James Low - Dzogchen and Buddhist Teachings

James Low
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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    Everything is within here and now

    Extract from "Me First! and the Will to Power. Zoom 03.2025": https://youtu.be/3xLfMetyBVA Transcript: Everything is within here and now. If I tell you that five years ago I was still working in the hospital, you might take that as a little plane and go off, "Oh yes, he worked in a hospital." But the hospital where I worked is not the same. The staff have changed. The administration has changed. There is nowhere to go. The thought of five years ago is here and now. So, there and then is a movie showing in the cinema of here and now. And this cinema is always open, and it shows endless movies. So, this is the nirmanakaya, or the apparitional manifestation, in which we take on many patterns and shapes, but none of them is definitive. Nobody knows me. I don't know me. We can know objects, or at least that is the delusion of the duality of subject and object. But I am not a thing, and I don't live in a world of things. All sentient beings are processes of revelation. They have the particular patterning of that kind of quality of experience, which is, if you like, their identity for a while, but that's already a reification, a solidification. Rather, we could see it as a pattern. The different birds fly in different ways. The small birds, like the sparrow and the robin, have to work very hard. Their wings are not big enough to catch the wind. But the eagle extends these huge wings and finds the wind and is carried. So, all the people we know are manifesting the unique specificity of their being in the world, which means that each encounter we have with cows and dogs and people are opportunities for us to be flexible, receptive, and responsive. This incredible diversity of forms of movement in space is not produced by the specificity of individual identity. There is no self-guaranteeing patterning machine operating in any sentient being. Our experience is participative, not separative. 📱 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=Wr9CLgpZquM

    3 min
  2. Me First! and the Will to Power. [EN-RU] Zoom 03.2025

    26 ABR

    Me First! and the Will to Power. [EN-RU] Zoom 03.2025

    14th March 2025. Me First! and the Will to Power. Zoom teachings with James Low. https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/me-first-and-the-will-to-power-zoom-march-2025/ • ME FIRST Search for the book "Me first! James Low" on the Amazon website for your desired country. Getting lost is easy, especially if we are sure that we are right. Trusting our thoughts and feelings, we act decisively and strongly and find out much later that we have gone blindly astray without realising that we were so wrong. This story shows both the havoc created by the selfish entitlement that proclaims, “Me first!” and the many faces of kindness the Buddhas manifested to tidy up the mess. The original Tibetan account explaining why the Buddhas had to manifest wrathful forms is translated in the book "This Is It" by James Low, (Simply Being, 2020). See chapter 4, "Getting Lost Invites Trouble". • MACHIG'S WAY Available in Kindle e-book and hardback on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=machig%27s+way+james A Tibetan girl's struggle to follow the path of a yogini Machig Labdron was one of Tibet's great meditation masters. She started a whole lineage of practice that still exists today. It has been incorporated in one way or another by all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The paintings on each page were inspired by her biography and illustrate her life and difficulties. Being an inspiration for Buddhist practitioners, it goes beyond the merely biographical. One thousand years ago villagers and nomads in Tibet had many expectations about how a young girl should behave. Girls were trained in all the tasks of maintaining a household and ensuring that nothing was wasted from the animals. This was the basis for a good marriage. But Machig carried within her a deep spiritual vision of a different life. Every experience she had of village life convinced her that her place was in the high hills, living in caves and devoting her life to meditation practice. Her struggle to fulfil her vision is recounted in this illustrated brief biography which includes some of her most beautiful and challenging songs. This life story of Machig Labdron is directly translated from an original Tibetan text by James Low. Paintings by Diana Collins. Each page has paintings by Diana Collins commissioned by James Low to accompany the text. They illustrate Machig Labdron’s life and difficulties in a way that hopefully brings them to life and is an inspiration for Buddhist practitioners. Russian translation: Ivan Romanchenko English: youtu.be/3xLfMetyBVA English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/m-VIwru1Rrg German: youtu.be/m-f3tE83Xko Russian: youtu.be/1BeNjR2ivh8 (you are here) Polish: youtu.be/pghmT_dCs-w Spanish: youtu.be/DlZbcJr8gas Portuguese: youtu.be/zYRhREYE0NE Romanian: youtu.be/9xkfTdskCOo Turkish: youtu.be/qBDGwApof3E Cover art: Kelly (Pexels) 📱 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=1BeNjR2ivh8

