtu.be/FrWGFSWVYPU

Spanish: youtu.be/ikMvGzk62BU

Portuguese: youtu.be/pRpPhwC0wxI

Romanian: youtu.be/-5hCDJ7JIc4 (you are here)

Turkish: youtu.be/6pUaCsByQ4E

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May 10th 2025. Access, not ownership: staying present with whatever occurs. Zoom teachings with James Low.

Portuguese translation: Milton Petruczok

English: youtu.be/kfxMQUKgHgA

English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/_mfS_LlkYhA

German: youtu.be/Z7VxJnXPZLQ

Russian: youtu.be/75h8-TP0CYI

Polish: youtu.be/FrWGFSWVYPU

Spanish: youtu.be/ikMvGzk62BU

Portuguese: youtu.be/pRpPhwC0wxI (you are here)

Romanian: youtu.be/-5hCDJ7JIc4

Turkish: youtu.be/6pUaCsByQ4E

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May 10th 2025. Access, not ownership: staying present with whatever occurs. Zoom teachings with James Low.

Polish translation: Bartłomiej Czajkowski

English: youtu.be/kfxMQUKgHgA

English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/_mfS_LlkYhA

German: youtu.be/Z7VxJnXPZLQ

Russian: youtu.be/75h8-TP0CYI

Polish: youtu.be/FrWGFSWVYPU (you are here)

Spanish: youtu.be/ikMvGzk62BU

Portuguese: youtu.be/pRpPhwC0wxI

Romanian: youtu.be/-5hCDJ7JIc4

Turkish: youtu.be/6pUaCsByQ4E

Duration: 04:20:15

May 10th 2025. Access, not ownership: staying present with whatever occurs. Zoom teachings with James Low.

Spanish translation: María Lleó

English: youtu.be/kfxMQUKgHgA

English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/_mfS_LlkYhA

German: youtu.be/Z7VxJnXPZLQ

Russian: youtu.be/75h8-TP0CYI

Polish: youtu.be/FrWGFSWVYPU

Spanish: youtu.be/ikMvGzk62BU (you are here)

Portuguese: youtu.be/pRpPhwC0wxI

Romanian: youtu.be/-5hCDJ7JIc4

Turkish: youtu.be/6pUaCsByQ4E

Duration: 04:21:27

May 10th 2025. Access, not ownership: staying present with whatever occurs. Zoom teachings with James Low.

German translation: Robert Jaroslawski

English: youtu.be/kfxMQUKgHgA

English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/_mfS_LlkYhA

German: youtu.be/Z7VxJnXPZLQ (you are here)

Russian: youtu.be/75h8-TP0CYI

Polish: youtu.be/FrWGFSWVYPU

Spanish: youtu.be/ikMvGzk62BU

Portuguese: youtu.be/pRpPhwC0wxI

Romanian: youtu.be/-5hCDJ7JIc4

Turkish: youtu.be/6pUaCsByQ4E

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May 10th 2025. Access, not ownership: staying present with whatever occurs. Zoom teachings with James Low.

Russian translation: Marina Samarina

English: youtu.be/kfxMQUKgHgA

English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/_mfS_LlkYhA

German: youtu.be/Z7VxJnXPZLQ

Russian: youtu.be/75h8-TP0CYI (you are here)

Polish: youtu.be/FrWGFSWVYPU

Spanish: youtu.be/ikMvGzk62BU

Portuguese: youtu.be/pRpPhwC0wxI

Romanian: youtu.be/-5hCDJ7JIc4

Turkish: youtu.be/6pUaCsByQ4E

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May 7th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) How to cope with grief, shock, and trauma, both arising from human behaviour and from events in nature?

2) Is there any such thing as enlightenment? And if there is, what is it? And is it to be gained by seeking?

3) A close family member is an alcoholic. No amount of cajoling or encouraging has made any difference. From this auction, you, what might helping look like in a context like...

May 7th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

Note: the constant cuts in this video result from the removal of James Low's periods of silence, while waiting for the consecutive translation from the German translator.

"(0:00) How to cope with grief, shock, and trauma, both arising from human behaviour and from events in nature?"

"(5:48) Is there any such thing as enlightenment? And if there is, what is it? And is it to be gained by seeking?"

"(11:15) A...

May 7th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) How to cope with grief, shock, and trauma, both arising from human behaviour and from events in nature?

