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James Low - Dzogchen and Buddhist Teachings

James Low

James Low is a disciple and teacher in the Byangter and Khordong lineages of the late Chhimed Rigdzin Lama.

James regularly teaches the principles of dzogchen Buddhism in Europe and he publishes translations and commentaries from time to time.

Many of his seminars have been recorded and transcribed. They are now being put on his website to provide access for those seeking to deepen their dharma understanding and explore how to apply it in the complexities of everyday life.

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

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  • Friday · 1 hr 20 min

    Patience and non-duality. [EN-RO] Zoom 05.2026

    In this teaching from May 9th, 2026, James Low explores patience and non-duality as a means to avoid reactivity to provocations. This session was delivered via Zoom with Romanian translation by Viorica Constantinescu. Note: The cuts in this video result from the removal of periods of silence during consecutive translation from German. Versions in other languages: English: youtu.be/DlLVFctvy4Y English without silence cuts: youtu.be/mwy3vxTHU58 German: youtu.be/L0MxibNpB3o Russian: youtu.be/99o7s9XPxUc Spanish: youtu.be/-eAMBC9c_Ok Portuguese: youtu.be/w9-JGF6xmuE Amazonian World Sanctuary - Compassionate Call: Help save a sacred Amazon territory of native rainforest and animals from imminent destruction. Learn more and donate: hky.com.br/campanhasamauma Learn more about this ancestral people, native to pre-colonial Brazil: Eskawata Kayawai - The Spirit of Transformation: youtu.be/muIExL2Qly0 We support Indigenous shaman and spiritual leader Mapu Huni Kuin: instagram.com/mapuhunikuin Resources: Instagram excerpts: instagram.com/SBSangha_JamesLow Podcasts: simplybeing.co.uk/news/podcasts Future events: simplybeing.co.uk/events Watch the original video on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=8Z7L6-L-ZGI

  • Friday · 1 hr 24 min

    Patience and non-duality. [EN-PT] Zoom 05.2026

    James Low teaches on patience and non-duality as a means to avoid reactivity to provocations. Recorded on Zoom, May 9th 2026. This recording has been edited to remove periods of silence during consecutive translation from German. Portuguese translation by Madalena Pedroza. Other language versions: English: youtu.be/DlLVFctvy4Y English (unedited): youtu.be/mwy3vxTHU58 German: youtu.be/L0MxibNpB3o Russian: youtu.be/99o7s9XPxUc Spanish: youtu.be/-eAMBC9c_Ok Romanian: youtu.be/8Z7L6-L-ZGI Resources: Instagram excerpts: @SBSangha_JamesLow Podcasts: simplybeing.co.uk/news/podcasts Events: simplybeing.co.uk/events Watch on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=w9-JGF6xmuE Chapters 00:00 Manifesting peaceful presence in a turbulent world 04:12 How ego creates enemies and friends 08:08 Living in our own world of projections 12:08 The fundamental prejudice of a separate self 17:56 The structure of duality: subject and object 22:59 The eight worldly concerns 27:51 Form is emptiness: applying the Heart Sutra 32:05 Relative truth and the power of beliefs 36:32 Belief as a poor substitute for seeing 39:11 Emptiness as corrective to delusion 43:17 We are not things but streams of experience 54:15 James as a mode of participation 1:05:01 All sound is sound emptiness 1:10:56 Co-emergence: born together with the situation 1:17:43 Working with circumstances through non-dual awareness

  • Friday · 1 hr 25 min

    Patience and non-duality. [EN-ES] Zoom 05.2026

    May 9th 2026. James Low's teachings on Zoom about "Patience and non-duality as a means to avoid reactivity to provocations". 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. Spanish translation: Juan B. García Lázaro Other language versions: English: https://youtu.be/DlLVFctvy4Y English without silence cuts: https://youtu.be/mwy3vxTHU58 German: https://youtu.be/L0MxibNpB3o Russian: https://youtu.be/99o7s9XPxUc Portuguese: https://youtu.be/w9-JGF6xmuE Romanian: https://youtu.be/8Z7L6-L-ZGI Resources: Instagram: https://instagram.com/SBSangha_JamesLow Podcasts: https://simplybeing.co.uk/news/podcasts/ Events: https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/ Watch the original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eAMBC9c_Ok

