Having entered Spring 2025, we send you warm greetings from Kunsangar South, from its sunlit blue-sky valley framed by a patchwork of hills.
Focus
Astrological Forecast – Year of the Wood Snake
There are two ways to consider the aspects of the year – to look at the condition of the outer nature of the year and the condition of beings, human beings
Merigar Clean Energy: A Step Toward Energy Independence
The Clean Energy for Merigar project was made possible through the support of the UBI which believed in our vision and contributed the necessary funds
Master Namkhai Norbu Awarded the Honor of Commander
On 10 September 2018, the Prefect of Grosseto conferred the honor of ‘Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic’ on Prof. Namkhai Norbu
Tibetan Medicine
Chögyal Namkhai Norbu and Dr. Phuntsog Wangmo talks about SSI’s Tibetan Medicine programs in the USA, Russia, and Tenerife during Losar 2018 at Dzamling Gar
Focus on the Twelve Primordial Masters
Longchenpa’s “Treasure of the Supreme Vehicle” lists the 12 Primordial Masters, the places and times in which they lived and the teachings they transmitted
The Nature of Painting by James Fox
Remember that Painters are members of an ancient cult. They worship the Sun. And they understand that the light of the sun is an analog of the luminosity of the enlightened mind in the space of nature, just as Picasso understood that the bull fight was an ancient Sun cult sacrifice ritual, the deep metaphor is there, waiting to be seen.
A Brief Introduction to the Life and Poetry of ‘Jam-dbyangs Chos-sgron
An excerpt from ‘The Luminous Necklace of Pearls’ by Iacobella Gaetani introducing the life and poetry of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu’s elder sister
Ten Days of Vajra Dance to Celebrate the Twenty Years of Dejamling in France
To celebrate the twenty years of our garden of Infinite Bliss, we had the great honor to welcome Prima May, International Teacher of the International Dzogchen Community, for the Vajra Dance in May 2018.
Memories of Latvia
It was decided to hold a retreat in a coastal resort town called Jurmala, on the Baltic Sea beach, in a former military sanatorium. The sessions took place in the so-called Winter Garden.
Sheryl Jaffe – Artist, Art Teacher and Master Paper Maker
After traveling to Japan, I understood that paper could become anything, shelter, doors, balloons, and scrolls. Drawings and writings, ideas, thoughts and images from the 9th century can be here with us in the present, because of paper as their vehicle.
Interview with Catherine Simmonds – Actress and Director
It’s now 25 years on and my work has helped to powerfully engage diverse communities in addressing some of the most pressing issues of our time, including; intercultural relationships, changing values across the generations, public and private violence, trafficked women, changing futures for indigenous people, mental health, addiction, the asylum seeker story and the potential of an intercultural world. One of my performances ‘Journey of Asylum – Waiting’ was published in an anthology of plays about asylum seekers.