James Low - Dzogchen and Buddhist Teachings – Détails, épisodes et analyse

12 August 2020. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

29 July 2020. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

Original video in https://youtu.be/l4iuFR8px2U?si=QoWoKS-LVWw0vzuZ

26 August 2020. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

11 November 2020. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

Original video on https://youtu.be/zkroo-0nxEo?si=IqrQsaEwLcraRRQJ

2 December 2020. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

20 January 2021. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

Original video at https://youtu.be/GbT757nEQd0?si=TfTVXfjKOY71Tr9x

10 March 2021. 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.

Index "(00:00) ⁠The qualities of the mind related to the five dhyani buddhas"

"⁠(07:57)⁠ How to reduce self-reference when distracted in practice?"

"⁠(17:30)⁠ We experience emptiness, don't we? Who is experiencing it?"

"(⁠23:53)⁠ Which dharma stories could help people today outside dharma?"

"(31:44)⁠ Are trauma serious impediments to realizing your true nature?"

Original video at https://youtu.be/cXSAdoJnKbw?si=M5-BoLgSBkdwJeFc

10 February 2021. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

Index

"(00:00) Can trekchö be done as a guided meditation? Is it a suitable practice arena for beginners?"

"(03:20) It seems there are different aspects to attraction and aversion..."

"(14:42) Could the practice of not trying to understand and to be with it lead to passivity?"

"(22:07) Can rigpa, awareness be realized and stabilized with simple resting in awareness and watching events self-liberating, like writing on water?"

"(31:35) Why does sentience or awareness or the subject seem to split into separate persons and the illusory sentient beings, while the objective world seems to be single?"

"(37:40) What is dakini energy in connection with the unborn ground of luminous experience?"

Original video at https://youtu.be/UoDGHqTiQek?si=uRKbBn-VLA5zNHXN

The Practice of Meditation. This Retreat will focus on The Mahamudra Instructions of Tipun Pema Chogyal. This short text shows us how to identify and respond to the many kinds of obstacles that can occur in practice. The aim of the retreat is to enable us to maintain calm, clear awareness whatever occurs.

Dates: 7-14 July 2024

Martin Breuger and Robert are organising. Waldemar did the audio recordings. Reiner Steiner did the video recordings.

Index

"(00:00:00) About Mahamudra and the focus of the retreat"

"(00:44:28) The ground - how are you"

"(00:53:01) Refuge"

"(01:07:55) Reciting the refuge"

"(01:11:48) Human birth - Bodhicitta"

"(01:19:27) Emptiness"

"(01:53:17) Connectivity - limits and non-duality"

"(02:05:03) Text - Notes on Mahamudra - Padma Karpo"

"(02:08:27) Ordinary consciousness - original knowing"

"(02:50:10) Text - Co-emergent yoga - the world and you"

"(03:01:38) Death and impermanence"

"(03:06:54) Precious human birth"

"(03:08:08) Suffering"

"(03:22:48) Karma"

"(03:27:19) Your assumptions about who you are"

"(03:33:36) Nine round breathing"

"(03:35:24) Polarities and dialog"

"(03:47:36) Meditation posture"

"(03:49:16) Uninvolved open available"

"(04:10:48) The Vajra posture"

"(04:33:13) Inserting the five winds into the central channel"

"(04:46:56) Regarding speech the residual winds are expelled"

"(04:57:27) Thoughts of the past and future"

"(05:05:59) Meditating on concepts"

"(05:12:28) Whatever arises in the present - mind flows as it will"

"(05:28:56) Tilopa - rest with how it is"

"(05:43:39) Non-distraction - mind isolated"

"(05:58:18) Quiet sitting"

"(05:58:54) Distracted in an ocean of clarity"

"(06:03:25) Caught in delusion"

The Mahamudra Instructions of Tipun Pema Chogyal

Text in English at https://simplybeing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Mahamudra-Instructions-Tipun-Pema-Chogyal-BT-31-01-2024.pdf

Text in German by Robert Jaroslawski at https://simplybeing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Mahamudra_Tipun_Deutsch_V.1.5_Final-1-06-02-2024.pdf

Notes on Mahamudra by Padma Karpo

in English at https://simplybeing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Notes-on-Mahamudra-Padma-Karpo-JLow-27-02-2024.pdf

in German at https://simplybeing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Notes_on_Mahamudra_Padma-Karpo_German_RJ_V.1.11_Final.pdf

Again, Jonathan (Jon) Lever has usefully prepared the topics on each day of the retreat in separate recording snippets.

For a better understanding of the retreat, each day is separate so that you can follow the flow of the teaching in the correct chronological order.

Content also available at https://simplybeing.co.uk/audio-records/the-practice-of-meditation-audio-berghof-july-2024/

14 April 2021. 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.

Index

"(00:00) How does the guru yoga of the white A relate to using Phat?"

"(03:06) How does one work with a habit of technique-based mindfulness practice with the strong presence of the watcher?"

"(10:10) The many veils of samsara are so thick. Can we truly find a way out of samsara?"

"(17:41) Over the years you have decided to translate some words or ideas differently. What is the thinking behind this?"

"(24:57) If I follow dharma, how do I enjoy life without feeling guilty that I am not studying or saying mantras?"

"(31:07) What are the possible energetic experiences when dzogchen practice is going the right way?"

"(39:02) In dzogchen, what is the meaning of the unchanging nature of our mind?"

Original video at https://youtu.be/1iHDa0mmRoA?si=ao6XayoN2lJdhXSS