James Low - Dzogchen and Buddhist Teachings Your Mind is Mahamudra. Zoom 11.2024
Dec 11, 2024
James Low, a Dzogchen and Mahamudra teacher with a background in psychotherapy, speaks on the mind’s intrinsic capacity. He explores resting in awareness versus mental content. Topics include shamatha and clarity in everyday life, Tilopa’s practical pointers, working with disturbances so they self-liberate, and the nature of self as a dynamic process.
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Self Is A Dynamic Pattern Not A Thing
- The self we habitually identify with is a dynamic pattern arising from interactions, not a fixed thing.
- James Low explains personality traits, social positioning, and preferences are transient formations dependent on situation and causes.
Use Shamatha For Stability But Stay Responsive
- Do develop shamatha to stabilize attention but recognise calm alone cannot handle life’s unpredictable demands.
- James Low advises balancing quiet stability with responsive clarity so the mind can act in real situations.
Mahamudra Sees Mind As Open Shining Participant
- Mahamudra focuses on the mind's ground: unborn openness, ceaseless luminosity, and participative embodiment.
- James Low frames these three facets as the mind's inclusive basis for experiencing and responding to life.