James Low - Dzogchen and Buddhist Teachings

May 9th 2026. James Low's teachings on Zoom about "Patience and non-duality as a means to avoid reactivity to provocations". Transcript of the retreat (may contain minor errors): https://bit.ly/3RgIDhHAudio recording: http://bit.ly/4u3hUE0Other languages' links: [soon]Learn more about future events: simplybeing.co.uk/events/📱 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=DlLVFctvy4Y

27th September - 5th October 2025. Take it easy. James Low's Dzogchen retreat at Casa la Salle, Veciana (Barcelona), Spain. https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/take-it-easy-teaching-retreat-veciana-sep-2025/This retreat focused on relaxing our reliance on habitual patterns of dualistic involvement so that the self-liberation of all experience becomes clear. We went through Patrul Rinpoche’s short text Self-Liberating Understanding, which is Chapter 10 in the book "Simply Being" "Simply Being" book:- English: www.amazon.com/Simply-Being-Texts-Dzogchen-Tradition/dp/1907571019- Spanish: www.amazon.com/Simplemente-ser-James-Low/dp/8496478440The texts are available in:- English: https://simplybeing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Simply-Being-Text-Ch.-10-31-05-2023.pdf- Spanish: https://simplybeing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Chapter-10-Spanish_2024-1.pdfSpanish translation: Mariana Orozco and María LleóOrganisers: Maica Gardia (Mayka) and Antonio Gomez CetoCover art: Peggy Anke (Pexels.com)📱 Instagram of excerpts: instagram.com/simplybeingsangha🎧 Poscasts of some teachinhgs: simplybeing.co.uk/news/podcasts/📆 Learn more about future events: simplybeing.co.uk/eventsVideo at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pIzkPsCzpQ

27th September - 5th October 2025. Take it easy. James Low's Dzogchen retreat at Casa la Salle, Veciana (Barcelona), Spain. https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/take-it-easy-teaching-retreat-veciana-sep-2025/This retreat focused on relaxing our reliance on habitual patterns of dualistic involvement so that the self-liberation of all experience becomes clear. We went through Patrul Rinpoche’s short text Self-Liberating Understanding, which is Chapter 10 in the book "Simply Being" "Simply Being" book:- English: www.amazon.com/Simply-Being-Texts-Dzogchen-Tradition/dp/1907571019- Spanish: www.amazon.com/Simplemente-ser-James-Low/dp/8496478440The texts are available in:- English: https://simplybeing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Simply-Being-Text-Ch.-10-31-05-2023.pdf- Spanish: https://simplybeing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Chapter-10-Spanish_2024-1.pdf1/4 Take it easy. [EN-ES] Veciana 09.2025: youtu.be/JzzZaXqQPyc2/4 Take it easy. [EN-ES] Veciana 09.2025: youtu.be/LBLPBAu4OsI3/4 Take it easy. [EN-ES] Veciana 10.2025: youtu.be/R8_nNs3tdK0 (you are here)4/4 Take it easy. [EN-ES] Veciana 10.2025: [soon]Spanish translation: Mariana Orozco and María LleóOrganisers: Maica Gardia (Mayka) and Antonio Gomez CetoCover art: Peggy Anke (Pexels.com)📱 Instagram of excerpts: instagram.com/simplybeingsangha🎧 Poscasts of some teachinhgs: simplybeing.co.uk/news/podcasts/📆 Learn more about future events: simplybeing.co.uk/eventsVideo at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8_nNs3tdK0

October 2010. James taught for four days using the text by Gonpo Wangyal translated as 'Introduction to the nature of the mother of all the buddhas', at the Kamalashila Institute, deep in the rolling countryside of the Eifel region of Germany.Text in Tibetan and English: https://simplybeing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Gonpo-Wangyal-Into-to-the-nature-of-the-mother-SA-Final.pdfThis retreat was only recorded in audio. The images are from the retreat 'Introduction to the Nature of the Mother of all the Buddhas. Tallinn 11.2017', based on the same text: https://youtu.be/G2x-Y9DlDb4Transcript of the retreat (may contain minor errors): https://shr.pn//hx9BAudio recording of the retreat: https://simplybeing.co.uk/audio-recordings/retreats/autumn-2010/#gonpo-wangyals-dzogchenLearn more about future events: simplybeing.co.uk/events/📱 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=RSi1ePdxil0

27th September - 5th October 2025. Take it easy. James Low's Dzogchen retreat at Casa la Salle, Veciana (Barcelona), Spain. https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/take-it-easy-teaching-retreat-veciana-sep-2025/This retreat focused on relaxing our reliance on habitual patterns of dualistic involvement so that the self-liberation of all experience becomes clear. We went through Patrul Rinpoche’s short text Self-Liberating Understanding, which is Chapter 10 in the book "Simply Being" "Simply Being" book:- English: www.amazon.com/Simply-Being-Texts-Dzogchen-Tradition/dp/1907571019- Spanish: www.amazon.com/Simplemente-ser-James-Low/dp/8496478440The texts are available in:- English: https://simplybeing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Simply-Being-Text-Ch.-10-31-05-2023.pdf- Spanish: https://simplybeing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Chapter-10-Spanish_2024-1.pdfSpanish translation: Mariana Orozco and María LleóOrganisers: Maica Gardia (Mayka) and Antonio Gomez CetoCover art: Peggy Anke (Pexels.com)📱 Instagram of excerpts: instagram.com/simplybeingsangha🎧 Poscasts of some teachinhgs: simplybeing.co.uk/news/podcasts/📆 Learn more about future events: simplybeing.co.uk/eventsVideo at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBLPBAu4OsI

