42 Questions & Answers. [EN-RU] Zoom 06.2025

June 4th 2025. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer.

1) Is consciousness and mind the same in Buddhism? Is my mind which is deluded and has its own habits and tendencies the same as the mind which is primordial, unborn and clear? If so why is the mind which I call mine deluded?

2) Are the explanations about karma and rebirth offered by traditional Buddhism part of a theory or belief or is it part of experience? Is it under the domain of consciousness or the domain of awareness? Does it make sense to practice Dzogchen without fully accepting these theories?

3) What does it mean if a rinpoche bangs you on the head or gives you a shock?

4) The luminous mind that we all have: is it also a compounded phenomena? If yes, how do we know when it is present and when not?

5) Can a mind involved in conceptual elaboration ever generate compassion or loving kindness? Right mindfulness is one aspect of the eight-fold path. What are instances of wrong mindfulness? How do I guard against wrong mindfulness?

6) In the White A practice, can we eventually include a Padmasambhava visualization with the three colors, the ball that radiates white light and drops into our heart, etc., or the practice of visualizing the tube that goes from the crown of our head to the perineum and then expands?

7) We have some experience within the Theravada and Zen traditions; now we start to explore Dzogchen. What would you recommend: pointing out instructions, initiation, long-term retreat?

8) Is there a practice that can be used to improve someone's situation? How would this work?

English: youtu.be/xnsfHHP9vRs

English (without silence cuts): youtu.be/Z5vLJzeK4fo

German: youtu.be/Z6MKqkIVY48

Russian: youtu.be/b-i8VP36Ozs (you are here)

Polish: youtu.be/r4g3DkxASwQ

Spanish: youtu.be/tyWlgXr2RHU

Portuguese: youtu.be/UOc2Bi_XuYQ

Romanian: youtu.be/GrmoLpoUMvY

Russian translation: Marina Samarina

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