    1 h 20 min
  3. Me First! and the Will to Power. [EN-PT] Zoom 03.2025

    26 ABR

    Me First! and the Will to Power. [EN-PT] Zoom 03.2025

    14th March 2025. Me First! and the Will to Power. Zoom teachings with James Low. https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/me-first-and-the-will-to-power-zoom-march-2025/ • ME FIRST Search for the book "Me first! James Low" on the Amazon website for your desired country. Getting lost is easy, especially if we are sure that we are right. Trusting our thoughts and feelings, we act decisively and strongly and find out much later that we have gone blindly astray without realising that we were so wrong. This story shows both the havoc created by the selfish entitlement that proclaims, “Me first!” and the many faces of kindness the Buddhas manifested to tidy up the mess. The original Tibetan account explaining why the Buddhas had to manifest wrathful forms is translated in the book "This Is It" by James Low, (Simply Being, 2020). See chapter 4, "Getting Lost Invites Trouble". • MACHIG'S WAY Available in Kindle e-book and hardback on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=machig%27s+way+james A Tibetan girl's struggle to follow the path of a yogini Machig Labdron was one of Tibet's great meditation masters. She started a whole lineage of practice that still exists today. It has been incorporated in one way or another by all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The paintings on each page were inspired by her biography and illustrate her life and difficulties. Being an inspiration for Buddhist practitioners, it goes beyond the merely biographical. One thousand years ago villagers and nomads in Tibet had many expectations about how a young girl should behave. Girls were trained in all the tasks of maintaining a household and ensuring that nothing was wasted from the animals. This was the basis for a good marriage. But Machig carried within her a deep spiritual vision of a different life. Every experience she had of village life convinced her that her place was in the high hills, living in caves and devoting her life to meditation practice. Her struggle to fulfil her vision is recounted in this illustrated brief biography which includes some of her most beautiful and challenging songs. This life story of Machig Labdron is directly translated from an original Tibetan text by James Low. Paintings by Diana Collins. Each page has paintings by Diana Collins commissioned by James Low to accompany the text. They illustrate Machig Labdron’s life and difficulties in a way that hopefully brings them to life and is an inspiration for Buddhist practitioners. Portuguese translation: Milton Petruczok English: youtu.be/3xLfMetyBVA English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/m-VIwru1Rrg German: youtu.be/m-f3tE83Xko Russian: youtu.be/1BeNjR2ivh8 Polish: youtu.be/pghmT_dCs-w Spanish: youtu.be/DlZbcJr8gas Portuguese: youtu.be/zYRhREYE0NE (you are here) Romanian: youtu.be/9xkfTdskCOo Turkish: youtu.be/qBDGwApof3E Cover art: Kelly (Pexels) 📱 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=zYRhREYE0NE

    1 h 25 min
  4. Me First! and the Will to Power. [EN-PL] Zoom 03.2025

    26 ABR

    Me First! and the Will to Power. [EN-PL] Zoom 03.2025

    14th March 2025. Me First! and the Will to Power. Zoom teachings with James Low. https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/me-first-and-the-will-to-power-zoom-march-2025/ • ME FIRST Search for the book "Me first! James Low" on the Amazon website for your desired country. Getting lost is easy, especially if we are sure that we are right. Trusting our thoughts and feelings, we act decisively and strongly and find out much later that we have gone blindly astray without realising that we were so wrong. This story shows both the havoc created by the selfish entitlement that proclaims, “Me first!” and the many faces of kindness the Buddhas manifested to tidy up the mess. The original Tibetan account explaining why the Buddhas had to manifest wrathful forms is translated in the book "This Is It" by James Low, (Simply Being, 2020). See chapter 4, "Getting Lost Invites Trouble". • MACHIG'S WAY Available in Kindle e-book and hardback on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=machig%27s+way+james A Tibetan girl's struggle to follow the path of a yogini Machig Labdron was one of Tibet's great meditation masters. She started a whole lineage of practice that still exists today. It has been incorporated in one way or another by all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The paintings on each page were inspired by her biography and illustrate her life and difficulties. Being an inspiration for Buddhist practitioners, it goes beyond the merely biographical. One thousand years ago villagers and nomads in Tibet had many expectations about how a young girl should behave. Girls were trained in all the tasks of maintaining a household and ensuring that nothing was wasted from the animals. This was the basis for a good marriage. But Machig carried within her a deep spiritual vision of a different life. Every experience she had of village life convinced her that her place was in the high hills, living in caves and devoting her life to meditation practice. Her struggle to fulfil her vision is recounted in this illustrated brief biography which includes some of her most beautiful and challenging songs. This life story of Machig Labdron is directly translated from an original Tibetan text by James Low. Paintings by Diana Collins. Each page has paintings by Diana Collins commissioned by James Low to accompany the text. They illustrate Machig Labdron’s life and difficulties in a way that hopefully brings them to life and is an inspiration for Buddhist practitioners. Polish translation: Bartłomiej Czajkowski English: youtu.be/3xLfMetyBVA English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/m-VIwru1Rrg German: youtu.be/m-f3tE83Xko Russian: youtu.be/1BeNjR2ivh8 Polish: youtu.be/pghmT_dCs-w (you are here) Spanish: youtu.be/DlZbcJr8gas Portuguese: youtu.be/zYRhREYE0NE Romanian: youtu.be/9xkfTdskCOo Turkish: youtu.be/qBDGwApof3E Cover art: Kelly (Pexels) 📱 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=pghmT_dCs-w

