
James Low - Dzogchen and Buddhist Teachings
James Low, a disciple and teacher in the Byangter and Khordong lineages of the late Chhimed Rigdzin Lama, offers teachings on dzogchen Buddhism. He regularly teaches in Europe and shares translations and commentaries. Many of his seminars have been recorded, transcribed, and made available online to help deepen dharma understanding and apply it to everyday life. The podcast likely draws from these recorded teachings and discussions, providing accessible Buddhist guidance.
Episodes
![How to cultivate mental health in a world on fire? With Lama Padma Samten. [EN-PT] Zoom 08.2026](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/42524448/42524448-1787429201500-65db9c2957a11.jpg)
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
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Approaching Non-Duality. [EN-DE] Todtmoos 04.2026
Approaching Non-Duality. [EN-DE] Todtmoos 04.202623rd - 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 t

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 parinirvā

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/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_
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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
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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

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.pdfThis ret

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
![All at Once. [EN-TR] Izmir 10.2025](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/42524448/42524448-1771267749691-6a8724b51e7c8.jpg)
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

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 se

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

Mindfulness: theory and practice. Warsaw 11.2008
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 ev

Dzogchen in Everyday Life | A Conversation with James Low. Zoom 01.2026
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
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Dzogchen in Everyday Life | A Conversation with James Low. [EN-RO] Zoom 01.2026
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=dIOcV9CrT

Saying the unsayable. Todtmoos 06.2006
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
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4/4 Seeing and imagining. [EN-PT-ES] Sintra 07-08.2025
30 July - 9 August 2025. Seeing and imagining. Dzogchen retreat with James Low at Casa de Exercícios de Santo Inácio, Colares, in Sintra, Portugal.Imagining is the play of the ground source. If the source is seen then all that is imagined is non-dual illusion, like a mirage or a dream. If the ground source is not seen and opened to then all that is imagined is reified and then we experience oursel

2/2 Self-liberating understanding. Eifel 10.2015
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 meditat
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3/4 Seeing and imagining. [EN-PT-ES] Sintra 07-08.2025
30 July - 9 August 2025. Seeing and imagining. Dzogchen retreat with James Low at Casa de Exercícios de Santo Inácio, Colares, in Sintra, Portugal.Imagining is the play of the ground source. If the source is seen then all that is imagined is non-dual illusion, like a mirage or a dream. If the ground source is not seen and opened to then all that is imagined is reified and then we experience oursel

1/2 Self-liberating understanding. Eifel 10.2015
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 meditat
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2/4 Seeing and imagining. [EN-PT-ES] Sintra 07-08.2025
30 July - 9 August 2025. Seeing and imagining. Dzogchen retreat with James Low at Casa de Exercícios de Santo Inácio, Colares, in Sintra, Portugal.Imagining is the play of the ground source. If the source is seen then all that is imagined is non-dual illusion, like a mirage or a dream. If the ground source is not seen and opened to then all that is imagined is reified and then we experience oursel

Mindful therapy: beliefs and assumptions, a buddhist perspective. Hereford 11.2011
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

The Deathless and the Dying. London 11.2025
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.comTran
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1/4 Seeing and imagining. [EN-PT-ES] Sintra 07-08.2025
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 tha
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42 Questions & Answers. [EN-IT] Zoom 06.2025
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
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2/2 Tantra & Dzogchen. [EN-PL] Wilga 05.2025
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
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1/2 Tantra & Dzogchen. [EN-PL] Wilga 05.2025
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
![2/2 Indestructible freedom. [EN-ES] Barcelona 11.2018](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/42524448/42524448-1760211028807-75cd2d7b15182.jpg)
2/2 Indestructible freedom. [EN-ES] Barcelona 11.2018
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 cloud
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1/2 Indestructible freedom. [EN-ES] Barcelona 11.2018
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 cloud

4/4 Non-duality is simple. Wiesen 07.2025
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-Te

3/4 Non-duality is simple. Wiesen 07.2025
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-Te

2/4 Non-duality is simple. Wiesen 07.2025
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-Te

1/4 Non-duality is simple. Wiesen 07.2025
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-Te

The View of Dzogchen. Macclesfield 11.2003
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://simplybei

2/2 Audiobook "Buddha Shows the Way" in Portuguese
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 increas

1/2 Audiobook "Buddha Shows the Way" in Portuguese
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 increa

Open to Life: Emerson College, 16-21 June 2025, part 3
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 releasi

Open to Life: Emerson College, 16-21 June 2025, part 2
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 releasi

Open to Life: Emerson College, 16-21 June 2025, part 1
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 releasi