2) Is there any such thing as enlightenment? And if there is, what is it? And is it to be gained by seeking?

3) A close family member is an alcoholic. No amount of cajoling or encouraging has made any difference. From this auction, you, what might helping look like in a context like this?

4...

May 7th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) How to cope with grief, shock, and trauma, both arising from human behaviour and from events in nature?

2) Is there any such thing as enlightenment? And if there is, what is it? And is it to be gained by seeking?

3) A close family member is an alcoholic. No amount of cajoling or encouraging has made any difference. From this auction, you, what might helping look like in a context like this?

4...

May 7th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) How to cope with grief, shock, and trauma, both arising from human behaviour and from events in nature?

2) Is there any such thing as enlightenment? And if there is, what is it? And is it to be gained by seeking?

3) A close family member is an alcoholic. No amount of cajoling or encouraging has made any difference. From this auction, you, what might helping look like in a context like this?

4...

May 7th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) How to cope with grief, shock, and trauma, both arising from human behaviour and from events in nature?

2) Is there any such thing as enlightenment? And if there is, what is it? And is it to be gained by seeking?

3) A close family member is an alcoholic. No amount of cajoling or encouraging has made any difference. From this auction, you, what might helping look like in a context like this?

4...

May 7th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) How to cope with grief, shock, and trauma, both arising from human behaviour and from events in nature?

2) Is there any such thing as enlightenment? And if there is, what is it? And is it to be gained by seeking?

3) A close family member is an alcoholic. No amount of cajoling or encouraging has made any difference. From this auction, you, what might helping look like in a context like this?

4...

May 7th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) How to cope with grief, shock, and trauma, both arising from human behaviour and from events in nature?

2) Is there any such thing as enlightenment? And if there is, what is it? And is it to be gained by seeking?

3) A close family member is an alcoholic. No amount of cajoling or encouraging has made any difference. From this auction, you, what might helping look like in a context like this?

4...

Full teaching on YouTube: “Illusion, delusion, confusion. London, 03.2016“.

Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf27QD8cqGg

Wisdom and compassion

Teachings by James Low

7-8 March, 2025

Location: Towley Hall, Macclesfield, England

Wisdom and compassion are often said to be like the two wings of a bird…with their collaboration we can fly free of the snares of samsara and its false dualism. We will integrate the wisdom of emptiness which reveals how all our experience is like an illusion with the kind compassion which brings us

into authentic contact with sentient beings.

Available at https://simplybeing.co.uk/audio-records/ret...

Wisdom and compassion

Teachings by James Low

7-8 March, 2025

Location: Towley Hall, Macclesfield, England

Wisdom and compassion are often said to be like the two wings of a bird…with their collaboration we can fly free of the snares of samsara and its false dualism. We will integrate the wisdom of emptiness which reveals how all our experience is like an illusion with the kind compassion which brings us

into authentic contact with sentient beings.

Available at https://simplybeing.co.uk/audio-records/ret...

Wisdom and compassion

Teachings by James Low

7-8 March, 2025

Location: Towley Hall, Macclesfield, England

Wisdom and compassion are often said to be like the two wings of a bird…with their collaboration we can fly free of the snares of samsara and its false dualism. We will integrate the wisdom of emptiness which reveals how all our experience is like an illusion with the kind compassion which brings us

into authentic contact with sentient beings.

Available at https://simplybeing.co.uk/audio-records/ret...

Wisdom and compassion

Teachings by James Low

7-8 March, 2025

Location: Towley Hall, Macclesfield, England

Wisdom and compassion are often said to be like the two wings of a bird…with their collaboration we can fly free of the snares of samsara and its false dualism. We will integrate the wisdom of emptiness which reveals how all our experience is like an illusion with the kind compassion which brings us

into authentic contact with sentient beings.

Available at https://simplybeing.co.uk/audio-records/ret...

Wisdom and compassion

Teachings by James Low

7-8 March, 2025

Location: Towley Hall, Macclesfield, England

Wisdom and compassion are often said to be like the two wings of a bird…with their collaboration we can fly free of the snares of samsara and its false dualism. We will integrate the wisdom of emptiness which reveals how all our experience is like an illusion with the kind compassion which brings us

into authentic contact with sentient beings.

Available at https://simplybeing.co.uk/audio-records/ret...