10th - 14th October 2025. All at Once. Teaching and Meditation retreat led by James Low at Şirince Village, Selçuk, in İzmir, Turkey.https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/all-at-once-teaching-retreat-izmir-oct-2025/PS: This recording contains only the second half of the retreat.Organised by Mustafa Mert Çelebi, Sevgi Çakıcı and Trevor Brown.The focus of this retreat is seeing how we limit our potential by hanging on to habits and impulses which do not function well in the world in which we find ourselves. Dzogchen, the Great Completion, is the heart of Tibetan Buddhism and it offers us a way to release ourselves from the limiting ideas that we have of ourselves so that the freshness of our simple presence can illuminate our life in a new way.These teachings and practices help us to see the fleeting nature of all experience. With this clarity we can let go of our habit of effortful striving to solidify the flow of experience. This approach to life offers us a profound choice. Either we can continue to objectify whatever occurs so that we can name it and try to shape it to fit our sense of how we want our life to be. Or we can relax and open to being part of the flow, gently influencing how we emerge as part of the circumstances we encounter.This latter approach frees us from the need to verify and analyse so that we can enjoy the freshness of each and every moment.This short retreat will introduce us to the essence of the view of Dzogchen and facilitate how we can enter into direct experience of non-dual co-emergence. There will be periods of teaching and of meditation practice.Referred text: 'Prayer Evocation of Kuntuzangpo', availabel in English, Spanish and Portuguese: https://bit.ly/4tpWxwz Turkish translation: Mustafa Mert ÇelebiCover art: Taryn Elliott (Pexels.com)📱 Instagram of excerpts: instagram.com/simplybeingsangha🎧 Poscasts of some teachinhgs: simplybeing.co.uk/news/podcasts/📆 Learn more about future events: simplybeing.co.uk/eventsVideo at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7syJlFOJeU

22-24 February 2019. Equanimity - Finding balance in a turbulent world. James Low conducted these teaching weekend for the Kun-Pan Ling Buddhist group in Macclesfield, UK.Attempts to withdraw from turbulence or to control the mind are actions which increase our sense of separation. The mahayana view looks at how our mind is, rather than focusing on its impermanent contents. In the meditation we seek to open to that which is stable, an invitation, an explanation and a practice.~ James LowRecorded by Charles Lomas and Gareth Williams.Transcript of the retreat: https://bit.ly/4rtBaskAudio recording of the retreat: https://simplybeing.co.uk/audio-recordings/retreats/macclesfield-talk-no-20-equanimity/Learn more about future events: simplybeing.co.uk/events/📱 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=pqyJZ-bwCYA

27th September - 5th October 2025. Take it easy. James Low's Dzogchen retreat at Casa la Salle, Veciana (Barcelona), Spain. https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/take-it-easy-teaching-retreat-veciana-sep-2025/This retreat focused on relaxing our reliance on habitual patterns of dualistic involvement so that the self-liberation of all experience becomes clear. We went through Patrul Rinpoche’s short text Self-Liberating Understanding, which is Chapter 10 in the book "Simply Being" "Simply Being" book:- English: www.amazon.com/Simply-Being-Texts-Dzogchen-Tradition/dp/1907571019- Spanish: www.amazon.com/Simplemente-ser-James-Low/dp/8496478440The texts are available in:- English: https://simplybeing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Simply-Being-Text-Ch.-10-31-05-2023.pdf- Spanish: https://simplybeing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Chapter-10-Spanish_2024-1.pdfSpanish translation: Mariana Orozco and María LleóOrganisers: Maica Gardia (Mayka) and Antonio Gomez CetoCover art: Peggy Anke (Pexels.com)📱 Instagram of excerpts: instagram.com/simplybeingsangha🎧 Poscasts of some teachinhgs: simplybeing.co.uk/news/podcasts/📆 Learn more about future events: simplybeing.co.uk/eventsVideo at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzzZaXqQPyc

26th November 2008. James Low's lecture on "Mindfulness: theory and practice" held at the 1st Conference on "Practical Application of Buddhism in Western Psychology", in Warsaw, Poland. www.buddhisminpsychology.com📱 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=a308y3lfWrI

January 10th, 2026. A conversation with James Low and Viorica Constantinescu about Dzogchen as a living experience, embodied in the simplicity of everyday life.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 Romanian translator.Starting from the Romanian release of the text “Love Your Mother”, we explore openness, possibility, and how we can relate to our own experience in a more direct, gentle, and authentic way.English: youtu.be/r8r9CH7-XJc (you are here)Romanian: youtu.be/dIOcV9CrTGsTranscript of this video: [soon]Audio recording of this video: [soon]📱 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=r8r9CH7-XJc

January 10th, 2026. A conversation with James Low and Viorica Constantinescu about Dzogchen as a living experience, embodied in the simplicity of everyday life. Starting from the Romanian release of the text “Love Your Mother”, we explore openness, possibility, and how we can relate to our own experience in a more direct, gentle, and authentic way.Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIOcV9CrTGs

