James Low – Dzogchen and Buddhist Teachings
28 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) Why do stories belong in the house of compassion and not in the house of wisdom?" "(04:43) How do the visualization's practices of tantra relate to dzogchen?" "(09:21) How can we lose our sense of ourselves by experiencing ourselves as Padmasambhava or a deity?" "(12:25) How does anger relate to the water element? How can it be transformed into mirror-like wisdom? How does this mirror-like wisdom differ from the wisdom of dharmadhatu?" "(16:18) How to release recurring karmic patterns such as fear and anxiety, which hinder the recognition of open presence?" "(20:19) How to discern a thought as it arises rather than suddenly finding oneself lost in the thought or. carried away by it?" "(28:10) How to spread the truth of dharma, for example, impermanence and karma, when obscurations are everywhere and emotions like anger are intense?" "(33:13) Is it still possible to have a guru-student relationship today?"
Original video at https://youtu.be/As9haJCwIh0?si=K0s6byyFRWMynqyc