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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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Emptiness and dzogchen: the song of the cuckoo. [EN-ES] Granada 10.2014
Teachings by James Low in Granada, Spain, on "Emptiness and Dzogchen," based on Vairocana's text "The Song of the Cuckoo" (31 October - 02 November 2014). Original audio in English with consecutive Spanish translation by Juan B. García Lázaro. "Dzogchen is concerned with knowing your own nature. There are many different paths in Buddhism and gradually they became organised into different styles or families. Some are gradual, others less so, but generally it is a matter of knowing what suits you best." ~ James Low Full audio recordings available at: https://simplybeing.co.uk/audio-recordings/year/audio2014/emptiness-and-dzogchen-granada-2014/ Instagram of excerpts: https://instagram.com/SBSangha_JamesLow Podcasts of some teachings: https://simplybeing.co.uk/news/podcasts/ Learn more about future events: https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/ Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMiuPdVZUsA Chapters 00:00 Session 1 • October 31, 2014 1:25:00 Session 2 • October 31, 2014 2:23:40 Session 3 • November 1st, 2014 3:45:11 Session 4 • November 1st, 2014 5:14:35 Session 5 • November 1st, 2014 6:39:05 Session 6 • November 1nd, 2014 7:48:49 Session 7 • November 2nd, 2014 8:30:12 Session 8 • November 2nd, 2014 9:05:35 Session 9 • November 2nd, 2014
- 2 days ago1h 20m
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
- 2 days ago1h 24m
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
- 2 days ago1h 25m
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
- 2 days ago1h 19m
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
- 2 days ago1h 28m
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
- 2 weeks ago6h 23m
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
- 3 weeks ago4h 2m
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 JaroslawskiCover 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
About James Low - Dzogchen and Buddhist Teachings
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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