“If we don’t take an interest in translations, there cannot be a continuation of the Teaching”. Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, 1981
Focus
An Invitation to Enjoy and to Join Tashigar Norte!
Would you like to spend some months in an environment of practice, sun, sea with the possibility to work online or dedicate your time to a retreat?
Uncertainty In Times Of Change
This talk by Costantino Albini was the first in a monthly series of cultural gatherings entitled DZG Talks held at the global Gar in Tenerife
Khaita – The Warmth of Our Life Force
Rinpoche explains that this song is important because it reminds Tibetans not to forget their language and culture. Rinpoche gave these comments at Merigar West in July of 2016 during a session of Khaita Joyful Dances.
Translating Feeling into Form
Young Italian artist Sofia Cacciapaglia talks about her approach to painting and opening to the new world of design and fashion
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.