Questions & Answers 16. Zoom 10.2021

27 October 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) I follow dharma and live in a country where most people do not. I see them suffer, but they are committed to their beliefs. How might I respond?"

"(04:22) I have a lot of negative thoughts, although I try to be a good person. Where do these thoughts come from and how to stop them?"

"(09:18) How to purify the karmic effects of bad thoughts, intentions and deeds?"

"(15:08) What should we do to prepare for sleep and to prepare at the time of waking and to work with the events of the day and the night?"

"(20:04) Outer inner secret: what do these terms indicate?"

"(21:35) Say something about the relationship between the teacher and student in the present times."

"(25:35) I have the experience of nothingness with awareness, sometimes after Phat. It's vast, clear and unlimited. Is this still within duality?"

"(29:20) Are there objective natural laws spontaneously arising from the primordial ground? Or are all concepts, including the apparent relationship of cause and effect that appear in the natural world a product of ignorance?"

"(32:47) What dharma approaches can help a person with chronic illness and chronic pain, without making them feel unable, inadequate or stressed?"

Video at https://youtu.be/Pbz7R_xzOUc?si=I6ImEZaSFYTHLiN2