  • Friday · 1 hr 19 min

    Patience and non-duality. [EN-RU] Zoom 05.2026

    May 9th 2026. James Low's teachings on Zoom about "Patience and non-duality as a means to avoid reactivity to provocations". Russian translation: Marina Samarina 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. Other language versions: English: https://youtu.be/DlLVFctvy4Y English without silence cuts: https://youtu.be/mwy3vxTHU58 German: https://youtu.be/L0MxibNpB3o Spanish: https://youtu.be/-eAMBC9c_Ok Portuguese: https://youtu.be/w9-JGF6xmuE Romanian: https://youtu.be/8Z7L6-L-ZGI Amazonian World Sanctuary - Compassionate Call: Help save a sacred territory of native Amazon rainforest and animals from imminent destruction. Learn more and donate: https://hky.com.br/campanhasamauma Eskawata Kayawai - The Spirit of Transformation: https://youtu.be/muIExL2Qly0 Support Indigenous shaman and spiritual leader Mapu Huni Kuin: https://www.instagram.com/mapuhunikuin/ Instagram of excerpts: https://instagram.com/SBSangha_JamesLow Podcasts: https://simplybeing.co.uk/news/podcasts/ Future events: https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/ Original YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99o7s9XPxUc

  • Friday · 1 hr 28 min

    Patience and non-duality. [EN-DE] Zoom 05.2026

    James Low teaching on Zoom about patience and non-duality as a means to avoid reactivity to provocations, given on May 9th, 2026. This recording is the German translation version. The constant cuts in this video result from the removal of James Low's periods of silence while waiting for consecutive translation from the German translator, Robert Jaroslawski. Other language versions: English: youtu.be/DlLVFctvy4Y English without silence cuts: youtu.be/mwy3vxTHU58 Russian: youtu.be/99o7s9XPxUc Spanish: youtu.be/-eAMBC9c_Ok Portuguese: youtu.be/w9-JGF6xmuE Romanian: youtu.be/8Z7L6-L-ZGI Support the Amazonian World Sanctuary: Help save a sacred territory of native Amazon rainforest and animals from imminent destruction. Learn more and donate: hky.com.br/campanhasamauma Learn about the Eskawata Kayawai indigenous people: youtu.be/muIExL2Qly0 We support Indigenous shaman and spiritual leader Mapu Huni Kuin: instagram.com/mapuhunikuin More resources: Instagram excerpts: instagram.com/SBSangha_JamesLow Podcasts: simplybeing.co.uk/news/podcasts Future events: simplybeing.co.uk/events Watch the original video on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=L0MxibNpB3o

  • September 4 · 6 hr 23 min

    Interpersonal dharma. Devon 11.2001

    November 10th 2001. James Low talked about the application of dharma in psychotherapy at The Sharpham Trust, in Totnes, Devon, United Kingdom. This is an audio-only recording with background video extracted from "The flow of transmission and the transmission of flow. Macclesfield 06.2007". Audio edited by Wendy. More information: https://simplybeing.co.uk/audio-recordings/retreats/interpersonal-dharma/#sharpham-trust-totnes-devon-uk-10-nov-2001 Learn more about future events: https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/ Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrRJd7DtSjo Chapters 00:00 Living applied phenomenology through Dzogchen 09:08 Historical and cultural context of Tibetan Buddhism 21:57 The three poisons: stupidity, attachment and aversion 30:49 Taking refuge in the Buddha, dharma and sangha 44:19 Finding security without mastery 51:07 Observing thoughts and feelings to understand self 1:05:46 The body of experience and the body of representation 1:14:06 The impact of inner dialogues and self-judgment on the body 1:25:28 Dissociation and difficulty integrating traumatic experience 1:36:55 The three stages of ignorance 1:46:59 The construction of self in relation to others 1:59:47 Introduction to Dzogchen: the great completion 2:07:23 The mirror as metaphor for mind's nature 2:13:57 Attachment theory and the constraint of predictability 2:25:20 The central channel and the side channels 2:31:48 The central channel (avadhuti) and ungraspability 2:38:58 Attunement and finding value in the other's perspective 2:53:30 Finding value through attunement with others 3:01:00 Karma and rebirth as explanatory frameworks 3:06:46 Explanations as skillful means, not truth 3:17:21 The two accumulations: merit and wisdom 3:26:55 Beliefs as skillful means (upaya) 3:38:24 Form is emptiness: reflection and essential being 3:47:57 Family systems and situational loss of self 3:54:15 Staying with the breath during engagement 3:59:27 Mirroring and the development of narcissism in childhood 4:06:17 Authenticity and adapting to relational limitations 4:14:18 Resourcing through meditation and infinite nature 4:28:32 The depressive position and living ambivalence 4:35:29 Dzogchen as direct recognition of indestructible nature 4:42:08 Agency and identification with resistance 4:50:25 Identity as co-creation with others 4:56:01 The three A practice: emptiness and form 5:05:13 The four-fold frame: view, meditation, activity, result 5:12:38 The three modes of arising: dang, tsel and rolpa 5:19:36 Breathing in the five elements 5:26:30 Returning to familiar patterns and observing the self 5:31:30 Self and other as process rather than solid entities 5:48:15 Compassion as balance between self and other 5:54:46 Attachment to negative identity and ruling in hell 6:00:15 Trusting presence over planning interventions 6:12:26 Power, capacity and ethical responsibility in practice 6:21:57 Closing meditation and instructions