Wisdom and compassion

Teachings by James Low

7-8 March, 2025
Location: Towley Hall, Macclesfield, England

Wisdom and compassion are often said to be like the two wings of a bird…with their collaboration we can fly free of the snares of samsara and its false dualism. We will integrate the wisdom of emptiness which reveals how all our experience is like an illusion with the kind compassion which brings usinto authentic contact with sentient beings.

Available at https://simplybeing.co.uk/audio-records/retreats/otherengland/macclesfield/wisdom-and-compassion-macclesfield-march-2025/

Full teaching on YouTube: “Why emptiness is liberating. London 02.2016“

https://youtu.be/axpwYOiHFXg

Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tbxb06RTBk

April 24-27th 2025. First Winter, Then Spring. Teaching retreat. Todtmoos, Southern Black Forest, Germany.The retreat ocurred at the end of April when the buds were starting to open on the tree and bushes. Winter has allowed a die-back in nature so that the sap could return to the roots. This release from the tasks of growing has brought a replenishing of the core energy of each plant so that a whole new wave of extension into the environment can express the hope of Spring. However we humans keep going through the winter and if it is long and...

April 24-27th 2025. First Winter, Then Spring. Teaching retreat. Todtmoos, Southern Black Forest, Germany.The retreat ocurred at the end of April when the buds were starting to open on the tree and bushes. Winter has allowed a die-back in nature so that the sap could return to the roots. This release from the tasks of growing has brought a replenishing of the core energy of each plant so that a whole new wave of extension into the environment can express the hope of Spring. However we humans keep going through the winter and if it is long and...

Full teaching on YouTube: “Illusion, delusion, confusion. London 03.2016“.

Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT5pAeIIBic

Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KHOhkyqsLk

1st March 2025. Effortful selectivity and effortless non selectivity. Zoom teachings with James Low.

https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/q-and-a-34-saturday-mar-2025/

0:00 Morning session 1

1:14:41 Morning session 2

2:21:21 Afternoon session 1

3:35:11 Afternoon session 2

Turkish translation: Mustafa Mert Çelebi

English: youtu.be/zakRXkX84AA

English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/jx8_jV6eoqk

German: youtu.be/ZpX2GE85g-U

Russian: youtu.be/sFO_SuRSxg0

Spanish: youtu.be/6SjnZ0Qwi4E

Portuguese: youtu.b...

1st March 2025. Effortful selectivity and effortless non selectivity. Zoom teachings with James Low.

https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/q-and-a-34-saturday-mar-2025/

0:00 Morning session 1

1:11:22 Morning session 2

2:16:26 Afternoon session 1

3:27:23 Afternoon session 2

Russian translation: Marina Samarina

English: youtu.be/zakRXkX84AA

English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/jx8_jV6eoqk

German: youtu.be/ZpX2GE85g-U

Russian: youtu.be/sFO_SuRSxg0 (you are here)

Spanish: youtu.be/6SjnZ0Qwi4E

...

1st March 2025. Effortful selectivity and effortless non selectivity. Zoom teachings with James Low.

https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/q-and-a-34-saturday-mar-2025/

0:00 Morning session 1

1:12:58 Morning session 2

2:19:05 Afternoon session 1

3:31:55 Afternoon session 2

Portuguese translation: Milton Petruczok

English: youtu.be/zakRXkX84AA

English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/jx8_jV6eoqk

German: youtu.be/ZpX2GE85g-U

Russian: youtu.be/sFO_SuRSxg0

Spanish: youtu.be/6SjnZ0Qwi4E

Portuguese: youtu.be...

1st March 2025. Effortful selectivity and effortless non selectivity. Zoom teachings with James Low.

https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/q-and-a-34-saturday-mar-2025/

0:00 Morning session 1

1:13:07 Morning session 2

2:18:44 Afternoon session 1

3:30:00 Afternoon session 2

Spanish translation: María Lleó

English: youtu.be/zakRXkX84AA

English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/jx8_jV6eoqk

German: youtu.be/ZpX2GE85g-U

Russian: youtu.be/sFO_SuRSxg0

Spanish: youtu.be/6SjnZ0Qwi4E (you are here)

...

1st March 2025. Effortful selectivity and effortless non selectivity. Zoom teachings with James Low.

https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/q-and-a-34-saturday-mar-2025/

0:00 Morning session 1

1:13:12 Morning session 2

2:18:24 Afternoon session 1

3:29:22 Afternoon session 2

Romanian translation: Viorica Constantinescu

English: youtu.be/zakRXkX84AA

English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/jx8_jV6eoqk

German: youtu.be/ZpX2GE85g-U

Russian: youtu.be/sFO_SuRSxg0

Spanish: youtu.be/6SjnZ0Qwi4E

Portuguese: youtu.be...

