An excerpt from the Song of the Vajra Retreat, Hong Kong, 2012. May 19, day 4. Continued from issue 170 of The Mirror.
An excerpt from the Song of the Vajra Retreat, Hong Kong, 2012. May 19, day 4. Continued from issue 170 of The Mirror.
The Medicine Buddha Retreat was a successful result of a close and fruitful collaboration between the Tibetan Medicine School and the Gakyil of Dzamling Gar. There were around 400 registered participants from all over the world (online and onsite), of which about were 50 present onsite in the Gönpa of Dzamling Gar.
Here are the new events to look forward to in the next month. We are selecting the events of each teacher from Sangha App for you, so you can follow their work.
Early this morning, Wednesday, March 18, our dear Vajra sister Marialuisa Delogu passed away.
Vajra Dance gathering at Ievlejas, Latvia with Lithuanian, Latvian, and Estonian Sangha.
A Gar is not sustained by our spiritual intention alone. It requires work, time, skills, and resources.
The night of Sunday March 8, 2026, our Vajra sister Donatella Ciardulli passed away in Rome, Italy after a long illness.
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It was a surprising pleasure to awaken each morning to lovely birdsongs and walk through the semidarkness to the Gönpa of Dzamling Gar to begin another day of the Long Life practice of Mandarava, and to feel the presence of our Rinpoche, who 42 years ago in the cave of Mandarava in Nepal miraculously received this terma practice of Mandarava in a series of dreams.
The glang rDzi or Ox prediction explains everything that is going to happen through the image of the Ox and Oxherd.
During the retreat I often had the sense of eternity in the moment: time dilation was an unavoidable reality! The inevitable last day of the retreat arrived too soon. Namkhai Yeshi kindly gave us some simple, sound advice: relax, enjoy, try to avoid extreme feelings and behaviors that promote these feelings.
Sunday, March 1st, the second part of the Vajra Dance of the Song of the Vajra course taught by instructor Sachiko Fullita came to a close. This part focused on studying the Dance from the SAMBHARATHAMEKHACANTPA line through to the end.