James Low - Dzogchen and Buddhist Teachings

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 h...

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 bri...

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 bri...

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 bri...

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 bri...

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 bri...

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 bri...

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 w...

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 w...

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 1:11:22 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: yout...

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:...

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/...

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...

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:...

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 Germ...

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: you...

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...

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 ont...

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 confid...

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 confid...