  • August 27 · 4 hr 2 min

    Approaching Non-Duality. [EN] Todtmoos 04.2026

    James Low's Dzogchen retreat "Approaching Non-Duality" took place 23rd-26th April 2026 in Todtmoos, Germany. James Low writes: "The traditional structure of Buddhist teachings is that each level or vehicle has its own View, Meditation, Activity and Result. Over the years I have focused on making the various views and meditations as clear as possible. I feel that our retreats now need to have increasing emphasis on your activity and proactive learning." He continues: "We all have a lot of life experience and so how can we mobilise this experience to become an ally on our path instead of an obstacle? Rather than relying on our habitual assumptions and conclusions, our practice is to investigate how our subjectivity arises in different situations. We aim to locate the ground (or basis) for our subjective thoughts, feelings and actions in our simple presence within the ever-open here and now." The retreat featured morning teachings by James Low, with afternoon small group activities led by experienced sangha members. The aim in Dzogchen is to see the self-vanishing of each moment by ripening our presence without engaging in dualistic reificatory judgement. Organiser and German translation: Robert Jaroslawski Cover art: Jari Lobo (Pexels.com) More information: https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/approaching-non-duality-todtmoos-april-2026/ Watch the original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vE2tZ5MsTI Chapters 00:00 Form is Emptiness: The Heart Sutra and Non-Duality 07:54 The Five Poisons and Self-Deception 16:07 Wisdom and Compassion Flowing from Emptiness 29:25 Death Comes from Concepts 37:16 Two Paths from One Ground 45:08 The Three Kayas in Tantric Practice 52:35 Sambhogakaya: Enjoyment of Sensory Arising 1:00:36 The Eight Consciousnesses as Empty Forms 1:10:05 The Dzogchen View: Already Complete 1:16:59 The Delusion of Taking Becoming to Be Being 1:21:34 Critique of Self-Existent Phenomena 1:26:33 Clear Perception and Responding to Suffering 1:30:01 The Three Statements of Garab Dorje 1:34:19 Ngotro: Introduction to Your Own Face 1:38:19 Following the Stream to Its Source 1:45:04 Samsara and Nirvana: No Fundamental Difference 1:48:43 Guru Yoga of Machig Labdrön 1:55:06 Five Questions on the Nature of Mind 2:01:51 The Two Obscurations 2:07:58 Impermanence and the Vulnerability of Form 2:18:08 Twelve Metaphors for Emptiness and Form 2:22:40 Wandering Without Identity: The Sadhu Practice 2:29:09 The First Unawareness: Condensation from the Flow 2:42:06 The Third Unawareness: Conceptual Fixation and Naming 2:47:19 The Fourth Unawareness: Karma and Its Four Stages 2:57:06 Interdependence and the environment as inseparable support 3:06:19 Openness to experience beyond ego judgment 3:14:31 Emptiness as openness beyond fixed essence 3:22:15 Self-Deception and the Illusion of Fixed Identity 3:29:51 The three aspects of energy: dang, rolpa and tsal 3:38:35 Rolpa: The Mirror and the Play of Experience 3:44:24 Tsal: The Crystal and Manifesting Diversity 3:50:05 The Cuckoo's Cry: non-duality of experience and nature