James Low is interviewed by Guido Ferrari during a retreat in Todtmoos, Germany, in June 2006. James was asked what dzogchen is, what it means and how we should live with this awareness.Transcript of this video: https://bit.ly/49pGlChAudio recording of this video: https://bit.ly/3NbnKT7📱 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=jY_TK5PchC8

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 LowTexts translated from the Tibetan into various languages:• The Record of the Heart-felt Advice of the Dakini, Indestructible Glorious Lamp: https://simplybeing.co.uk/texts-and-transcripts/translations/heartfelt-advice-ayu-khandro/• Uncovering the Presence of the Mother of all the Buddhas: a treasure text of Gonpo Wangyal: https://simplybeing.co.uk/texts-and-transcripts/estonian/gonpo-wangyal-text-mother-buddhas/Audio recording of this video: https://bit.ly/4iUQ8ovPortuguese translators: Madalena Pedroza & Milton PetruczokSpanish translator: Juan García Lázaro (@juanb.garcialazaro) & Mariana Orozco"(0:00) Mariana Orozco (ES)""(1:17:09) Madalena Pedroza (PT)""(2:08:51) Mariana Orozco (ES)""(3:21:39) Milton Petruczok (PT)""(4:21:08) Mariana Orozco (ES)""(5:40:39) Madalena Pedroza (PT)""(6:35:19) Juan García Lázaro (ES)""(8:12:57) Milton Petruczok (PT)"Cover video art: ed1toR, via Pexels.com📱 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=TFrnBs_Zn2k

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."~ James Low• Saturday 17/10/2015: - On Refuge recitation- Back to points where confusion or loss of direction can enter- Question - experience with the object - familiar positioning- The mind that is recollecting - cat and mouse- Distraction - intention - neutrality- Deconstructing judgements- Wrapping phenoma in catchability- Mind vacant unfocussed - mind itself empty- Discrimination - categories- Tightening and relaxing attention- My own falsity- Question - thoughts coming going quickly- Rewards compensations equanimity- Question - the one who is having the experience- An explanation of minds activity- Question - how psychological wounds and karma held- Guru yoga practice- Dream yoga- Instruction on self-liberating confusion- Being present with in the everyday- Free of distraction assumption craving- Integrating practice in everyday life- An explanation of the self-liberation of the afflictions• Sunday • 18/10/2015: session - An explanation of how mind reveals itself- How to practice the four aspects of behaviour- The good armour that is the friend of meditation- Essential advice for great meditators- A path of learningTranscript of the retreat: https://bit.ly/4iJbaX5Audio recording of the retreat: https://www.simplybeing.co.uk/2015/11/28/autumn-2015/Learn more about future events: simplybeing.co.uk/events/📱 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=ty_w8HBEUr4

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 LowTexts translated from the Tibetan into various languages:• The Record of the Heart-felt Advice of the Dakini, Indestructible Glorious Lamp: https://simplybeing.co.uk/texts-and-transcripts/translations/heartfelt-advice-ayu-khandro/• Uncovering the Presence of the Mother of all the Buddhas: a treasure text of Gonpo Wangyal: https://simplybeing.co.uk/texts-and-transcripts/estonian/gonpo-wangyal-text-mother-buddhas/Audio recording of this video: https://bit.ly/4iUQ8ovPortuguese translators: Madalena Pedroza & Milton PetruczokSpanish translator: Juan García Lázaro (@juanb.garcialazaro) & Mariana Orozco"(0:00) Juan García Lázaro (ES)""(1:00:39) Milton Petruczok (PT)""(2:26:47) Juan García Lázaro (ES)""(3:51:59) Madalena Pedroza (PT)""(4:27:44) Juan García Lázaro (ES)""(5:22:53) Milton Petruczok (PT)""(6:41:48) Juan García Lázaro (ES)""(7:55:54) Madalena Pedroza (PT)""(8:41:07) Mariana Orozco (ES)""(9:46:43) Milton Petruczok (PT)"Cover video art: ed1toR, via Pexels.com📱 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=Fzz_UqGGOSA

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."~ James Low• Thursday 15/10/2015: session 1 introduced "two methods for calming the mind and looking at the contents of the mind by focussing attention."- Shamatha meditation- Distraction - giving ones self- Re-collection and mindfulness- Vipassana- Naming is not neutral- Question - spontaneity and choice- Awareness- Identity - meaning - situation- Nine round breathing- Sitting with what occurs- Leaving appearances to be as they are- Guru Yoga- Guru Yoga instructions- Thoughts and feelings passing through- Question - who notices - mind - ego- Just with the thought- A few words about the text- Introduction to the text- From the heart of a ragged gentleman- Inseparability of your mind and the Dharmakaya- Knowing this everything is liberated- Question - fear - dissolving- Question fear anxiety holding on-This one is sufficient to rule• Friday • 16/10/2015: session 2 develops that. The topic is awareness. "Awareness and attention are not the same. Awareness is the open clarity of the mind which is present whether we are attentive or not. Awareness is innate, is there from the beginning, whether we are aware of it or not."- On Refuge- Question - tree of refuge- Compassion then back to Refuge- Clear and alert in non-artificial voidness- Question - letting go- Do not react - remain without artifice- Practice in conjunction with the text- Your mind is not found by seeking- Staying with the direct experience- Time is limited- Seeking is not necessary - remain without artifice- Non-artificiality removes all obstacles- About the involvement of the experiencer- The demon of elation - relational structures- Buoyant and hopeful - equanimity- Question - faith and trusting- Teaching on the minds hidden faults- Sitting exactly here and now- Question - one ground two paths - the Bardo- Question - Semdzin practice- Question - allowing impact allowing duration- Question - emanation- Question - partial enlightentment - predjudice illumination relative truth- Question - a universal ethical codeTranscript of the retreat: https://bit.ly/4iJbaX5Audio recording of the retreat: https://www.simplybeing.co.uk/2015/11/28/autumn-2015/Learn more about future events: simplybeing.co.uk/events/📱 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=ywDBc4XLsvU

