In 1995, I happened to pick up a Japanese translation of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu’s book “Wisdom of Dzogchen” and thought I wanted to meet him in my lifetime.
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The Origins of the Game Calacò
A group of practitioners from Sardinia, Italy, recount how Rinpoche created the card game Calaco while on holiday in Cala Corallina in 1995
Yoga Kids Summer Camp 2025: Yoga & Art
From late June through August, Dzamling Gar for the second time vibrated with the joyful energy of children for the second annual Yoga Kids Camp
Merigar East Autumn-Winter 2023
Although the Merigar East Gar remains in “hibernation” during the autumn-winter months, the practice is keeping active with both online and onsite programs.
A Garland of Letters
This wonderful structure was designed and created in all its finest details – each with its own precise meaning – from the mind of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu.
Speaking to the Universal – Artist Marsha Klein
‘Artists in the Dzogchen Community’ features the fascinating story of American painter and sculptor Marsha Klein.
Poet – Interview with Jacqueline Gens
Jacqueline Gens is working on a website called Language in the Sky which will offer a number of features as a virtual home for poet practitioners. The next round of events will focus on the Poetry of Witness in collaboration with poet and Tibetan translator, Constance Wilkinson relevant to current events happening in the world now.
Artist in the Community – Ricky Sued
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].
Portraits of India and Tibet (1996-2014)
A photographic exhibition by Enrico Dell’Angelo at Merigar West, Italy, 13 March-1 May, 2022, part of the activities of the “Seeds of Awareness” project
Artists in the Dzogchen Community – Larisa Rozhnova
Larisa Rozhnova, thangka painter and traveller from Russia, shares her story of meeting with Rinpoche and speaks about her artistic path.
Our Master’s Masters – Gyalse Gyurme Dorje
The fifth biography in Our Master’s Masters regards the third son and student of Adzom Drugpa, an author of several important commentaries and treatises
Our Master’s Masters – Khyenrab Chöki Öser
The fourth part of ‘Our Master’s Masters’ is a brief biography of the learned Sakya scholar and founder and teacher at the college of Öntöd monastery