The first ever International newsletter of The Dzogchen Community sent out from the Namkhai family apartment by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu and John Shane in 1980
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The Time of Mourning: Passing through Grief
Doctor and psychotherapist Luigi Vitiello talks about the experience of grief and pain for the loss of someone or something that is close to us.
Summer 2023 at Tashigar South, Argentina
Yantra Yoga, Respira, Vajra Dance, Khaita, Public Activities, Losar, Mandarava Retreat, Santi Maha Sangha, Tibetan Medicine and more….
An Inexhaustible Treasure of Knowledge
The Zhikhang Library at Merigar houses many treasures including the works of Changchub Dorje, thousands of texts in Tibetan, collected mainly by the Master, and many thousands of works in Western languages that cover many aspects of Tibetan culture
The Long and Enduring Road Home: Revisiting The Precious Vase
“Having returned last winter from a mostly silent and unplugged three-month personal retreat at a local Vipassana center, I have my own personal answer as to the benefits and limitations of the “walking” mode from the perspective of a Dzogchen practitioner’s view.” Jacqueline Gens
Melamchi-ghyang – Jewel of the Hidden Land
For any devotee of Guru Rinpoche, arriving in Melamchi-gyang is a kind of homecoming. Whether one feels an affinity with the physical landscape or not, the energy infused in this place by the presence and practice of Padmasambava is hard to deny
Interview with Mariano Gil
How I Met Chögyal Namkhai Norbu & An Artist in the Dzogchen Community Feb 6, 2015 Mariano Gil was born in Buenos...
Revisiting The Precious Vase and Book Review by Jacqueline Gens
The Long and Enduring Road Home: Revisiting The Precious Vase, Instructions on the Base of Santi Maha Sangha by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu and a book review of Mindfulness, A Practical Guide to Awakening by Joseph Goldstein, by Jacqueline Gens.
Music Without Limits
Roberto Cacciapaglia – We need a form of music that goes below the surface of sound
The Drathalgyur, All-Penetrating Sound Tantra
The All-Penetrating Sound Tantra is the considered to be the source of all the 17 Tantras representing the teachings of the Upadesha series of Dzogchen. Chögyal Namkhai Norbu alone has dedicated several years of effort to editing Vimalamitra’s commentary and the project of translation of both the root text and its commentary will unearth this treasure
Tai Chi and Dzogchen
The studies of Dzogchen and Tai Chi are vast and deep like an ocean and it is not possible to synthesize them in a few words, but what I have found to be essential in more than 30 years of practice is that both of these unbelievable Masters transmit to me how to do my best to have constant awareness in every moment of life
How I Met Chögyal Namkhai Norbu
Every morning I would go to Piazza Santa Maria for my ritual cappuccino at the Galeassi cafe. But one day I didn’t. That morning, something “compelled” me to turn right, in the direction of Piazza Sant’Egidio. Later on I realized why.