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 LowTexts translated from the Tibetan into various languages:• The Record of the Heart-felt Advice of the Dakini, Indestructible Glorious Lamp: https://simplybeing.co.uk/texts-and-transcripts/translations/heartfelt-advice-ayu-khandro/• Uncovering the Presence of the Mother of all the Buddhas: a treasure text of Gonpo Wangyal: https://simplybeing.co.uk/texts-and-transcripts/estonian/gonpo-wangyal-text-mother-buddhas/Audio recording of this video: https://bit.ly/43JSqAuPortuguese translators: Madalena Pedroza & Milton PetruczokSpanish translator: Juan García Lázaro (@juanb.garcialazaro)Playlist "Seeing and imagining. [EN-PT-ES] Sintra 07-08.2025": https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv-KZQo9b6hTYeZBBx5-lQ8lhg0JLM_at• 1/4 Seeing and imagining. [EN-PT-ES] Sintra 07-08.2025: youtu.be/T2BwDfKYmRE• 2/4 Seeing and imagining. [EN-PT-ES] Sintra 07-08.2025: youtu.be/EX_DQ7hFtfY (you are here)• 3/4 Seeing and imagining. [EN-PT-ES] Sintra 07-08.2025: [soon]• 4/4 Seeing and imagining. [EN-PT-ES] Sintra 07-08.2025: [soon]0:00 Milton Petruczok (PT)1:33:41 Juan García Lázaro (ES)2:57:20 Madalena Pedroza (PT)4:23:50 Juan García Lázaro (ES)5:15:08 Madalena Pedroza (PT)6:34:34 Juan García Lázaro (ES)8:05:45 Milton Petruczok (PT)9:19:54 Juan García Lázaro (ES)10:45:41 Madalena Pedroza (PT)Cover video art: ed1toR, via Pexels.com📱 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=EX_DQ7hFtfY

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 LowJames 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 video art: Larkkid Dung, via Pexels.comTranscript of this video revised by James: https://simplybeing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/275-2011-Nov-Hereford-MindfulTherapy-KB-JL-edit3-webready.pdfAudio recording of this video: https://bit.ly/4oodDr3📱 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=ZHKrsNHVU_8

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.comTranscript of this video: https://bit.ly/4hYIubWAudio recording of this video: https://bit.ly/44etL73📱 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=Q0CFufzBBuk

1/4 Seeing and imagining. [EN-PT-ES] Sintra 07-08.202530 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 LowTexts translated from the Tibetan into various languages:• The Record of the Heart-felt Advice of the Dakini, Indestructible Glorious Lamp: https://simplybeing.co.uk/texts-and-transcripts/translations/heartfelt-advice-ayu-khandro/• Uncovering the Presence of the Mother of all the Buddhas: a treasure text of Gonpo Wangyal: https://simplybeing.co.uk/texts-and-transcripts/estonian/gonpo-wangyal-text-mother-buddhas/Audio recording of this video: https://bit.ly/4oGBjYsPortuguese translators: Madalena Pedroza & Milton PetruczokSpanish translator: Mariana Orozco & Juan García Lázaro (@juanb.garcialazaro)Cover video art: ed1toR, via Pexels.com📱 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=T2BwDfKYmRE

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 domain of awareness? Does it make sense to practice Dzogchen without fully accepting these theories?3) What does it mean if a rinpoche bangs you on the head or gives you a shock?4) The luminous mind that we all have: is it also a compounded phenomena? If yes, how do we know when it is present and when not?5) Can a mind involved in conceptual elaboration ever generate compassion or loving kindness? Right mindfulness is one aspect of the eight-fold path. What are instances of wrong mindfulness? How do I guard against wrong mindfulness?6) In the White A practice, can we eventually include a Padmasambhava visualization with the three colors, the ball that radiates white light and drops into our heart, etc., or the practice of visualizing the tube that goes from the crown of our head to the perineum and then expands?7) We have some experience within the Theravada and Zen traditions; now we start to explore Dzogchen. What would you recommend: pointing out instructions, initiation, long-term retreat?8) Is there a practice that can be used to improve someone's situation? How would this work?English: youtu.be/xnsfHHP9vRsEnglish (without silence cuts): youtu.be/Z5vLJzeK4foGerman: youtu.be/Z6MKqkIVY48Russian: youtu.be/b-i8VP36OzsPolish: youtu.be/r4g3DkxASwQSpanish: youtu.be/tyWlgXr2RHUPortuguese: youtu.be/UOc2Bi_XuYQRomanian: youtu.be/GrmoLpoUMvYItalian: youtu.be/vDS6yQ_aK9w (you are here)Italian translation: Rosanna D'Urso📱 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=vDS6yQ_aK9w

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 LowPolish translation: Bartek CzajkowskiCamera and editing: Olaf Brockmann📱 Instagram of excerpts: / 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://youtu.be/5yPN3nXnucg?si=RjH0htYm3QbW-JCC

