1st March 2025. Effortful selectivity and effortless non selectivity. Zoom teachings with James Low.

https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/q-and-a-34-saturday-mar-2025/

0:00 Morning session 1

1:11:22 Morning session 2

2:16:26 Afternoon session 1

3:27:23 Afternoon session 2

Russian translation: Marina Samarina

English: youtu.be/zakRXkX84AA

English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/jx8_jV6eoqk

German: youtu.be/ZpX2GE85g-U

Russian: youtu.be/sFO_SuRSxg0 (you are here)

Spanish: youtu.be/6SjnZ0Qwi4E

Portuguese: youtu.be/xVJ8ou6L_6g

Romanian: youtu.be/kI1qkcK4B6Q

Turkish: youtu.be/M4RHyVz-ARY

Italian: youtu.be/8Kgiqx3c2HE

Cover photo: Ruvim Miksanskiy

📱 Instagram of excerpts: https://instagram.com/SBSangha_JamesLow

🎧 Poscasts of some teachings: https://simplybeing.co.uk/news/podcasts/

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Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFO_SuRSxg0

1st March 2025. Effortful selectivity and effortless non selectivity. Zoom teachings with James Low.

https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/q-and-a-34-saturday-mar-2025/

0:00 Morning session 1

1:13:12 Morning session 2

2:18:24 Afternoon session 1

3:29:22 Afternoon session 2

Romanian translation: Viorica Constantinescu

English: youtu.be/zakRXkX84AA

English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/jx8_jV6eoqk

German: youtu.be/ZpX2GE85g-U

Russian: youtu.be/sFO_SuRSxg0

Spanish: youtu.be/6SjnZ0Qwi4E

Portuguese: youtu.be/xVJ8ou6L_6g

Romanian: youtu.be/kI1qkcK4B6Q (you are here)

Turkish: youtu.be/M4RHyVz-ARY

Italian: youtu.be/8Kgiqx3c2HE

Cover photo: Ruvim Miksanskiy

📱 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=kI1qkcK4B6Q

1st March 2025. Effortful selectivity and effortless non selectivity. Zoom teachings with James Low.

https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/q-and-a-34-saturday-mar-2025/

0:00 Morning session 1

1:12:58 Morning session 2

2:19:05 Afternoon session 1

3:31:55 Afternoon session 2

Portuguese translation: Milton Petruczok

English: youtu.be/zakRXkX84AA

English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/jx8_jV6eoqk

German: youtu.be/ZpX2GE85g-U

Russian: youtu.be/sFO_SuRSxg0

Spanish: youtu.be/6SjnZ0Qwi4E

Portuguese: youtu.be/xVJ8ou6L_6g (you are here)

Romanian: youtu.be/kI1qkcK4B6Q

Turkish: youtu.be/M4RHyVz-ARY

Italian: youtu.be/8Kgiqx3c2HE

Cover photo: Ruvim Miksanskiy

📱 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=xVJ8ou6L_6g

1st March 2025. Effortful selectivity and effortless non selectivity. Zoom teachings with James Low.

https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/q-and-a-34-saturday-mar-2025/

Italian translation: Rosanna D'Urso

English: youtu.be/zakRXkX84AA

English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/jx8_jV6eoqk

German: youtu.be/ZpX2GE85g-U

Russian: youtu.be/sFO_SuRSxg0

Spanish: youtu.be/6SjnZ0Qwi4E

Portuguese: youtu.be/xVJ8ou6L_6g

Romanian: youtu.be/kI1qkcK4B6Q

Turkish: youtu.be/M4RHyVz-ARY

Italian: https://youtu.be/8Kgiqx3c2HE (you are here)

Cover art: Ruvim Miksanskiy

📱 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=8Kgiqx3c2HE

1st March 2025. Effortful selectivity and effortless non selectivity. Zoom teachings with James Low.

https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/q-and-a-34-saturday-mar-2025/

0:00 Morning session 1

1:13:07 Morning session 2

2:18:44 Afternoon session 1

3:30:00 Afternoon session 2

Spanish translation: María Lleó

English: youtu.be/zakRXkX84AA

English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/jx8_jV6eoqk

German: youtu.be/ZpX2GE85g-U

Russian: youtu.be/sFO_SuRSxg0

Spanish: youtu.be/6SjnZ0Qwi4E (you are here)

Portuguese: youtu.be/xVJ8ou6L_6g

Romanian: youtu.be/kI1qkcK4B6Q

Turkish: youtu.be/M4RHyVz-ARY

Italian: youtu.be/8Kgiqx3c2HE

Cover photo: Ruvim Miksanskiy

📱 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=6SjnZ0Qwi4E

1st March 2025. Effortful selectivity and effortless non selectivity. Zoom teachings with James Low.

https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/q-and-a-34-saturday-mar-2025/

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.

0:00 Morning session 1

42:07 Morning session 2

1:20:45 Afternoon session 1

2:03:35 Afternoon session 2

English: youtu.be/zakRXkX84AA (you are here)

English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/jx8_jV6eoqk

German: youtu.be/ZpX2GE85g-U

Russian: youtu.be/sFO_SuRSxg0

Spanish: youtu.be/6SjnZ0Qwi4E

Portuguese: youtu.be/xVJ8ou6L_6g

Romanian: youtu.be/kI1qkcK4B6Q

Turkish: youtu.be/M4RHyVz-ARY

Italian: youtu.be/8Kgiqx3c2HE

Full transcript: https://bit.ly/TrcptJL-ESENS-Z03-2025

Cover photo: Ruvim Miksanskiy

📱 Instagram of excerpts: https://instagram.com/SBSangha_JamesLow

🎧 Poscasts of some teachings: https://simplybeing.co.uk/news/podcasts/

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Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zakRXkX84AA

