Buddha shows the way: a collection of public talks and teachings

by James Low

This book contains a selection of edited public talks given by James Low. They cover a wide range of topics yet share a common how to apply Buddhist teachings in our complex engagement with the modern world. We are all faced with ever increasing tasks of life maintenance as we struggle to cope with the profound impact of climate change, conflict, economic chaos, environmental and political instabilities. Moreover our own inner life is prey to habitual tendencies, impulses and blind spots so that our sense of the world is often more muddled than we imagine it to be.

The Buddhist view encourages us to see the ungraspable illusory nature of every situation in order that we might avoid being buffeted by samsara's waves of hopes and fears. With this clarity our own potential can be turned towards the benefit of the many rather than towards individual selfish pursuits.

The Buddha shows the way contains eighteen short chapters which can be read in any order so it is a book that can be dipped into according to your mood and time available.

287 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 17, 2022

About the author

Ven. Dr. James Low has been a student of the fourth incarnation of Nuden Dorje for thirty years. He studied Tibetan Buddhism in India with multiple masters and has translated multiple texts with Chhimed Rigdzin. Mr. Low works as a consulting psychotherapist in a London public hospital, and teaches dzogchen meditation around the world.

Reviews

[Dewi Rhys-jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another excellent book by James Low. As the title says, it contains a selection of pieces from talks by the author and pieces that he's written covering different aspects of Dzogchen.