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 LowPolish translation: Bartek CzajkowskiCamera and editing: Olaf Brockmann📱 Instagram of excerpts: / 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://youtu.be/fN09exL3mxs?si=0vFSXldKcqlxIC6a

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 LowSpanish translation: Mariana Orozco and Maria LleóVideo recording and initial editing: Antonio Gomez. Full audio recordings of the retreat: [soon]📱 Instagram of excerpts: / 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://youtu.be/qsF2g0eCPF4?si=td2TLaOhB8KYtEuR

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 LowSpanish translation: Mariana Orozco and Maria LleóVideo recording and initial editing: Antonio Gomez. Full audio recordings of the retreat: [soon]📱 Instagram of excerpts: / 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://youtu.be/C5IrgcTEaRY?si=TwnoKEoqxNp5z-1T

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.pdfThe 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 sense of being a separate subject, our erroneous sense of there being separate real objects, and our erroneous grasping at occurrences as if they were the occurrence of something.~ James LowFull transcript of these teachings: http://bit.ly/4ncixHrFull audio recordings of the retreat: https://simplybeing.co.uk/audio-records/retreats/germany/retreats-at-berghof/non-duality-is-simple-july-2025/📱 Instagram of excerpts: / 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://youtu.be/x6waQbrvlDM?si=OV82avLITXQy7IFi

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.pdfThe 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 sense of being a separate subject, our erroneous sense of there being separate real objects, and our erroneous grasping at occurrences as if they were the occurrence of something.~ James LowFull transcript of these teachings: http://bit.ly/4ncixHrFull audio recordings of the retreat: https://simplybeing.co.uk/audio-records/retreats/germany/retreats-at-berghof/non-duality-is-simple-july-2025/📱 Instagram of excerpts: / 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://youtu.be/uHsHwe5aG1k?si=0kiRp9rhQQsdzlE2

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.pdfThe 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 sense of being a separate subject, our erroneous sense of there being separate real objects, and our erroneous grasping at occurrences as if they were the occurrence of something.~ James LowFull transcript of these teachings: [soon]Full audio recordings of the retreat: https://simplybeing.co.uk/audio-records/retreats/germany/retreats-at-berghof/non-duality-is-simple-july-2025/📱 Instagram of excerpts: / 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://youtu.be/xjjshKFgaKU?si=kfXTM2rvtg1WO-ku

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.pdfThe 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 sense of being a separate subject, our erroneous sense of there being separate real objects, and our erroneous grasping at occurrences as if they were the occurrence of something.~ James LowFull transcript of these teachings: http://bit.ly/4ncixHrFull audio recordings of the retreat: https://simplybeing.co.uk/audio-records/retreats/germany/retreats-at-berghof/non-duality-is-simple-july-2025/📱 Instagram of excerpts: / 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://youtu.be/6maahI3Hz1Q?si=k1oE2MvOSkoA_uxk

November 8th, 2003. The View of Dzogchen, in Macclesfield, UK.Full transcript of these teachings: http://bit.ly/3JzStriAudio 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 to habitual tendencies, impulses and blind spots so that our sense of the world is often more muddled than we imagine it to be.The Buddhist view encourages us to see the ungraspable illusory nature of every situation in order that we might avoid being buffeted by samsara's waves of hopes and fears. With this clarity our own potential can be turned towards the benefit of the many rather than towards individual selfish pursuits.The Buddha shows the way contains eighteen short chapters which can be read in any order so it is a book that can be dipped into according to your mood and time available.E-Book and paperback: https://www.amazon.com.br/Buddha-show...1/2 Audiobook "Buddha Shows the Way" in Portuguese:    • 1/2 Audiobook "Buddha Shows the Way" in Po...  2/2 Audiobook "Buddha Shows the Way" in Portuguese:    • 2/2 Audiobook "Buddha Shows the Way" in Po...   (you are here)📱 Instagram of excerpts:   / sbsangha_jameslow  🎧 Poscasts of some teachinhgs: https://simplybeing.co.uk/news/podcasts/📆 Learn more about future events: https://simplybeing.co.uk/eventsVideo at https://youtu.be/FGCe5sxX-j8?si=x0YB8XwhxiAt_D97

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 prey to habitual tendencies, impulses and blind spots so that our sense of the world is often more muddled than we imagine it to be.The Buddhist view encourages us to see the ungraspable illusory nature of every situation in order that we might avoid being buffeted by samsara's waves of hopes and fears. With this clarity our own potential can be turned towards the benefit of the many rather than towards individual selfish pursuits.The Buddha shows the way contains eighteen short chapters which can be read in any order so it is a book that can be dipped into according to your mood and time available.E-Book and paperback: https://www.amazon.com.br/Buddha-show...1/2 Audiobook "Buddha Shows the Way" in Portuguese:    • 1/2 Audiobook "Buddha Shows the Way" in Po...   (you are here)2/2 Audiobook "Buddha Shows the Way" in Portuguese:    • 2/2 Audiobook "Buddha Shows the Way" in Po...  📱 Instagram of excerpts:   / sbsangha_jameslow  🎧 Poscasts of some teachinhgs: https://simplybeing.co.uk/news/podcasts/📆 Learn more about future events: https://simplybeing.co.uk/eventsVideo at https://youtu.be/bKHLIiVc7LY?si=pkWusB7QatHnnywN

