Some years ago, I dreamt of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu nudging me to teach the Tawa-Gompa-Chöpa (view, meditation, conduct) triad in Merigar
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Coming Back to Tashigar North
After 10 years, life has brought me back to Tashigar Norte, Venezuela. The place where, at 8 years old, I was already learning the mudras for the Ganapuja.
Summer Update from Kunsangar North
Spring came very early this year, the snow melted quickly, and now the Gar is again covered in green trees. And more and more practitioners are coming to the Gar – some for retreats, some as volunteers or karmayogis, some just to take a break from noisy Moscow.
A Visit to Leh, Ladakh
Ladakh’s stunning landscapes and the spirituality of its people left an indelible mark on my first visit in 2010 so I decided to organize a trip on behalf of Shang Shung UK’s Insight Tours, our travel agency that specializes in visits to Buddhist sites
Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening
Jacqueline Gens reviewed Goldstein’s Mindfulness, A Practical Guide to Awakening, which is a commentary and treasure trove of information by someone who has spent most of his life in formal meditation under the severest conditions found in Burmese and Thai monastic vicars…
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