[…] activities of the Dzogchen Community. Therefore, many of the cultural activities of SSF have migrated to the ATIF, such as open courses of Yantra Yoga, Vajra Dance, Khaita Dances, and Meditation, as well as the Tibetan Medicine and the Tibetan Language departments. Merigar’s Archive and the Library, even though they formally remain within the […]
[…] been a method to strengthen and benefit the wellbeing of a Community, which is one reason why, in the last years of his life, Rinpoche also developed Khaita Joyful Dances in which everyone can spontaneously and immediately participate, with or without transmission, with meaningful songs, inviting his students to sing and dance together every […]
[…] Marty’s Halfway House on the road from Castlebar to Westport in County Mayo. We proceeded with a classic community mix of sitting practice interspersed with Yantra Yoga, Khaita, Vajra Dance, food, drink and chat. Various members volunteered to cook and our bellies were well-filled with delicious meals from Euro-veggie to Yakult pancakes and Tibetan […]
[…] that in the future, with the ASR also happening in April every year, that more and more IDC members will attend the April AGM at Dzamling Gar. Khaita in the new Gönpa Participants All photos by Lesya Cherenkova The 6th Annual IDC General Members Meeting This year at Dzamling Gar the IDC again held its […]
[…] explains, “in how we perceive and respond to experience.” For those of us in the Dzogchen Community used to the highly formalized practices of Vajra Dance and Khaita, both of which demand hours of concentrated application simply to master the basic steps, such comparatively free approaches seem lacking in a sense of discipline, or […]
[…] 8th August) in his captivating style of merging Eastern knowledge and esoterism with Western philosophy. Autumn is very dynamic at Merigar East, opening with a Drajyor and Khaita Course hosted by Fabian Sanders and Monika Walczak (28th August – 1st September) followed by an intensive Tibetan Language Beginners’ Course with Fabian Sanders (2nd – […]
[…] Among the many details he stressed ‘autonomy and self-sustainability’ that has to inform every project and each discipline of the Ati Foundation. There was opportunity to do Khaita dances and Vajra Dance during the retreat, and before and after the retreat two courses of Yantra Yoga were led by instructor Oni McInstry. During the […]
[…] and mind—to the continuation of the Teaching. It’s not a number, or a passport, or a card, that lets us do stuff like Yantra Yoga, Vajra Dance, Khaita or other courses, or Retreats with Rinpoche (of course many of those are now offered on the donation basis of Generosity). It’s how we support Rinpoche’s […]
[…] is based on the transcription of two informal talks by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu giving a profound explanation of the Dzamling Gar Song and Dance: one following a Khaita session at Tashigar South, Argentina, in March 2013 and the other in Tenerife, Spain, in November 2013. Tashigar South, Argentina, March 2013 zàm líŋ kyon gyĭ […]
[…] Essays on Movement and Dance in Western Buddhism’, many photos and some reports on courses around the world in Yantra Yoga, Vajra Dance, Santi Maha Sangha and Khaita Dances, a story by Jennifer Baird of being a visual artist and the relationship to the teachings and a moving piece on ‘How I Met Chögyal […]