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 2025Location: Emerson College, Hartfield Road, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5JXTalking: James LowOrganiser: Huw WynAudio Recording: Gareth WilliamsGareth initially prepared 3 taster sessions, 6/8/25Original teachings published at https://simplybeing.co.uk/audio-records/retreats/otherengland/emerson-college/open-to-life-emerson-college-16-21-june-2025/

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 2025Location: Emerson College, Hartfield Road, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5JXTalking: James LowOrganiser: Huw WynAudio Recording: Gareth WilliamsGareth initially prepared 3 taster sessions, 6/8/25Original teachings published at https://simplybeing.co.uk/audio-records/retreats/otherengland/emerson-college/open-to-life-emerson-college-16-21-june-2025/

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 2025Location: Emerson College, Hartfield Road, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5JXTalking: James LowOrganiser: Huw WynAudio Recording: Gareth WilliamsGareth initially prepared 3 taster sessions, 6/8/25Original teachings published at https://simplybeing.co.uk/audio-records/retreats/otherengland/emerson-college/open-to-life-emerson-college-16-21-june-2025/

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 good for my blood pressure but is it wise to withdraw to this degree?""(9:05) James says the guru yoga of the White A is enough yet he also describes the bo??. So do I need to do more to prepare myself for that?""(16:37) If I do the guru yoga of the White A, the energy of the practice tends to linger with me. I prefer to just sit without this structure. What is the difference between elaborated and unelaborated forms of open sitting?""(31:40) When recognizing a strong dislike for something or someone, what would be a skillful way on the relative level to manage this to continue to engage with the person or situation or to simply move away?""(43:07) We can discover the nature of the mind in the gap between the object which is perceived as external and the consciousness which perceives that object. However, when a thought arises, we perceive it immediately without a gap. Thought is consciousness. The object and the subject are inseparable. Could you please explain how to free thoughts?"English: youtu.be/090SUATHtAo (you are here)English (without silence cuts): youtu.be/lVuU-5T6NmYGerman: youtu.be/Vc6xmCDJIRQRussian: youtu.be/PSL516QWrGwPolish: youtu.be/iU7FkxSM47cSpanish: youtu.be/U1FF_2nFhv4Portuguese: youtu.be/pT-NQkZhtbIRomanian: youtu.be/HdJIpaIuq1MTurkish: [soon]Full transcript of these teachings: https://bit.ly/47lIxeEAudio file of this video: https://bit.ly/3TSElLpList of all questions and YouTube links to each one: https://bit.ly/JamesLow-QnA-questions Playlist “Questions & Answers. Zoom 07.2020 –”: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv-KZQo9b6hRc2WtJW4KWXp8GefCiVa-R📱 Instagram of excerpts: https://instagram.com/SBSangha_JamesLow🎧 Poscasts of some teachinhgs: https://simplybeing.co.uk/news/podcasts/📆 Learn more about future events: https://simplybeing.co.uk/eventsVideo at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=090SUATHtAo

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 I need to do more to prepare myself for that?3) If I do the guru yoga of the White A, the energy of the practice tends to linger with me. I prefer to just sit without this structure. What is the difference between elaborated and unelaborated forms of open sitting?4) When recognizing a strong dislike for something or someone, what would be a skillful way on the relative level to manage this to continue to engage with the person or situation or to simply move away?5) We can discover the nature of the mind in the gap between the object which is perceived as external and the consciousness which perceives that object. However, when a thought arises, we perceive it immediately without a gap. Thought is consciousness. The object and the subject are inseparable. Could you please explain how to free thoughts?English: youtu.be/090SUATHtAoEnglish (without silence cuts): youtu.be/lVuU-5T6NmYGerman: youtu.be/Vc6xmCDJIRQRussian: youtu.be/PSL516QWrGw (you are here)Polish: youtu.be/iU7FkxSM47cSpanish: youtu.be/U1FF_2nFhv4Portuguese: youtu.be/pT-NQkZhtbIRomanian: youtu.be/HdJIpaIuq1MTurkish: [soon]Russian translation: Marina SamarinaPlaylist “Вопросы и Ответы. [RU] Zoom 04.2023 –”: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv-KZQo9b6hR-O5pCcz4jrfHv5eRKsMqU📱 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=PSL516QWrGw

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 I need to do more to prepare myself for that?3) If I do the guru yoga of the White A, the energy of the practice tends to linger with me. I prefer to just sit without this structure. What is the difference between elaborated and unelaborated forms of open sitting?4) When recognizing a strong dislike for something or someone, what would be a skillful way on the relative level to manage this to continue to engage with the person or situation or to simply move away?5) We can discover the nature of the mind in the gap between the object which is perceived as external and the consciousness which perceives that object. However, when a thought arises, we perceive it immediately without a gap. Thought is consciousness. The object and the subject are inseparable. Could you please explain how to free thoughts?English: youtu.be/090SUATHtAoEnglish (without silence cuts): youtu.be/lVuU-5T6NmYGerman: youtu.be/Vc6xmCDJIRQRussian: youtu.be/PSL516QWrGwPolish: youtu.be/iU7FkxSM47cSpanish: youtu.be/U1FF_2nFhv4Portuguese: youtu.be/pT-NQkZhtbIRomanian: youtu.be/HdJIpaIuq1M (you are here)Turkish: [soon]Romanian translation: Viorica ConstantinescuPlaylist “Questions & Answers. [EN-RO] Zoom 01.2025 –”: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv-KZQo9b6hSUA6_TORD9dM-sgIQsS-tx📱 Instagram of excerpts: https://instagram.com/SBSangha_JamesLow🎧 Poscasts of some teachinhgs: https://simplybeing.co.uk/news/podcasts/📆 Learn more about future events: https://simplybeing.co.uk/eventsVideo at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdJIpaIuq1M

