This summer a large number of young karmayogis worked on renewing the decorations of the outer ring ceiling inside the Merigar Gönpa.
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Yantra Yoga from A to Z – The Encore starts October 6th
Last year the Yantra Yoga department of ATIF ran an online course in English for the world-wide audience. Yantra Yoga from A to Z comprises the complete open level of Yantra Yoga. The very first course of this nature was held in Spanish, (now running for the second time), and then in Italian (also due to run again).
Summer Adventures at Merigar East!
This summer we welcomed practitioners from Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania, Spain, Italy, Argentina, Czech R., USA
Forty Years of Merigar
2021 marks a symbolic moment in the life of Merigar. In fact, forty years have passed since the ‘Podere Nuovo’ farmhouse and land was bought and began to develop as the first center of the International Dzogchen Community.
History of the Minsk Dzogchen Community
Ruslan Malakhovskiy shares his recollections on the birth and development of the Minsk Dzogchen Community.
Summer at the Eastern European Gar
This summer was a full one for Merigar East, with many reasons to celebrate. The lifting of some travel limitations made it possible for us to complete the filling of the second Stupa.
SSI UK Fish Release with Drugu Choegyal Rinpoche
On July’s full moon, at Bagnas tal lake in Nepal, we had the good fortune to have a fish release and blessing conducted by Drugu Choegyal Rinpoche.
Video Interview with Giorgio Dallorto
Interview with long time student of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu about his meeting with Rinpoche and life in the Dzogchen Community.
Heart Advice from Changchub Dorje
The Heart Advice from the Tibetan meditation master Nyakla Jangchub Dorje: A Concise Teaching on Seeing, Deepening, Responding and Arriving according to Dzogpa Chenpo Kadak Trekcho.
Interview with Menpa Phuntsog Wangmo about Covid 19, Vaccines and Protecting Each Other
In this interview Menpa Phuntsog Wangmo, the Director of the Shang Shung Institute School of Tibetan Medicine located in Conway, Massachusetts, USA, talks about Covid 19, the vaccine, as well as diagnosis, treatment and prevention in terms of Tibetan Medicine. For more information about Menpa Phuntsog Wangmo and the Tibetan Medicine School: https://mass.tibetanmedicineschool.org/
The Word and the Master
In the following pages I will deepen the theme of the Master’s relationship with the disciple, and the value of his word, also through references to Western culture.
Dzogchen Artist Frederica Henrieta Hegedus
My name is Frederica Henrieta Hegedus and I paint and design jewelry. I come from the city of Košice in Slovakia, which is where I was born, however, I feel like a citizen of the Earth.