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From Asia to Italy
Not many are aware that a significant part of ASIA’s work takes place in Italy, benefiting children, youth, and civil society as a whole.
Dzogchen Teachings with Yeshi Namkhai
We are happy to invite you to the Dzogchen Teachings retreat which Yeshi Namkhai will hold in the Gönpa of Merigar from the 20th to the 27th of June 2024
Chögyal Namkhai Norbu on Rules, Trust, and Being Aware
A short excerpt from the Dzogchen Community Video Journal 1 shot in the wood during a session of Karma yoga at Merigar West, Tuscany, Italy on July 2, 2003
Pictures From The Past – Interview With Aldo Oneto
In this charming and warmhearted interview, Aldo Oneto, one of the original practitioners from Italy, recounts his memories of the first retreat in Subiaco with Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in 1976.
Pictures from the Past – Memories of the Subiaco Retreat 1976
Costantino Albini, Santi Maha Sangha instructor and long time student of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, recalls the first retreat with Rinpoche in Subiaco, Italy
Being Present and Aware of Our Situation
Rinpoche used to say, especially to those students like myself who had been following him for twenty or thirty years, that we had now become like shravakas.
The New Dzamling Gar Moon Garden
Alix de Fermor, designer and creator of the new Moon Garden at Dzamling Gar, Tenerife, talks about the inspiration for the garden and its many exotic plants
Tenth Anniversary of Shang Shung Institute UK
The SSIUK presents a summary of its activities since its inception in May 2010 under the guidance and direction of the late Chögyal Namkhai Norbu
About Padmasambhava
For Tibetan Buddhists, Padmasambhava is both the mahasiddha who converted Tibet to Buddhism in the late 8th century and a kind of timeless Second Buddha, a universal spiritual principle even.
Will Beauty Save the World? – Lidiya Dzhebisahvili’s Story
In our ‘Community Artists’ feature Crimean chödma and self-taught jeweller Lidiya Dzhebisashvili talks about her creative path on her spiritual voyage.
Serenity in the Storm – Crossing the Portal
Present world circumstances are painful, a huge amount of suffering is being experienced by those who have lost their relatives, their friends, and by all