Episode Details

30 July - 9 August 2025. Seeing and imagining. Dzogchen retreat with James Low at Casa de Exercícios de Santo Inácio, Colares, in Sintra, Portugal.

Imagining is the play of the ground source. If the source is seen then all that is imagined is non-dual illusion, like a mirage or a dream. If the ground source is not seen and opened to then all that is imagined is reified and then we experience ourselves as existents in a world of existents.

~ James Low

Texts translated from the Tibetan into various languages:

• The Record of the Heart-felt Advice of the Dakini, Indestructible Glorious Lamp: https://simplybeing.co.uk/texts-and-transcripts/translations/heartfelt-advice-ayu-khandro/

• Uncovering the Presence of the Mother of all the Buddhas: a treasure text of Gonpo Wangyal: https://simplybeing.co.uk/texts-and-transcripts/estonian/gonpo-wangyal-text-mother-buddhas/

Audio recording of this video: https://bit.ly/4iUQ8ov

Portuguese translators: Madalena Pedroza & Milton Petruczok

Spanish translator: Juan García Lázaro (@juanb.garcialazaro) & Mariana Orozco

"(0:00) Mariana Orozco (ES)"

"(1:17:09) Madalena Pedroza (PT)"

"(2:08:51) Mariana Orozco (ES)"

"(3:21:39) Milton Petruczok (PT)"

"(4:21:08) Mariana Orozco (ES)"

"(5:40:39) Madalena Pedroza (PT)"

"(6:35:19) Juan García Lázaro (ES)"

"(8:12:57) Milton Petruczok (PT)"

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Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFrnBs_Zn2k