    1 h 25 min
  5. Me First! and the Will to Power. [EN-TR] Zoom 03.2025

    26 ABR

    Me First! and the Will to Power. [EN-TR] Zoom 03.2025

    14th March 2025. Me First! and the Will to Power. Zoom teachings with James Low. https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/me-first-and-the-will-to-power-zoom-march-2025/ • ME FIRST Search for the book "Me first! James Low" on the Amazon website for your desired country. Getting lost is easy, especially if we are sure that we are right. Trusting our thoughts and feelings, we act decisively and strongly and find out much later that we have gone blindly astray without realising that we were so wrong. This story shows both the havoc created by the selfish entitlement that proclaims, “Me first!” and the many faces of kindness the Buddhas manifested to tidy up the mess. The original Tibetan account explaining why the Buddhas had to manifest wrathful forms is translated in the book "This Is It" by James Low, (Simply Being, 2020). See chapter 4, "Getting Lost Invites Trouble". • MACHIG'S WAY Available in Kindle e-book and hardback on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=machig%27s+way+james A Tibetan girl's struggle to follow the path of a yogini Machig Labdron was one of Tibet's great meditation masters. She started a whole lineage of practice that still exists today. It has been incorporated in one way or another by all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The paintings on each page were inspired by her biography and illustrate her life and difficulties. Being an inspiration for Buddhist practitioners, it goes beyond the merely biographical. One thousand years ago villagers and nomads in Tibet had many expectations about how a young girl should behave. Girls were trained in all the tasks of maintaining a household and ensuring that nothing was wasted from the animals. This was the basis for a good marriage. But Machig carried within her a deep spiritual vision of a different life. Every experience she had of village life convinced her that her place was in the high hills, living in caves and devoting her life to meditation practice. Her struggle to fulfil her vision is recounted in this illustrated brief biography which includes some of her most beautiful and challenging songs. This life story of Machig Labdron is directly translated from an original Tibetan text by James Low. Paintings by Diana Collins. Each page has paintings by Diana Collins commissioned by James Low to accompany the text. They illustrate Machig Labdron’s life and difficulties in a way that hopefully brings them to life and is an inspiration for Buddhist practitioners. Turkish translation: Mustafa mert Çelebi English: youtu.be/3xLfMetyBVA English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/m-VIwru1Rrg German: youtu.be/m-f3tE83Xko Russian: youtu.be/1BeNjR2ivh8 Polish: youtu.be/pghmT_dCs-w Spanish: youtu.be/DlZbcJr8gas Portuguese: youtu.be/zYRhREYE0NE Romanian: youtu.be/9xkfTdskCOo Turkish: youtu.be/qBDGwApof3E (you are here) Cover art: Kelly (Pexels) 📱 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=qBDGwApof3E