  • August 25 · 53 min

    Talk__QA_with_Dzogchen_Teacher_James_Low._Zoom_03.2026_w_Jon_Krop_by_Sit-Heads_Meditation_Club

    A talk and Q&A session with Dzogchen teacher James Low, hosted by Jon Krop for the Sit-Heads Meditation Club via Zoom in March 2026. Watch the original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOt4FfKII6o Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Sit-Heads Meditation Club and James Low 04:21 The Nature of Identity as Temporary Clothing 08:09 The Five Skandhas and the Construction of Self 14:00 Impermanence and the Delusion of Inherent Existence 24:42 How the Five Skandhas Generate Illusory Patterns 28:52 The Mahāyāna View: Emptiness of Phenomena 32:32 Dzogchen Practice: Relaxing into the Space of Emergence 38:52 The Basic Meditation Instruction: Present Awareness 42:28 Ethics Without Agenda: Wisdom as the Basis for Compassion

  • August 23 · 31 min

    How to cultivate mental health in a world on fire? With Lama Padma Samten. [EN] Zoom 08.2026

    How to cultivate mental health in a world on fire? A conversation between Lama Padma Samten and James Low, with consecutive translation to Portuguese. In this conversation, James Low joins Lama Padma Samten to explore mental health, meditation and Buddhist wisdom in the face of the uncertainty, conflict and complexity of contemporary life. Invited by Lama Padma Samten, James Low reflects on how our habitual ways of seeing ourselves and the world shape our experience, and how awareness, presence and a deeper understanding of the nature of mind can open a different way of relating to suffering, confusion and change. Drawing from the Buddhist tradition and their many years of teaching and practice, they offer perspectives on how we can meet a troubled world without becoming overwhelmed by it, cultivating clarity, compassion and inner freedom. Lama Padma Samten is a Brazilian Buddhist teacher and founder of the Centro de Estudos Budistas Bodisatva (CEBB). Lama Padma Samten: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lamapadmasamten Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lamapadmasamten/ Website: https://cebb.org.br/ James Low: Instagram: instagram.com/simplybeingsangha Podcasts: simplybeing.co.uk/news/podcasts/ Events: simplybeing.co.uk/events Watch the original video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4pWqcK_jjA Chapters 00:00 The delusion of a fixed self and poor mental health 02:42 Identity as construction and the obstacle of thingness 08:28 Impermanence and the instability of identity 14:07 Finding stability through meditation and presence 25:25 Working with depression and letting go of conclusions

  • August 22 · 1 hr 34 min

    How to cultivate mental health in a world on fire? With Lama Padma Samten. [EN-PT] Zoom 08.2026

    August 15, 2026. How to cultivate mental health in a world on fire? A conversation between Lama Padma Samten and James Low, with consecutive translation to Portuguese. In this conversation, James Low joins Lama Padma Samten to explore mental health, meditation and Buddhist wisdom in the face of the uncertainty, conflict and complexity of contemporary life. Invited by Lama Padma Samten, James Low reflects on how our habitual ways of seeing ourselves and the world shape our experience — and how awareness, presence and a deeper understanding of the nature of mind can open a different way of relating to suffering, confusion and change. Drawing from the Buddhist tradition and their many years of teaching and practice, James Low and Lama Padma Samten offer perspectives on how we can meet a troubled world without becoming overwhelmed by it, cultivating clarity, compassion and inner freedom. Lama Padma Samten is a Brazilian Buddhist teacher and the founder of the Centro de Estudos Budistas Bodisatva (CEBB). He invited James Low to this dialogue as part of his ongoing work of bringing Buddhist teachings into conversation with the challenges of contemporary life. Lama Padma Samten: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lamapadmasamten Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lamapadmasamten/ Website: https://cebb.org.br/ James Low: Instagram: instagram.com/simplybeingsangha Podcasts: simplybeing.co.uk/news/podcasts/ Events: simplybeing.co.uk/events Watch the original video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4pWqcK_jjA Chapters 00:00 Introduction of James Low by Lama Padma Samten 14:31 James Low's speech 1:05:53 Lama Padma Samten's speech and Questions & Answers

