One day in 1980, when I was heartbroken and lonely in Boudhanath near Kathmandu, a Spanish Tibetan nun waved in a friendly way from the stupa.
How I Met
How I Met Chögyal Namkhai Norbu – John Groeneveld
Some readers might remember me as a monk living in Pomaia from 1998-2014, a time when I regularly attended teachings at Merigar
How I Met Chögyal Namkai Norbu – Tamara Khamdamova
Our Vajra sister Tamara Khamdamova shares her story of meeting Rinpoche and following his teachings in the ‘How I met’ series.
How I Met Chögyal Namkhai Norbu
So one day in 2017, in the middle of my writing, at the beginning of December, I was at the table and I was writing and I close my laptop and start to do something else, and this day I was really focused on one thought, “I found everything but I never found a master who was able to teach me the techniques of meditation.”
How I Met Chögyal Namkhai Norbu
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.
Francesco’s Story – How I Met Chögyal Namkhai Norbu
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.
Yatzek’s Story – How I Met Chögyal Namkhai Norbu
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!
Curzio’s Story – How I Met Chögyal Namkhai Norbu
My Name is Curzio Aloisi and how I met Rinpoche is a simple story, nothing miraculous – a story of friendship and connection.
Martin’s Story – How I Met Chögyal Namkhai Norbu
Martin Fernandez Cufre from Buenos Aires talks about his life experiences and the path that led him to meet Chögyal Namkhai Norbu
Rabjyi’s Story – How I Met 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.
How I Met Chögyal Namkhai Norbu
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
How I Met Chögyal Namkhai Norbu
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.