1st March 2025. Effortful selectivity and effortless non selectivity. Zoom teachings with James Low.

https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/q-and-a-34-saturday-mar-2025/

Italian translation: Rosanna D'Urso

English: youtu.be/zakRXkX84AA

English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/jx8_jV6eoqk

German: youtu.be/ZpX2GE85g-U

Russian: youtu.be/sFO_SuRSxg0

Spanish: youtu.be/6SjnZ0Qwi4E

Portuguese: youtu.be/xVJ8ou6L_6g

Romanian: youtu.be/kI1qkcK4B6Q

Turkish: youtu.be/M4...

1st March 2025. Effortful selectivity and effortless non selectivity. Zoom teachings with James Low.

https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/q-and-a-34-saturday-mar-2025/

Note: the constant cuts in this video result from the removal of James Low's periods of silence, while waiting for the consecutive translation from the German translator.

0:00 Morning session 1

42:07 Morning session 2

1:20:45 Afternoon session 1

2:03:35 Afternoon session 2

English: youtu.be/zakRXkX84AA (you are here)

English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/jx8_jV6eoqk

...

1st March 2025. Effortful selectivity and effortless non selectivity. Zoom teachings with James Low.

https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/q-and-a-34-saturday-mar-2025/

0:00 Morning session 1

1:25:01 Morning session 2

2:38:15 Afternoon session 1

3:58:36 Afternoon session 2

German translaton: Robert Jaroslawski

English: youtu.be/zakRXkX84AA

English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/jx8_jV6eoqk

German: youtu.be/ZpX2GE85g-U (you are here)

Russian: youtu.be/sFO_SuRSxg0

Spanish: youtu.be/6SjnZ0Qwi4E

...

Extracted from "1/2 The natural condition and the state of delusion. Eifel 04.2018": https://youtu.be/LKoRR45eano

Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0oF1P36wnk

March 19th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

Note: the constant cuts in this video result from the removal of James Low's periods of silence, while waiting for the consecutive translation from the German translator.

"(0:00) Would you give a systematic and comprehensive overview of Tibetan Buddhism, starting from the Ngöndro onto the more elaborate practices?"

"(2:33) How to be spontaneous rather than impulsive? To trust the ground rather than our ego and its habits? Is it an either/o...

March 19th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) Would you give a systematic and comprehensive overview of Tibetan Buddhism, starting from the Ngöndro onto the more elaborate practices?

2) How to be spontaneous rather than impulsive? To trust the ground rather than our ego and its habits? Is it an either/or choice?

3) How can I be confident that my spontaneity is ethical and fitting?

4) Is there a dream component to the practice? That is to say, can sleep t...

March 19th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) Would you give a systematic and comprehensive overview of Tibetan Buddhism, starting from the Ngöndro onto the more elaborate practices?

2) How to be spontaneous rather than impulsive? To trust the ground rather than our ego and its habits? Is it an either/or choice?

3) How can I be confident that my spontaneity is ethical and fitting?

4) Is there a dream component to the practice? That is to say, can sleep t...

March 19th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) Would you give a systematic and comprehensive overview of Tibetan Buddhism, starting from the Ngöndro onto the more elaborate practices?

2) How to be spontaneous rather than impulsive? To trust the ground rather than our ego and its habits? Is it an either/or choice?

3) How can I be confident that my spontaneity is ethical and fitting?

4) Is there a dream component to the practice? That is to say, can sleep t...

March 19th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) Would you give a systematic and comprehensive overview of Tibetan Buddhism, starting from the Ngöndro onto the more elaborate practices?

2) How to be spontaneous rather than impulsive? To trust the ground rather than our ego and its habits? Is it an either/or choice?

3) How can I be confident that my spontaneity is ethical and fitting?

4) Is there a dream component to the practice? That is to say, can sleep t...

March 19th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) Would you give a systematic and comprehensive overview of Tibetan Buddhism, starting from the Ngöndro onto the more elaborate practices?

2) How to be spontaneous rather than impulsive? To trust the ground rather than our ego and its habits? Is it an either/or choice?

3) How can I be confident that my spontaneity is ethical and fitting?

4) Is there a dream component to the practice? That is to say, can sleep t...