43 Questions & Answers. Zoom 07.2025
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 b
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43 Questions & Answers. [EN-RU] Zoom 07.2025
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 d
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43 Questions & Answers. [EN-RO] Zoom 07.2025
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 d
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43 Questions & Answers. [EN-PT] Zoom 07.2025
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 d
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43 Questions & Answers. [EN-PL] Zoom 07.2025
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 d
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43 Questions & Answers. [EN-ES] Zoom 07.2025
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 d
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43 Questions & Answers. [EN-DE] Zoom 07.2025
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 d

No gain, no loss. Zoom 06.2025
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, whi
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No gain, no loss. [EN-RU] Zoom 06.2025
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 (E
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No gain, no loss. [EN-RO] Zoom 06.2025
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 (E
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No gain, no loss. [EN-PT] Zoom 06.2025
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 (E
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No gain, no loss. [EN-PL] Zoom 06.2025
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 (E
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No gain, no loss. [EN-ES] Zoom 06.2025
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 (E
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No gain, no loss. [EN-DE] Zoom 06.2025
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 (E

Everything is in here and now
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 e

Siddharta
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 e

What are phenomena?
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 e

42 Questions & Answers. Zoom 06.2025
June 4th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.Note: the constant cuts in this video result from the removal of James Low's periods of silence, while waiting for the consecutive translation from the German translator."(0:00) Is consciousness and mind the same in Buddhism? Is my mind which is deluded and has its own habits and tenden
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42 Questions & Answers. [EN-RU] Zoom 06.2025
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
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42 Questions & Answers. [EN-PT] Zoom 06.2025
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
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42 Questions & Answers. [EN-DE] Zoom 06.2025
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
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42 Questions & Answers. [EN-ES] Zoom 06.2025
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
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42 Questions & Answers. [EN-PL] Zoom 06.2025
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
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42 Questions & Answers. [EN-RO] Zoom 06.2025
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

Access, not ownership: staying present with whatever occurs. Zoom 05.2025
May 10th 2025. Access, not ownership: staying present with whatever occurs. Zoom teachings with James Low.Note: the constant cuts in this video result from the removal of James Low's periods of silence, while waiting for the consecutive translation from the German translator.Full transcript of these teachings: https://bit.ly/4kvMS2xAudio file of this video: https://bit.ly/4dTwaIdEnglish: youtu.be/
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Access, not ownership: staying present with whatever occurs. [EN-TR] Zoom 05.2025
May 10th 2025. Access, not ownership: staying present with whatever occurs. Zoom teachings with James Low.Turkish translation: Mustafa ÇelebiEnglish: youtu.be/kfxMQUKgHgAEnglish (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/_mfS_LlkYhAGerman: youtu.be/Z7VxJnXPZLQRussian: youtu.be/75h8-TP0CYIPolish: youtu.be/FrWGFSWVYPUSpanish: youtu.be/ikMvGzk62BUPortuguese: youtu.be/pRpPhwC0wxIRomanian: youtu.be/-5hCDJ7JIc4Tur
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Access, not ownership: staying present with whatever occurs. [EN-RO] Zoom 05.2025
May 10th 2025. Access, not ownership: staying present with whatever occurs. Zoom teachings with James Low.Romanian translation: Viorica ConstantinescuEnglish: youtu.be/kfxMQUKgHgAEnglish (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/_mfS_LlkYhAGerman: youtu.be/Z7VxJnXPZLQRussian: youtu.be/75h8-TP0CYIPolish: youtu.be/FrWGFSWVYPUSpanish: youtu.be/ikMvGzk62BUPortuguese: youtu.be/pRpPhwC0wxIRomanian: youtu.be/-5hCD
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Access, not ownership: staying present with whatever occurs. [EN-PT] Zoom 05.2025
May 10th 2025. Access, not ownership: staying present with whatever occurs. Zoom teachings with James Low.Portuguese translation: Milton PetruczokEnglish: youtu.be/kfxMQUKgHgAEnglish (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/_mfS_LlkYhAGerman: youtu.be/Z7VxJnXPZLQRussian: youtu.be/75h8-TP0CYIPolish: youtu.be/FrWGFSWVYPUSpanish: youtu.be/ikMvGzk62BUPortuguese: youtu.be/pRpPhwC0wxI (you are here)Romanian: you
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Access, not ownership: staying present with whatever occurs. [EN-PL] Zoom 05.2025
May 10th 2025. Access, not ownership: staying present with whatever occurs. Zoom teachings with James Low.Polish translation: Bartłomiej CzajkowskiEnglish: youtu.be/kfxMQUKgHgAEnglish (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/_mfS_LlkYhAGerman: youtu.be/Z7VxJnXPZLQRussian: youtu.be/75h8-TP0CYIPolish: youtu.be/FrWGFSWVYPU (you are here)Spanish: youtu.be/ikMvGzk62BUPortuguese: youtu.be/pRpPhwC0wxIRomanian: yo
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Access, not ownership: staying present with whatever occurs. [EN-ES] Zoom 05.2025
May 10th 2025. Access, not ownership: staying present with whatever occurs. Zoom teachings with James Low.Spanish translation: María LleóEnglish: youtu.be/kfxMQUKgHgAEnglish (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/_mfS_LlkYhAGerman: youtu.be/Z7VxJnXPZLQRussian: youtu.be/75h8-TP0CYIPolish: youtu.be/FrWGFSWVYPUSpanish: youtu.be/ikMvGzk62BU (you are here)Portuguese: youtu.be/pRpPhwC0wxIRomanian: youtu.be/-5h
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Access, not ownership: staying present with whatever occurs. [EN-DE] Zoom 05.2025
May 10th 2025. Access, not ownership: staying present with whatever occurs. Zoom teachings with James Low.German translation: Robert JaroslawskiEnglish: youtu.be/kfxMQUKgHgAEnglish (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/_mfS_LlkYhAGerman: youtu.be/Z7VxJnXPZLQ (you are here)Russian: youtu.be/75h8-TP0CYIPolish: youtu.be/FrWGFSWVYPUSpanish: youtu.be/ikMvGzk62BUPortuguese: youtu.be/pRpPhwC0wxIRomanian: youtu
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Access, not ownership: staying present with whatever occurs. [EN-RU] Zoom 05.2025
May 10th 2025. Access, not ownership: staying present with whatever occurs. Zoom teachings with James Low.Russian translation: Marina SamarinaEnglish: youtu.be/kfxMQUKgHgAEnglish (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/_mfS_LlkYhAGerman: youtu.be/Z7VxJnXPZLQRussian: youtu.be/75h8-TP0CYI (you are here)Polish: youtu.be/FrWGFSWVYPUSpanish: youtu.be/ikMvGzk62BUPortuguese: youtu.be/pRpPhwC0wxIRomanian: youtu.b
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41 Questions & Answers. [EN-DE] Zoom 05.2025
May 7th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.1) How to cope with grief, shock, and trauma, both arising from human behaviour and from events in nature?2) Is there any such thing as enlightenment? And if there is, what is it? And is it to be gained by seeking?3) A close family member is an alcoholic. No amount of cajoling or encouraging has

