“Bringing Presence into Your Life” is the motto at Merigar East in Romania, and it’s a reality that unfolds here every moment.
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Namgyalgar Australia June 2024 Report
We held an April weekend Gakyil meeting at the Gar. It was a wonderful and harmonious meeting, a day and a half of discussions of immediate needs
Kumar Kumari Yantra Yoga for Children
The practice of this precious form of children’s yoga has come a long way since it was first taught in a small primary school close to Merigar in the 1990s
Pictures from the Past – A Tibetan Master in Naples
Early days of Rinpoche’s life in Naples and his first teachings in the 1970s before the Dzogchen Community was established in Tuscany.
The Potential of the Vajra Dance
At this time, lacking the nirmanakaya form of our precious Master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, many doubts, questions and reflections arise in our minds.
How I Met My Perfect Teacher – Karin Koppensteiner
There are so many aspects of the relationship between a Master and disciple. Eventually the example of the Master will manifest in the disciple. Then, that is what I feel, Teacher and student really meet.
A Year in the Library
At the end of 2019, when the project “Working with the words and texts of Master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu and Tibetan Buddhism” was launched in the Library, no one could have imagined how much more complicated everything would be in the year to come.
BE ANGRY by The Dalai Lama
BE ANGRY is a pocket size manual of accessible and terse instructions, perspectives and affirmations easily referenced as we navigate the tsunami of injustice and imbalance we face.
Thoughts & Reflections from Some SMS Instructors
On request of The Mirror, some SMS-instructors would like to share with you some thoughts and reflections regarding newcomers and existing members of the Community, after the passing of our beloved Master.
Silvia Nakkach: The Space in Between a Cloud and a Sound
If I tell my story from the present time, I sometimes wonder if I am a musician or a sound artist. I feel more like a sculptor that shapes sound molding time in space. It makes sense, my last name Nakkach means artisan, and if I separate the N-from the akkach, it sounds like akash, meaning ‘clear space’, ‘sky’ in Indian Cosmology.
Annual General Meeting of the International Dzogchen Community 2020
October 30. Dzamling Gar, Tenerife – Opening speech by Steven Landsberg, President of the IG
Update from Kunsangar South, Crimea
It’s not easy to sum up the results of this year as most of our plans were cancelled or re-scheduled, nevertheless life goes on despite the unstable situation in the world.