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.
Herenia Rojas died on Monday, June 11th, at 1:00 pm, in Caracas, Venezuela. She was one of the first Dzogchen practitioners and members Tashigar Norte.
We deeply regret having to announce the cancellation of the teaching retreat of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in Paris from June 9 to 11, 2017. Rinpoche’s final decision came to us this morning, June 5th.
There was a retreat on the Purification of the Six Lokas with Lukas Chmelik in Olomouc, Czech Republic, May 26th – 28th, 2017.
On June 1st we organized a Vesak fish release in Nepal, in the Trishuli river. A total of 50kgs, around 19,250 fish, were released. The process was overseen by monks from the monastery of the late Khyabje Chatral Rinpoche.
New Gakyil at Pelzomling in Mexico City
Today, June 3rd, 2017, the Greenfield Recorder in Greenfield MA published an article in the Faith Matters column about Khaita and the Dzogchen Community.
The dancers, Mandarava Bricaire, Carisa O’Kelly, Will Shea and Gleitia Dukshu joyfully danced down the many blocks on a joyful excursion through New York City for the 11th Annual New York City Dance Parade.
Easter Retreat at Namgyalgar in April 2017 including Chöd practice led by Angie Gilbert , Yantra Yoga, Vajra Dance and Khaita Joyful Dancing.
There was a Green Tara and Chöd retreat in Prague, Czech Republic, with Santi Maha Sangha Instructor Costantino Albini from April 28 – May 4, 2017.