41 Questions & Answers. Zoom 05.2025
May 7th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.Note: the constant cuts in this video result from the removal of James Low's periods of silence, while waiting for the consecutive translation from the German translator."(0:00) How to cope with grief, shock, and trauma, both arising from human behaviour and from events in nature?"&
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41 Questions & Answers. [EN-RU] Zoom 05.2025
May 7th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.1) How to cope with grief, shock, and trauma, both arising from human behaviour and from events in nature?2) Is there any such thing as enlightenment? And if there is, what is it? And is it to be gained by seeking?3) A close family member is an alcoholic. No amount of cajoling or encouraging has
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41 Questions & Answers. [EN-RO] Zoom 05.2025
May 7th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.1) How to cope with grief, shock, and trauma, both arising from human behaviour and from events in nature?2) Is there any such thing as enlightenment? And if there is, what is it? And is it to be gained by seeking?3) A close family member is an alcoholic. No amount of cajoling or encouraging has
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41 Questions & Answers. [EN-PT] Zoom 05.2025
May 7th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.1) How to cope with grief, shock, and trauma, both arising from human behaviour and from events in nature?2) Is there any such thing as enlightenment? And if there is, what is it? And is it to be gained by seeking?3) A close family member is an alcoholic. No amount of cajoling or encouraging has
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41 Questions & Answers. [EN-PL] Zoom 05.2025
May 7th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.1) How to cope with grief, shock, and trauma, both arising from human behaviour and from events in nature?2) Is there any such thing as enlightenment? And if there is, what is it? And is it to be gained by seeking?3) A close family member is an alcoholic. No amount of cajoling or encouraging has
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41 Questions & Answers. [EN-ES] Zoom 05.2025
May 7th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.1) How to cope with grief, shock, and trauma, both arising from human behaviour and from events in nature?2) Is there any such thing as enlightenment? And if there is, what is it? And is it to be gained by seeking?3) A close family member is an alcoholic. No amount of cajoling or encouraging has
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41 Questions & Answers. [EN-TR] Zoom 05.2025
May 7th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.1) How to cope with grief, shock, and trauma, both arising from human behaviour and from events in nature?2) Is there any such thing as enlightenment? And if there is, what is it? And is it to be gained by seeking?3) A close family member is an alcoholic. No amount of cajoling or encouraging has

We are unreliable
Full teaching on YouTube: “Illusion, delusion, confusion. London, 03.2016“.Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf27QD8cqGg

Wisdom and Compassion, Macclesfield March 2025. Part 6.
Wisdom and compassionTeachings by James Low7-8 March, 2025Location: Towley Hall, Macclesfield, EnglandWisdom 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











