After a break due to Covid, this year’s ‘Yoga Holiday’, an event that has characterized Merigar’s summers for years, returned from 1 to 5 August.
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A Wonderful Day for All at Merigar West
Merigar’s nature, fields and small woods, grass and its buildings, the Gönpa and the Yellow House welcomed around 35 children on a fresh, sunny Sunday
The Tibet of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu – Part 8
Raimondo Bultrini continues recounting his travels with Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in 1988, at Nyaglagar, residence of Rinpoche’s root teacher, Changchub Dorje.
Three Principles in the Khaita Dances
During a recent Khaita practice session at Dzamling Gar, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu spoke informally about three principles that are indispensible in the Khaita dances
Tashi Monlam
During the recent Mandarava retreat held at Dzamling Gar, Tenerife, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu spoke briefly about the...
IDC Membership 2016
For the Gars and Lings and IDC to function, it is really important that we all renew our membership early in the year, at least before the end of March
Losar, the Tibetan New Year
Tibetan New Year is called Losar and is celebrated at different times, according to the way the beginning of a new year is calculated. There are, however, great differences within Tibet regarding the preparations for the auspicious ceremonies of the New Year determined by the customs of certain regions.
A Journey to the Sacred Land of Larung Gar, Kham (Tibet)
Sabina Ragaini shares her experiences and photos of her visit to Larung Gar, one of the largest Buddhist Institutes in the world, situated in Kham, in what is now the province of Sichuan at more than 4000m above sea level
Jumping into Light
Wrathful like a thunder
Yet undisturbed
Like the surface of a calm ocean
Fiery like blazing fire
Yet lacking any violence
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