  • August 19 · 8 hr 49 min

    Approaching Non-Duality. [EN-DE] Todtmoos 04.2026

    Approaching Non-Duality. [EN-DE] Todtmoos 04.2026 23rd - 26th April 2026. Approaching non-duality. James Low's Dzogchen retreat in Todtmoos, Germany. https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/approaching-non-duality-todtmoos-april-2026/ James Low, April 2026, writes: "The traditional structure of Buddhist teachings is that each level or vehicle has its own View, Meditation, Activity and Result. Over the years I have focused on making the various views and meditations as clear as possible and you can access these through my many audio and video recordings, books and transcripts. I feel that our retreats now need to have increasing emphasis on your activity and proactive learning. We all have a lot of life experience and so how can we mobilise this experience to become an ally on our path instead of an obstacle? Rather than relying on our habitual assumptions and conclusions, our practice is to investigate how our subjectivity arises in different situations. We aim to locate the ground (or basis) for our subjective thoughts, feelings and actions in our simple presence within the ever-open here and now. I will be teaching in the mornings. In the afternoons there will be small group activities led by experienced members of our sangha. They will offer a range of activities and I am encouraging you all to try them out so that you can experience what you can make use of (or not) at each moment in time. The key point is for you to observe what arises for you as you engage with each activity in your ever-changing environment. The aim in dzogchen is to see the self-vanishing of each moment. We do this by ripening our presence without engaging in dualistic reificatory judgement." Organiser and German translation: Robert Jaroslawski Cover art: Jari Lobo (Pexels.com) [James' current project support] 🌳 AMAZONIAN 🐆 WORLD SANCTUARY 🌎 COMPASSIONATE CALL 🙏 Help us return Indigenous lands in Brazil to their original protectors 🤲 Learn more about the project and how to help (money, time and skills etc.): https://simplybeing.co.uk/announcement/huni-kuin-indigenous-people-of-the-amazon 🌿 📱 Instagram of excerpts: instagram.com/simplybeingsangha 🎧 Podcasts of some teachinhgs: simplybeing.co.uk/news/podcasts/ 📆 Learn more about future events: simplybeing.co.uk/events Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vE2tZ5MsTI

  • June 13 · 58 min

    Supporting minority groups. Zoom 05.2026 (Saga Dawa Düchen)

    May 31st 2026. James Low talked about compassion in action and supporting minority groups such as the Huni Kuin in the Amazon. Bellow you can read more about this group and how to support them here. This event was taking place on the full moon day (Saga Dawa) of the 4th month in the Tibetan calendar. It commemorates such major events of Sakyamuni Buddha’s life as his birth, awakening, and parinirvāṇa. The Tibetans consider that any positive or negative karma we create during this month is multiplied 100,000 times. 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. Transcript of the meeting (may contain minor errors): https://bit.ly/3RXr4nq Audio of this meeting: https://bit.ly/49SMQyD Other languages' links: [soon] 🌳 AMAZONIAN 🐆 WORLD 🌎 SANCTUARY 💎 Compassionate call 🙏 In the heart of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest, the Huni Kuin indigenous people are experiencing a rebirth of their identity after decades of slavery and oppression, since the time when they were captured in the forests and forbidden from living their culture. It was only from the year 2000 onwards that the Huni Kuin of the Humaitá Indigenous Land began to remember who they were, coming together to recall their culture and their ancestral, spiritual way of life. After more than 20 years of strengthening, the communities of the Indigenous Land are today living through a cultural peak. 🛶 Learn more about this ancestral people, native to pre-colonial Brazil: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XeY6dhejg7NquTZth8X5ACc7e2Swo1waitMEkMOCXYM/edit?usp=sharing 🔆 James Low's call: https://www.instagram.com/p/DXvyV8AsRS6/ 🐆 Indigenous Shaman (spiritual leader) Mapu Huni Kuin Instragram: https://www.instagram.com/mapuhunikuin/ and https://www.instagram.com/huwakaruyuxibu/ 🎬 Eskawata Kayawai: The Spirit of Transformation: https://youtu.be/muIExL2Qly0 The product of a seven-year project in Brazil. The film tells the story of the Huni Kuin indigenous people, who live deep in the western Amazon of Acre, Brazil, as they return to their ancestral and spiritual way of life by reconnecting with their own culture and identity. 🌿 Help us save one of the hearts of Earth – Amazonia –, a sacred territory of native rainforest and animals from imminent destruction. 🤲 Ways to Offer Your Support (Dāna ≈ energy exchange) 🌐 International Bank Transfer via Wise Account holder: Geraldo Serafim (who is the Financial Director of the Associação Centro Huwã Karu Yuxibu) Direct payment link: https://wise.com/pay/me/geraldos484 🇺🇸 USD (United States) Account holder: Geraldo Serafim Routing (Wire/ACH): 084009519 Account Number: 186066937912307 SWIFT/BIC: TRWIUS35XXX Bank address: Wise US Inc, 108 W 13th St, Wilmington, DE 19801, USA 🇬🇧 GBP (United Kingdom) Account holder: Geraldo Serafim Account Number: 62797102 Sort Code: 60-84-64 IBAN: GB80 TRWI 6084 6462 7971 02 SWIFT/BIC: TRWIGB2LXXX 🇪🇺 EUR (SEPA Zone) Account holder: Geraldo Serafim IBAN: BE57 9052 2877 7335 SWIFT/BIC: TRWIBEB1XXX Bank and address: Wise — Rue du Trône 100, 3rd floor, Brussels, 1050, Belgium 🇧🇷 R$ (Brazil) Pix code: adm.centro.hky@gmail.com (Associação Huwã Karu Yuxibu) ₿ Crypto wallet address (EVM compatible networks) 0x57066552402E0a0142C9c61f9444e8c3Db677BbD May this fundraising be successful and replicated all over the world, in benefit of all beings! 🌬️🤲❤️‍🔥 📱 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=GUoxHwmZxYE

