Talk__QA_with_Dzogchen_Teacher_James_Low._Zoom_03.2026_w_Jon_Krop_by_Sit-Heads_Meditation_Club

So welcome, everyone.

Welcome to Sit Heads Meditation Club.

My name is John.

I help organize this group, and Sit Heads is a sitting and social group for people interested in or curious about deep meditation practice.

We're a non-sectarian group with people from all traditions and no tradition.

Everything we do is free, and if you ever want to hang out with us, you can find us at sit-heads.com. Sit-heads.com, yes.

Um, so, um, it is my absolute pleasure, uh, and honor to be here with all of you and with James Low.

Welcome, James.

Is it okay if I give a short introduction of you before we begin?

Sure.

Sure.

Please.

Okay.

Um, so James Low, as many of you already know well, is a teacher of Dzogchen, uh, the pinnacle practice of the oldest lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.

He's been practicing since the nineteen sixties and teaching since the nineteen seventies.

In the sixties, James lived in India and studied with some of the great Tibetan masters of the twentieth century, including his root teacher, Chime Rigdzin Lama.

Uh, during that time, James also did several retreats and pilgrimages in the Himalayas.

In the nineteen seventies and eighties, on his return to Europe, James studied with the renowned Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche.

Thank you.

And also began teaching at the request of C. R. Lama.

His mission, as I understand it, not to put words in his mouth, is to convey the traditional Dzogchen instructions in a way accessible to contemporary Westerners.

And, um, if you end up finding this conversation helpful, which I suspect you will, or you enjoy it, or whatever, please consider offering Dana to James.

This is not something that he asked me to say.

This is something that I'm saying of my own initiative.

Dana is a word in the Sanskrit and Pali languages that refers to donations given in the spirit of generosity and gratitude for these teachings.

A link to offer Dana is in the Zoom chat.

Dana goes to James, not to Sit Heads.

Thank you for your patience, James.

You okay for us to start our conversation?

Yeah.

Sure.

Yeah.

Fine.

[clears throat]

Okay.