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 I need to do more to prepare myself for that?3) If I do the guru yoga of the White A, the energy of the practice tends to linger with me. I prefer to just sit without this structure. What is the difference between elaborated and unelaborated forms of open sitting?4) When recognizing a strong dislike for something or someone, what would be a skillful way on the relative level to manage this to continue to engage with the person or situation or to simply move away?5) We can discover the nature of the mind in the gap between the object which is perceived as external and the consciousness which perceives that object. However, when a thought arises, we perceive it immediately without a gap. Thought is consciousness. The object and the subject are inseparable. Could you please explain how to free thoughts?English: youtu.be/090SUATHtAoEnglish (without silence cuts): youtu.be/lVuU-5T6NmYGerman: youtu.be/Vc6xmCDJIRQRussian: youtu.be/PSL516QWrGwPolish: youtu.be/iU7FkxSM47cSpanish: youtu.be/U1FF_2nFhv4Portuguese: youtu.be/pT-NQkZhtbI (you are here)Romanian: youtu.be/HdJIpaIuq1MTurkish: [soon]Portuguese translation: Milton PetruczokPlaylist “Perguntas & Respostas. [PT] Zoom 07.2020 –”: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv-KZQo9b6hR2vHQ9K1blx96gzj1wprrS📱 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=pT-NQkZhtbI

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 I need to do more to prepare myself for that?3) If I do the guru yoga of the White A, the energy of the practice tends to linger with me. I prefer to just sit without this structure. What is the difference between elaborated and unelaborated forms of open sitting?4) When recognizing a strong dislike for something or someone, what would be a skillful way on the relative level to manage this to continue to engage with the person or situation or to simply move away?5) We can discover the nature of the mind in the gap between the object which is perceived as external and the consciousness which perceives that object. However, when a thought arises, we perceive it immediately without a gap. Thought is consciousness. The object and the subject are inseparable. Could you please explain how to free thoughts?English: youtu.be/090SUATHtAoEnglish (without silence cuts): youtu.be/lVuU-5T6NmYGerman: youtu.be/Vc6xmCDJIRQRussian: youtu.be/PSL516QWrGwPolish: youtu.be/iU7FkxSM47c (you are here)Spanish: youtu.be/U1FF_2nFhv4Portuguese: youtu.be/pT-NQkZhtbIRomanian: youtu.be/HdJIpaIuq1MTurkish: [soon]Polish translation: Bartłomiej CzajkowskiPlaylist “Pytania & Odpowiedzi. [EN-PL] Zoom 07.2020 –”: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv-KZQo9b6hQe263kW-j5ZmxrgMShNo4b📱 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=iU7FkxSM47c

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 I need to do more to prepare myself for that?3) If I do the guru yoga of the White A, the energy of the practice tends to linger with me. I prefer to just sit without this structure. What is the difference between elaborated and unelaborated forms of open sitting?4) When recognizing a strong dislike for something or someone, what would be a skillful way on the relative level to manage this to continue to engage with the person or situation or to simply move away?5) We can discover the nature of the mind in the gap between the object which is perceived as external and the consciousness which perceives that object. However, when a thought arises, we perceive it immediately without a gap. Thought is consciousness. The object and the subject are inseparable. Could you please explain how to free thoughts?English: youtu.be/090SUATHtAoEnglish (without silence cuts): youtu.be/lVuU-5T6NmYGerman: youtu.be/Vc6xmCDJIRQRussian: youtu.be/PSL516QWrGwPolish: youtu.be/iU7FkxSM47cSpanish: youtu.be/U1FF_2nFhv4 (you are here)Portuguese: youtu.be/pT-NQkZhtbIRomanian: youtu.be/HdJIpaIuq1MTurkish: [soon]Spanish translation: Juan García Lázaro ( @juanb.garcialazaro )Playlist “Preguntas & Respuestas. [EN-ES] Zoom 07.2020 –”: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv-KZQo9b6hS7c0fyRpIUppfblqzUKho2📱 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=U1FF_2nFhv4

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 I need to do more to prepare myself for that?3) If I do the guru yoga of the White A, the energy of the practice tends to linger with me. I prefer to just sit without this structure. What is the difference between elaborated and unelaborated forms of open sitting?4) When recognizing a strong dislike for something or someone, what would be a skillful way on the relative level to manage this to continue to engage with the person or situation or to simply move away?5) We can discover the nature of the mind in the gap between the object which is perceived as external and the consciousness which perceives that object. However, when a thought arises, we perceive it immediately without a gap. Thought is consciousness. The object and the subject are inseparable. Could you please explain how to free thoughts?English: youtu.be/090SUATHtAoEnglish (without silence cuts): youtu.be/lVuU-5T6NmYGerman: youtu.be/Vc6xmCDJIRQ (you are here)Russian: youtu.be/PSL516QWrGwPolish: youtu.be/iU7FkxSM47cSpanish: youtu.be/U1FF_2nFhv4Portuguese: youtu.be/pT-NQkZhtbIRomanian: youtu.be/HdJIpaIuq1MTurkish: [soon]German translation: Robert JaroslawskiPlaylist “Questions & Answers. [EN-DE] Zoom 07.2020 –”: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv-KZQo9b6hQorJJB5YwaksSq90Z8mTeQ📱 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=Vc6xmCDJIRQ