March 19th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) Would you give a systematic and comprehensive overview of Tibetan Buddhism, starting from the Ngöndro onto the more elaborate practices?

2) How to be spontaneous rather than impulsive? To trust the ground rather than our ego and its habits? Is it an either/or choice?

3) How can I be confident that my spontaneity is ethical and fitting?

4) Is there a dream component to the practice? That is to say, can sleep t...

March 19th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) Would you give a systematic and comprehensive overview of Tibetan Buddhism, starting from the Ngöndro onto the more elaborate practices?

2) How to be spontaneous rather than impulsive? To trust the ground rather than our ego and its habits? Is it an either/or choice?

3) How can I be confident that my spontaneity is ethical and fitting?

4) Is there a dream component to the practice? That is to say, can sleep t...

Extract from "Me First! and the Will to Power. Zoom 03.2025": https://youtu.be/3xLfMetyBVA

Transcript:

Everything is within here and now. If I tell you that five years ago I was still working in the hospital, you might take that as a little plane and go off, "Oh yes, he worked in a hospital." But the hospital where I worked is not the same. The staff have changed. The administration has changed. There is nowhere to go. The thought of five years ago is here and now. So, there and then is...

Full teaching on YouTube: “Illusion, delusion, confusion. London, 03.2016“.

Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enUBQYBm64Q

14th March 2025. Me First! and the Will to Power. Zoom teachings with James Low.

https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/me-first-and-the-will-to-power-zoom-march-2025/

• ME FIRST

Search for the book "Me first! James Low" on the Amazon website for your desired country.

Getting lost is easy, especially if we are sure that we are right. Trusting our thoughts and feelings, we act decisively and strongly and find out much later that we have gone blindly astray without realising that we were so wrong.

This story shows both th...

14th March 2025. Me First! and the Will to Power. Zoom teachings with James Low.

https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/me-first-and-the-will-to-power-zoom-march-2025/

• ME FIRST

Search for the book "Me first! James Low" on the Amazon website for your desired country.

Getting lost is easy, especially if we are sure that we are right. Trusting our thoughts and feelings, we act decisively and strongly and find out much later that we have gone blindly astray without realising that we were so wrong.

This story shows both th...

14th March 2025. Me First! and the Will to Power. Zoom teachings with James Low.

https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/me-first-and-the-will-to-power-zoom-march-2025/

• ME FIRST

Search for the book "Me first! James Low" on the Amazon website for your desired country.

Getting lost is easy, especially if we are sure that we are right. Trusting our thoughts and feelings, we act decisively and strongly and find out much later that we have gone blindly astray without realising that we were so wrong.

This story shows both th...

14th March 2025. Me First! and the Will to Power. Zoom teachings with James Low.

https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/me-first-and-the-will-to-power-zoom-march-2025/

• ME FIRST

Search for the book "Me first! James Low" on the Amazon website for your desired country.

Getting lost is easy, especially if we are sure that we are right. Trusting our thoughts and feelings, we act decisively and strongly and find out much later that we have gone blindly astray without realising that we were so wrong.

This story shows both th...

14th March 2025. Me First! and the Will to Power. Zoom teachings with James Low.

https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/me-first-and-the-will-to-power-zoom-march-2025/

• ME FIRST

Search for the book "Me first! James Low" on the Amazon website for your desired country.

Getting lost is easy, especially if we are sure that we are right. Trusting our thoughts and feelings, we act decisively and strongly and find out much later that we have gone blindly astray without realising that we were so wrong.

This story shows both th...

14th March 2025. Me First! and the Will to Power. Zoom teachings with James Low.

https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/me-first-and-the-will-to-power-zoom-march-2025/

• ME FIRST

Search for the book "Me first! James Low" on the Amazon website for your desired country.

Getting lost is easy, especially if we are sure that we are right. Trusting our thoughts and feelings, we act decisively and strongly and find out much later that we have gone blindly astray without realising that we were so wrong.

This story shows both th...

14th March 2025. Me First! and the Will to Power. Zoom teachings with James Low.

https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/me-first-and-the-will-to-power-zoom-march-2025/

Note: the constant cuts in this video result from the removal of James Low's periods of silence, while waiting for the consecutive translation from the German translator.

• ME FIRST

Search for the book "Me first! James Low" on the Amazon website for your desired country.

Getting lost is easy, especially if we are sure that we are right. Trusting our th...