  • May 10 · 48 min

    Patience and non-duality. Zoom 05.2026

    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/3RgIDhH Audio recording: http://bit.ly/4u3hUE0 Other 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

  • May 10 · 5 hr 24 min

    4/4 Take it easy. [EN-ES] Veciana 09-10.2025

    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/8496478440 The 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.pdf Spanish translation: Mariana Orozco and María Lleó Organisers: Maica Gardia (Mayka) and Antonio Gomez Ceto Cover 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/events Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pIzkPsCzpQ

  • March 26 · 9 hr 6 min

    3/4 Take it easy. [EN-ES] Veciana 09-10.2025

    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/8496478440 The 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.pdf 1/4 Take it easy. [EN-ES] Veciana 09.2025: youtu.be/JzzZaXqQPyc 2/4 Take it easy. [EN-ES] Veciana 09.2025: youtu.be/LBLPBAu4OsI 3/4 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 Lleó Organisers: Maica Gardia (Mayka) and Antonio Gomez Ceto Cover 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/events Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8_nNs3tdK0

  • February 28 · 9 hr 49 min

    Gonpo Wangyal’s Dzogchen. Eifel 10.2010

    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.pdf This 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-Y9DlDb4 Transcript of the retreat (may contain minor errors): https://shr.pn//hx9B Audio recording of the retreat: https://simplybeing.co.uk/audio-recordings/retreats/autumn-2010/#gonpo-wangyals-dzogchen 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=RSi1ePdxil0

  • February 22 · 11 hr 3 min

    2/4 Take it easy. Veciana 09-10.2025

    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/8496478440 The 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.pdf Spanish translation: Mariana Orozco and María Lleó Organisers: Maica Gardia (Mayka) and Antonio Gomez Ceto Cover 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/events Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBLPBAu4OsI

  • February 16 · 4 hr 6 min

    All at Once. [EN-TR] Izmir 10.2025

    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 Çelebi Cover 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/events Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7syJlFOJeU

  • February 7 · 9 hr 7 min

    Equanimity - Finding balance in a turbulent world. Macclesfield 02.2019

    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 Low Recorded by Charles Lomas and Gareth Williams. Transcript of the retreat: https://bit.ly/4rtBask Audio 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

  • January 30 · 11 hr 34 min

    1/4 Take it easy. Veciana 09-10.2025

    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/8496478440 The 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.pdf Spanish translation: Mariana Orozco and María Lleó Organisers: Maica Gardia (Mayka) and Antonio Gomez Ceto Cover 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/events Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzzZaXqQPyc

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