Some readers might remember me as a monk living in Pomaia from 1998-2014, a time when I regularly attended teachings at Merigar

Some readers might remember me as a monk living in Pomaia from 1998-2014, a time when I regularly attended teachings at Merigar
Our Vajra sister Tamara Khamdamova shares her story of meeting Rinpoche and following his teachings in the ‘How I met’ series.
When for the first time I met my root Master, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, I had an experience that I’ll never forget.
Some people believe that we have a pending task since we were born, I’m one of them and I believe mine was to find Rinpoche.
My story is very ordinary. I’d always had this keen but vague interest in Buddhism and the East but it didn’t find many opportunities to materialize.
Then someone told me that Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche was coming to Poland. I already felt Him one month before his arrival. Some big, great energy was coming!
My Name is Curzio Aloisi and how I met Rinpoche is a simple story, nothing miraculous – a story of friendship and connection.
Martin Fernandez Cufre from Buenos Aires talks about his life experiences and the path that led him to meet Chögyal Namkhai Norbu
I was born in Golok. My family was very nomadic and we moved every season, four or five times a year chasing the pasture for the animals.
Alexandru Anton from the Merigar East blue gakyil in Romania tells his story about how he met Chögyal Namkhai Norbu and where this path is taking him
Every morning I would go to Piazza Santa Maria for my ritual cappuccino at the Galeassi cafe. But one day I didn’t. That morning, something “compelled” me to turn right, in the direction of Piazza Sant’Egidio. Later on I realized why.
My mother, Zeljka Jovanovic, and I met Chögyal Namkhai Norbu together, when I was only four years old