Öser Chenma Practice Retreat January 2-5 with two practice sessions per day at 10:00 and 16:00. On Friday 6 Full Moon Ganapuja in person & webcast 18.30.
COMMUNITY NEWS
Letter to the Sangha of Merigar
We are delighted to inform you that Yeshi Silvano Namkhai has accepted our request to be the Spiritual Guide of the Dzogchen Community of Merigar
Merigar West Weekly Program 26-31 December
December 27-31 Shine and Lhagthong retreat. New Year’s Eve, dinner and celebration. 1st January at 17:00 Short Ganapuja with Invocation of Samantabhadra.
SMS & Kumbhaka Training
Santi Maha Sangha and Kumbhaka training retreat with Oni McKinstry and Arnaud Coquillard at Namgyalgar, Australia, April 29 – May 2, 2016.
News from DC Yeselling and SSI Austria
Yeselling, the Ling of the International Dzogchen Community in Austria, has moved to a new location. The new place is the new location of Yeselling and of the Shang Shung Institute Austria.
The Mirror and Zerkalo
We are very happy to inform you that members of the IDC can now freely download the current and back issues of The Mirror and Zerkalo from dzogchen.net, the IDC website
Handicraft Present for the Maestro
Svetlana Belkina from Sochi, Russia, talks about the history of the Song of Vajra text embroidery which is now hanging in the Gönpa at Dzamling Gar, Tenerife
Grass Roots Fundraising
For the past year, Rinpoche has set us a strong example in fundraising innovation through Evolution Creations. In the last season, some industrious individuals have followed this example and have been producing products that are used to raise money for the Gar.
Birth, Life and Death in the Tibetan Tradition
A Course covering the whole cycle of our existence according to the vision of Tibetan Medicine and the Teaching, was held in three parts in Venice, Italy with Luigi Vitiello
Died – Joan Casey
Joan Casey passed away on April 12, 2016 at 9am. Joan’s dear old friend and Dzogchen Community member, Nora, was with her along with her husband John. Please add our sister Joan to any practices, prayers and shitro.
Died – Dušan Obernauer
Our dear Vajra brother Dušan Obernauer from the Slovak Dzogchen community passed away on April 9, 2016.
Vajra Dance Teachers Meeting
There was a Vajra Dance Teachers Meeting from April 4-5, 2016 at Dzamling Gar in Spain