James Low - Dzogchen and Buddhist Teachings

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 text Self-Liberating Understanding, which is Chapter 10 in the book "Simply Being" "Simply Being" book:- English: www.amazon.com/Simply-Being-Texts-Dzogchen-Tradition/dp/1907571019- Spanish: www.amazon.com/Simplemente-ser-James-Low/dp/8496478440The texts are available in:- English: https://simplybeing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Simply-Being-Text-Ch.-10-31-05-2023.pdf- Spanish: https://simplybeing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Chapter-10-Spanish_2024-1.pdf1/4 Take it easy. [EN-ES] Veciana 09.2025: youtu.be/JzzZaXqQPyc2/4 Take it easy. [EN-ES] Veciana 09.2025: youtu.be/LBLPBAu4OsI3/4 Take it easy. [EN-ES] Veciana 10.2025: youtu.be/R8_nNs3tdK0 (you are here)4/4 Take it easy. [EN-ES] Veciana 10.2025: [soon]Spanish translation: Mariana Orozco and María LleóOrganisers: Maica Gardia (Mayka) and Antonio Gomez CetoCover art: Peggy Anke (Pexels.com)📱 Instagram of excerpts: instagram.com/simplybeingsangha🎧 Poscasts of some teachinhgs: simplybeing.co.uk/news/podcasts/📆 Learn more about future events: simplybeing.co.uk/eventsVideo at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8_nNs3tdK0

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 retreat was only recorded in audio. The images are from the retreat 'Introduction to the Nature of the Mother of all the Buddhas. Tallinn 11.2017', based on the same text: https://youtu.be/G2x-Y9DlDb4Transcript of the retreat (may contain minor errors): https://shr.pn//hx9BAudio recording of the retreat: https://simplybeing.co.uk/audio-recordings/retreats/autumn-2010/#gonpo-wangyals-dzogchenLearn more about future events: simplybeing.co.uk/events/📱 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=RSi1ePdxil0

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 text Self-Liberating Understanding, which is Chapter 10 in the book "Simply Being" "Simply Being" book:- English: www.amazon.com/Simply-Being-Texts-Dzogchen-Tradition/dp/1907571019- Spanish: www.amazon.com/Simplemente-ser-James-Low/dp/8496478440The texts are available in:- English: https://simplybeing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Simply-Being-Text-Ch.-10-31-05-2023.pdf- Spanish: https://simplybeing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Chapter-10-Spanish_2024-1.pdfSpanish translation: Mariana Orozco and María LleóOrganisers: Maica Gardia (Mayka) and Antonio Gomez CetoCover art: Peggy Anke (Pexels.com)📱 Instagram of excerpts: instagram.com/simplybeingsangha🎧 Poscasts of some teachinhgs: simplybeing.co.uk/news/podcasts/📆 Learn more about future events: simplybeing.co.uk/eventsVideo at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBLPBAu4OsI

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 by hanging on to habits and impulses which do not function well in the world in which we find ourselves. Dzogchen, the Great Completion, is the heart of Tibetan Buddhism and it offers us a way to release ourselves from the limiting ideas that we have of ourselves so that the freshness of our simple presence can illuminate our life in a new way.These teachings and practices help us to see the fleeting nature of all experience. With this clarity we can let go of our habit of effortful striving to solidify the flow of experience. This approach to life offers us a profound choice. Either we can continue to objectify whatever occurs so that we can name it and try to shape it to fit our sense of how we want our life to be. Or we can relax and open to being part of the flow, gently influencing how we emerge as part of the circumstances we encounter.This latter approach frees us from the need to verify and analyse so that we can enjoy the freshness of each and every moment.This short retreat will introduce us to the essence of the view of Dzogchen and facilitate how we can enter into direct experience of non-dual co-emergence. There will be periods of teaching and of meditation practice.Referred text: 'Prayer Evocation of Kuntuzangpo', availabel in English, Spanish and Portuguese: https://bit.ly/4tpWxwz Turkish translation: Mustafa Mert ÇelebiCover art: Taryn Elliott (Pexels.com)📱 Instagram of excerpts: instagram.com/simplybeingsangha🎧 Poscasts of some teachinhgs: simplybeing.co.uk/news/podcasts/📆 Learn more about future events: simplybeing.co.uk/eventsVideo at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7syJlFOJeU

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 seek to open to that which is stable, an invitation, an explanation and a practice.~ James LowRecorded by Charles Lomas and Gareth Williams.Transcript of the retreat: https://bit.ly/4rtBaskAudio recording of the retreat: https://simplybeing.co.uk/audio-recordings/retreats/macclesfield-talk-no-20-equanimity/Learn more about future events: simplybeing.co.uk/events/📱 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=pqyJZ-bwCYA

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 text Self-Liberating Understanding, which is Chapter 10 in the book "Simply Being" "Simply Being" book:- English: www.amazon.com/Simply-Being-Texts-Dzogchen-Tradition/dp/1907571019- Spanish: www.amazon.com/Simplemente-ser-James-Low/dp/8496478440The texts are available in:- English: https://simplybeing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Simply-Being-Text-Ch.-10-31-05-2023.pdf- Spanish: https://simplybeing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Chapter-10-Spanish_2024-1.pdfSpanish translation: Mariana Orozco and María LleóOrganisers: Maica Gardia (Mayka) and Antonio Gomez CetoCover art: Peggy Anke (Pexels.com)📱 Instagram of excerpts: instagram.com/simplybeingsangha🎧 Poscasts of some teachinhgs: simplybeing.co.uk/news/podcasts/📆 Learn more about future events: simplybeing.co.uk/eventsVideo at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzzZaXqQPyc

James Low, a Dzogchen teacher in the Byangter and Khordong Tibetan lineages, offers concise reflections on mindfulness theory and practice. He contrasts Buddhist methods with technical approaches. He explores how Dharma intersects with psychotherapy, the nature of self-deception and impermanence, co-emergent ignorance, karma as practical consequence, and the therapist's need for wakeful responsiveness.

A fascinating discussion unfolds about Dzogchen and its application in everyday life. James Low explores the nature of mind and how it relates to modern anxieties and personal identity. He emphasizes recognizing mental processes to ease decision-making. The conversation highlights the importance of staying present, using relatable examples like dancing and encountering a baby. Listeners are encouraged to let go of preconceived narratives, embracing experience as it unfolds. Dzogchen practices are presented as simple ways to enhance awareness and cultivate ease.

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=dIOcV9CrTGs

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.co.uk/news/podcasts/📆 Learn more about future events: https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY_TK5PchC8