The Shang Shung Institute UK (SSI UK) is pleased to showcase its (ongoing) yearly activities report for the year 2023.
FEATURES
10th Anniversary of Dzamling Gar
The two day festival on December 2 and 3 included a gala evening event on December 2 with honorary speeches, music and dancing and on December 3 public presentations of Yantra Yoga, Khaita and Vajra Dance as well as open houses at all the houses with many offerings of food, crafts and Tibetan Culture. Happy Ten Years to Dzamling Gar!
ASIA Onlus – SOS Himalayan Children
With this campaign, we want to offer education and protection to as many Himalayan children as possible in order to ensure their safety and dignity.
Dancing with Dharma
Dancing with Dharma is the first proper survey of dance practice in western Buddhist circles: a trailblazing collection of 38 essays from 27 contributors.
Merigar East. The Sunflower Gar at the Sea Shore
News from the Dzogchen Community Gar on the Black Sea in Romania with details and dates of the 2019 summer program
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.
IDC Annual Sangha Retreat (ASR)
It is with great joy that the International Gakyil (IG) announces the dates and plan for our first ever IDC Annual Sangha Retreat (ASR) from March 28 to April 8, 2019 at Dzamling Gar.
Painting the Mystery – Exploring Color, Culture and Ideas
British artist Jennifer Baird describes how her point of view as an artist has changed and evolved over time interwoven with her experiences and ideas
The Construction of the Great Stupa at Merigar West
In October 1995 Chögyal Namkhai Norbu indicated the site of the Great Stupa at Merigar. It took three years to construct it and to prepare the tsa tsas
Losar Greetings
Losar Poem from Jacqueline Gens with artwork by Ingmar Pema Dechen
Interview with Dr Jordi Postius Robert
In order to have experience in running the clinic at the Gar, Rinpoche agreed to work in partnership with Dr. Jordi Postius in a Clinic of Integrative Medicine in Radazul, North Tenerife. Dr. Jordi was Rinpoche’s physician and someone known to people in the Dzogchen Community.
Making a Dadar for Long Life Practices
A dadar is a ritual arrow used in many Long Life practices for recalling aspects of our vital energy and protective energy that are damaged, lost or stolen.