    1 h 26 min
  6. Me First! and the Will to Power. [EN-ES] Zoom 03.2025

    26 ABR

    Me First! and the Will to Power. [EN-ES] Zoom 03.2025

    14th March 2025. Me First! and the Will to Power. Zoom teachings with James Low. https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/me-first-and-the-will-to-power-zoom-march-2025/ • ME FIRST Search for the book "Me first! James Low" on the Amazon website for your desired country. Getting lost is easy, especially if we are sure that we are right. Trusting our thoughts and feelings, we act decisively and strongly and find out much later that we have gone blindly astray without realising that we were so wrong. This story shows both the havoc created by the selfish entitlement that proclaims, “Me first!” and the many faces of kindness the Buddhas manifested to tidy up the mess. The original Tibetan account explaining why the Buddhas had to manifest wrathful forms is translated in the book "This Is It" by James Low, (Simply Being, 2020). See chapter 4, "Getting Lost Invites Trouble". • MACHIG'S WAY Available in Kindle e-book and hardback on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=machig%27s+way+james A Tibetan girl's struggle to follow the path of a yogini Machig Labdron was one of Tibet's great meditation masters. She started a whole lineage of practice that still exists today. It has been incorporated in one way or another by all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The paintings on each page were inspired by her biography and illustrate her life and difficulties. Being an inspiration for Buddhist practitioners, it goes beyond the merely biographical. One thousand years ago villagers and nomads in Tibet had many expectations about how a young girl should behave. Girls were trained in all the tasks of maintaining a household and ensuring that nothing was wasted from the animals. This was the basis for a good marriage. But Machig carried within her a deep spiritual vision of a different life. Every experience she had of village life convinced her that her place was in the high hills, living in caves and devoting her life to meditation practice. Her struggle to fulfil her vision is recounted in this illustrated brief biography which includes some of her most beautiful and challenging songs. This life story of Machig Labdron is directly translated from an original Tibetan text by James Low. Paintings by Diana Collins. Each page has paintings by Diana Collins commissioned by James Low to accompany the text. They illustrate Machig Labdron’s life and difficulties in a way that hopefully brings them to life and is an inspiration for Buddhist practitioners. Spanish translation: Juan García Lázaro ( @juanb.garcialazaro ) English: youtu.be/3xLfMetyBVA English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/m-VIwru1Rrg German: youtu.be/m-f3tE83Xko Russian: youtu.be/1BeNjR2ivh8 Polish: youtu.be/pghmT_dCs-w Spanish: youtu.be/DlZbcJr8gas (you are here) Portuguese: youtu.be/zYRhREYE0NE Romanian: youtu.be/9xkfTdskCOo Turkish: youtu.be/qBDGwApof3E Cover art: Kelly (Pexels) 📱 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=DlZbcJr8gas

    1 h 28 min
  7. Me First! and the Will to Power. [EN-DE] Zoom 03.2025

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    Me First! and the Will to Power. [EN-DE] Zoom 03.2025

    14th March 2025. Me First! and the Will to Power. Zoom teachings with James Low. https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/me-first-and-the-will-to-power-zoom-march-2025/ • ME FIRST Search for the book "Me first! James Low" on the Amazon website for your desired country. Getting lost is easy, especially if we are sure that we are right. Trusting our thoughts and feelings, we act decisively and strongly and find out much later that we have gone blindly astray without realising that we were so wrong. This story shows both the havoc created by the selfish entitlement that proclaims, “Me first!” and the many faces of kindness the Buddhas manifested to tidy up the mess. The original Tibetan account explaining why the Buddhas had to manifest wrathful forms is translated in the book "This Is It" by James Low, (Simply Being, 2020). See chapter 4, "Getting Lost Invites Trouble". • MACHIG'S WAY Available in Kindle e-book and hardback on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=machig%27s+way+james A Tibetan girl's struggle to follow the path of a yogini Machig Labdron was one of Tibet's great meditation masters. She started a whole lineage of practice that still exists today. It has been incorporated in one way or another by all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The paintings on each page were inspired by her biography and illustrate her life and difficulties. Being an inspiration for Buddhist practitioners, it goes beyond the merely biographical. One thousand years ago villagers and nomads in Tibet had many expectations about how a young girl should behave. Girls were trained in all the tasks of maintaining a household and ensuring that nothing was wasted from the animals. This was the basis for a good marriage. But Machig carried within her a deep spiritual vision of a different life. Every experience she had of village life convinced her that her place was in the high hills, living in caves and devoting her life to meditation practice. Her struggle to fulfil her vision is recounted in this illustrated brief biography which includes some of her most beautiful and challenging songs. This life story of Machig Labdron is directly translated from an original Tibetan text by James Low. Paintings by Diana Collins. Each page has paintings by Diana Collins commissioned by James Low to accompany the text. They illustrate Machig Labdron’s life and difficulties in a way that hopefully brings them to life and is an inspiration for Buddhist practitioners. German translation: Robert Jaroslawski English: youtu.be/3xLfMetyBVA English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/m-VIwru1Rrg German: youtu.be/m-f3tE83Xko (you are here) Russian: youtu.be/1BeNjR2ivh8 Polish: youtu.be/pghmT_dCs-w Spanish: youtu.be/DlZbcJr8gas Portuguese: youtu.be/zYRhREYE0NE Romanian: youtu.be/9xkfTdskCOo Turkish: youtu.be/qBDGwApof3E Cover art: Kelly (Pexels) 📱 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=m-f3tE83Xko

    1 h 36 min

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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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