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.Full transcript of these teachings: https://bit.ly/3Ie5Cp7Audio file of this video: https://bit.ly/40tfwcMEnglish: youtu.be/GDD-yNMP9r4 (you are here)English (without silence cuts): youtu.be/RPikGwqC0OkGerman: youtu.be/PBBpi9bi_oURussian: youtu.be/ymP9KOey0-kPolish: youtu.be/Vi4fmXCG14ESpanish: youtu.be/Uz5qGScAAS0Portuguese: youtu.be/W-MgYzoLjzERomanian: youtu.be/Bh1oOGdjjYwTurkish: [soon]📱 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=GDD-yNMP9r4

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/3Ie5Cp7Audio file of this video (English only): https://bit.ly/40tfwcMEnglish: youtu.be/GDD-yNMP9r4English (without silence cuts): youtu.be/RPikGwqC0OkGerman: youtu.be/PBBpi9bi_oURussian: youtu.be/ymP9KOey0-k (you are here)Polish: youtu.be/Vi4fmXCG14ESpanish: youtu.be/Uz5qGScAAS0Portuguese: youtu.be/W-MgYzoLjzERomanian: youtu.be/Bh1oOGdjjYwTurkish: [soon]Russian translation: Marina Samarina📱 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=ymP9KOey0-k

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/3Ie5Cp7Audio file of this video (English only): https://bit.ly/40tfwcMEnglish: youtu.be/GDD-yNMP9r4English (without silence cuts): youtu.be/RPikGwqC0OkGerman: youtu.be/PBBpi9bi_oURussian: youtu.be/ymP9KOey0-kPolish: youtu.be/Vi4fmXCG14ESpanish: youtu.be/Uz5qGScAAS0Portuguese: youtu.be/W-MgYzoLjzERomanian: youtu.be/Bh1oOGdjjYw (you are here)Turkish: [soon]Romanian translation: Viorica Constantinescu📱 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=Bh1oOGdjjYw

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/3Ie5Cp7Audio file of this video (English only): https://bit.ly/40tfwcMEnglish: youtu.be/GDD-yNMP9r4English (without silence cuts): youtu.be/RPikGwqC0OkGerman: youtu.be/PBBpi9bi_oURussian: youtu.be/ymP9KOey0-kPolish: youtu.be/Vi4fmXCG14ESpanish: youtu.be/Uz5qGScAAS0Portuguese: youtu.be/W-MgYzoLjzE (you are here)Romanian: youtu.be/Bh1oOGdjjYwTurkish: [soon]Portuguese translation: Milton Petruczok📱 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=W-MgYzoLjzE

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/3Ie5Cp7Audio file of this video (English only): https://bit.ly/40tfwcMEnglish: youtu.be/GDD-yNMP9r4English (without silence cuts): youtu.be/RPikGwqC0OkGerman: youtu.be/PBBpi9bi_oURussian: youtu.be/ymP9KOey0-kPolish: youtu.be/Vi4fmXCG14E (you are here)Spanish: youtu.be/Uz5qGScAAS0Portuguese: youtu.be/W-MgYzoLjzERomanian: youtu.be/Bh1oOGdjjYwTurkish: [soon]Polish translation: Bartłomiej Czajkowski📱 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=Vi4fmXCG14E

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/3Ie5Cp7Audio file of this video (English only): https://bit.ly/40tfwcMEnglish: youtu.be/GDD-yNMP9r4English (without silence cuts): youtu.be/RPikGwqC0OkGerman: youtu.be/PBBpi9bi_oURussian: youtu.be/ymP9KOey0-kPolish: youtu.be/Vi4fmXCG14ESpanish: youtu.be/Uz5qGScAAS0 (you are here)Portuguese: youtu.be/W-MgYzoLjzERomanian: youtu.be/Bh1oOGdjjYwTurkish: [soon]Spanish translation: Juan García Lázaro (@juanb.garcialazaro)📱 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=Uz5qGScAAS0

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/3Ie5Cp7Audio file of this video (English only): https://bit.ly/40tfwcMEnglish: youtu.be/GDD-yNMP9r4English (without silence cuts): youtu.be/RPikGwqC0OkGerman: youtu.be/PBBpi9bi_oU (you are here)Russian: youtu.be/ymP9KOey0-kPolish: youtu.be/Vi4fmXCG14ESpanish: youtu.be/Uz5qGScAAS0Portuguese: youtu.be/W-MgYzoLjzERomanian: youtu.be/Bh1oOGdjjYwTurkish: [soon]German translation: Jayachitta Hartlein📱 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=PBBpi9bi_oU

Extract from "Wisdom and Compassion", on March 7-8th 2025, weekend teachings with James Low at Townley Hall in Macclesfield, UK: https://youtu.be/jtjlM1CYuN4Wisdom 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 once or twice a year since 2003 and you can listen to recordings of his teachings here: https://simplybeing.co.uk/category/audio-records/retreats/otherengland/macclesfield/📱 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=R9MCxk0BjXk