The days at Kunsangar South are quiet and peaceful now. Not many people have come to the Gar yet, although the summer season has started.
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Shorten the Distance, Sponsor a Young Monk
In Nepal in 2021 ASIA started a distance sponsorship project in the Tashi Choeling & Nghagyur Sangngh Choeling monasteries where young monks are educated
The Sangha as a Mirror of the World
There is something we rarely bring out about Merigar East in public communications: our hard times. We try to stay positive and attract community members
Holy Madmen – A Review of Two Books
Reviews by Alex Studholme of David DiValerio’s ‘The Holy Madmen of Tibet’ and Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse’s guide on approaching a Vajrayana master, ‘The Guru Drinks Bourbon?’
All About Harmonious Breathing – An Interview with Fabio Andrico
The purpose of Harmonious Breathing is to deconstruct the conditioning of the breath, and allow it to be as spontaneous and natural as possible
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.
The Wakha school – they don’t like eating outside
The lack of an adequate kitchen and a place to eat means that children are forced to eat in the open air, when the temperature is extremely low in winter
Palzom Film’s Documentary on Chögyal Namkhai Norbu’s 40 years of Teaching
Palzom Films presented a short documentary film of photos and comments from some of the participants in that first retreat in Subiaco, Italy, in 1976
Book Review – Buddhahood in This Life
Book Review of Buddhahood in This Life, Translated by Acharya Malcolm Smith
with foreward by Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche published by Wisdom Publications, 2016. The review was written by Jacqueline Gens.
Celebrating Forty Years of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu’s Teaching
On the last day of the Tibetan Fire Monkey Year, the Dzogchen Community made a special presentation to thank Chögyal Namkhai Norbu for 40 years of teaching.
Collaboration
The question is
if each individual is choosing to go
with their own flow,
how can there be collaboration?
Losar Poem by Jacqueline Gens
Losar poem by Jacqueline Gens with artwork by Ingmar Pema Dechen