In 2025 as we are living in difficult times, I remember that, in ‘The Years Of Lead’, we were able, with our teacher Chögyal Namkhai Norbu to found Merigar
Pictures from the Past
First ‘Encounters’ with Chögyal Namkhai Norbu
Giovanni Arca recounts how he met the Master in 1978 at the ‘Orientale’ University and some of the informal moments that he shared with him in those days
Pictures from the Past – A Tibetan Master in Naples
Early days of Rinpoche’s life in Naples and his first teachings in the 1970s before the Dzogchen Community was established in Tuscany.
The Tibet of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu – Part 10
We are now close to departure, and the meeting occurs almost by surprise, during a walk with Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, Karwang and the ‘Marlon Brando’ lama
The Tibet of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu – Part 9
At Nyaglagar, residence of Changchub Dorje, the Master consecrates the chortens and Raimondo searches for a cave from one of Rinpoche’s dreams.
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
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.
Mudra of Samaya
In 1987 and 1988, and also later in 1991, I traveled around the world with Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, and wherever we went I carried with me a Sony 8mm camera
Podcast of John Shane’s “Open Letter” article
Listen to John Shane reading a story about living and working in Formia with Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in the early years of the Dzogchen Community.
The Tibet of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu – Part 7
Raimondo Bultrini and Chögyal Namkhai Norbu spend some time at Nyalagar, Changchub Dorje’s place of residence, and meet his grandsons
Open Letter – Lettera Aperta
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
Garab Dorje, Sukha the Zombie
Before the anniversary of Garab Dorje on March 7, we are pleased to republish a short biography compiled by Zeljka Jovanovic that first appeared in 1998