Rinpoche used to say that Margarita could be a place for some of us to retire to. A place to practice and grow old together. He also referred to the power of the region with respect to local guardians and the potential benefits for this part of the world.
Tibetan Year of the Wood Snake
Umdze Training for Mandarava with Adriano Clemente from February 24-25, 2025 at Dzamling Gar.
From May 27-29, 2022, Dzamling Gar, Atiyoga Foundation and the Ayutamiento of Adeje hosted a special event and lecture series, Pilgrimages to Emptiness, Rethinking Reality through Quantum Physics with Shantena Augusto Sabbadini, Ph.D. in the Gönpa of Dzamling Gar.
The Tajaraste Festival presented performances by various folk groups and the Tajaraste Cultural Association. It was a special honor that Khaita was invited to participate in this important Tenerife event as a representation of folk music and dance from Tibet presented by the now well known Atiyoga Foundation and Dzamling Gar Community in the south of the island.
On April 30th, we had the first public event of this kind in the Gönpa of Dzamling Gar, the first of hopefully many to come. It was a collaboration of Atiyoga Foundation, Dzamling Gar, Iskcon and local Yoga instructors in an important event for our Community to welcome everyone into our home! It was a beautiful afternoon and a great success.
It was the first time for us to operate this type of retreat, so it was a bit of trial and error, but everyone’s shining faces and the improvement in dancing made me feel deep joy and very satisfied. I would like to thank Anna Apraksina, the other Vajra Dance instructor, the participants, the Gakyil, all those who helped and especially to our Master. I am so grateful to all of them.
Then I started to discover playing music. The plays I did were always closely related to music, in fact we did an Rock Opera with friends and great musicians in 1983. But I was always on the other side, directing, staging, or writing. When I turned fifty, my friend Marisa gave me an acoustic guitar and from that moment on I began to study guitar, then sax, then piano and finally the bandoneon [ed. a type of concertino].
At the door, is a pile of stuff. I am looking at it with the eye of measurement. Why? The pile looks paltry. True, it is colorful, a mound of sweaters, and not just any ones, these are all cashmere, some made in Scotland, the very best quality. At the same time, they are not the best because they are second hand, culled from charity shops and thrifting.
I think my exposure to Buddhism happened when I was about sixteen and still in High School. I had a friend who knew some other people and one of those people happened to be an owner of a bookstore. We were able to go there, and most if his books were on Buddhism.
Vajrasattva Purification from the Longsal Cycle Practice Retreat December 9-13, 2021 at Dzamling Gar: This retreat is finished. I want to thank the Gakyil of Dzamling Gar for inviting me and for making this opportunity possible. I also want to thank everybody who collaborated for this retreat.
Losar Tashi Deleg to everybody and everywhere! Today we celebrate together the first day of the Water Tiger year. Instead of the usual Losar performance, we’ll welcome the new year with the practice of singing and dancing Khaita.