1st March 2025. Effortful selectivity and effortless non selectivity. Zoom teachings with James Low.

https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/q-and-a-34-saturday-mar-2025/

0:00 Morning session 1

1:25:01 Morning session 2

2:38:15 Afternoon session 1

3:58:36 Afternoon session 2

German translaton: Robert Jaroslawski

English: youtu.be/zakRXkX84AA

English (withou silence cuts): youtu.be/jx8_jV6eoqk

German: youtu.be/ZpX2GE85g-U (you are here)

Russian: youtu.be/sFO_SuRSxg0

Spanish: youtu.be/6SjnZ0Qwi4E

Portuguese: youtu.be/xVJ8ou6L_6g

Romanian: youtu.be/kI1qkcK4B6Q

Turkish: youtu.be/M4RHyVz-ARY

Italian: youtu.be/8Kgiqx3c2HE

Cover art: Ruvim Miksanskiy

📱 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=ZpX2GE85g-U

Extracted from "1/2 The natural condition and the state of delusion. Eifel 04.2018": https://youtu.be/LKoRR45eano

Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0oF1P36wnk

March 19th 2025. 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.

"(0:00) Would you give a systematic and comprehensive overview of Tibetan Buddhism, starting from the Ngöndro onto the more elaborate practices?"

"(2:33) How to be spontaneous rather than impulsive? To trust the ground rather than our ego and its habits? Is it an either/or choice?"

"(5:08) How can I be confident that my spontaneity is ethical and fitting?"

"(7:20) Is there a dream component to the practice? That is to say, can sleep time be optimized?"

"(14:44) How do Dzogchen teachings address the relationship between memory and awareness, particularly in the context of conditions like Alzheimer’s disease? As the cognitive mind deteriorates, does the connection to rigpa, our primordial awareness, remain accessible? How can practitioners or caregivers support this connection for those experiencing such decline?"

"(26:32) I’m curious about the intersection or balance between pure openness and the aiming, striving, and recalibrating of being all that one can be, as a human, for the benefit of all."

"(31:56) Will the sense of doership and identity dissolve over time if one doesn’t pay heed to them?"

"(39:30) Sometimes when I meditate, I feel free and that there is no lack and that the mind has everything it needs, and this brings a surge of joy and love. During these moments, I find that pride and feelings of envy or divisiveness become very thin. Is this a good practice to continue?"

"(45:10) With my background in the Mahayana tradition, my question is: Is it possible to practice with both approaches? Is it possible, for example, to meditate on compassion while in the same moment recognizing that this is an expression of our innate Buddha nature?"

"(49:26) Explain more about the White A practice and how it can be nonconceptual."

English: youtu.be/coOZbmb6ssk (you are here)

English (without silence cuts): youtu.be/VOTYT0j_564

German: youtu.be/Xe-t0WDFsLA

Russian: youtu.be/0AviClOU50c

Polish: youtu.be/DgYhM5MrtdU

Spanish: youtu.be/Lrddps6XrLo

Portuguese: youtu.be/slPShIBlqj0

Romanian: youtu.be/rttzqIOFf34

Turkish: youtu.be/OALQ7zu137s

Playlist “Questions & Answers. Zoom 07.2020 –”: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv-KZQo9b6hRc2WtJW4KWXp8GefCiVa-R

📱 Instagram of excerpts: https://instagram.com/SBSangha_JamesLow

🎧 Poscasts of some teachinhgs: https://simplybeing.co.uk/news/podcasts/

📆 Learn more about future events: https://simplybeing.co.uk/events

Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coOZbmb6ssk

March 19th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) Would you give a systematic and comprehensive overview of Tibetan Buddhism, starting from the Ngöndro onto the more elaborate practices?

2) How to be spontaneous rather than impulsive? To trust the ground rather than our ego and its habits? Is it an either/or choice?

3) How can I be confident that my spontaneity is ethical and fitting?

4) Is there a dream component to the practice? That is to say, can sleep time be optimized?

5) How do Dzogchen teachings address the relationship between memory and awareness, particularly in the context of conditions like Alzheimer’s disease? As the cognitive mind deteriorates, does the connection to rigpa, our primordial awareness, remain accessible? How can practitioners or caregivers support this connection for those experiencing such decline?

6) I’m curious about the intersection or balance between pure openness and the aiming, striving, and recalibrating of being all that one can be, as a human, for the benefit of all.

7) Will the sense of doership and identity dissolve over time if one doesn’t pay heed to them?

8) Sometimes when I meditate, I feel free and that there is no lack and that the mind has everything it needs, and this brings a surge of joy and love. During these moments, I find that pride and feelings of envy or divisiveness become very thin. Is this a good practice to continue?

9) With my background in the Mahayana tradition, my question is: Is it possible to practice with both approaches? Is it possible, for example, to meditate on compassion while in the same moment recognizing that this is an expression of our innate Buddha nature?

10) Explain more about the White A practice and how it can be nonconceptual.

English: youtu.be/coOZbmb6ssk

English (without silence cuts): youtu.be/VOTYT0j_564

German: youtu.be/Xe-t0WDFsLA

Russian: youtu.be/0AviClOU50c

Polish: youtu.be/DgYhM5MrtdU

Spanish: youtu.be/Lrddps6XrLo

Portuguese: youtu.be/slPShIBlqj0

Romanian: youtu.be/rttzqIOFf34

Turkish: youtu.be/OALQ7zu137s (you are here)

Turkish translation: Mustafa mert Çelebi

Playlist “Sorular & Cevaplar. [EN-TR] 11.2024 –": youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv-KZQo9b6hQ2b2N93yX5d796St7gMDkC

📱 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=OALQ7zu137s