Naomi Zeitz

The 9th Annual Summer Sangha Retreat (SSR)

What a wonderful and inspiring retreat.  The powerful energy for this retreat was clearly foreshadowed by two spectacular thunderstorms with wind and driving rain during the first two days of events. 

Khaita in Melbourne, Australia

Khaita in Melbourne, Australia

Many thanks to Namgyalgar and Samyasling Gakyils for collaborating with Shang Shung Institute Australia to make these events happen, and many thanks to Topgyal and Tsering for sharing their knowledge, expertise and enjoyment with us!

Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening

Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening

Jacqueline Gens reviewed Goldstein’s Mindfulness, A Practical Guide to Awakening, which is a commentary and treasure trove of information by someone who has spent most of his life in formal meditation under the severest conditions found in Burmese and Thai monastic vicars…

Retreat at Namgyalgar with Chögyal Namkhai Norbu

Retreat at Namgyalgar with Chögyal Namkhai Norbu

The day before Rinpoche’s arrival at Namgyalgar in the tropical north of Australia, the rain turned into a fine mist, falling all day and completely obscuring the unique volcanic landforms which rise up like guardian sentinels from the coastal plain.