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 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
The Tibet of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu – Part 6
Raimondo Bultrini continues recounting his travels with Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in Tibet in 1988, arriving at Nyaglagar, residence of Rinpoche’s root teacher
The First Retreats with Chögyal Namkhai Norbu
Mario Cumbat talks about his experiences of the first retreats with Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in Subiaco in 1976 and Prata in 1977
The Tibet of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu – Part 5
Raimondo Bultrini continues his travels with Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in 1988 to reach the village of Rinpoche’s root teacher, Rigzin Changchub Dorje.
The Tibet of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu – Part 4
Raimondo Bultrini concludes the first chapter of his travels with the Master from Galenteen to the Lhalung Valley and on to Gheug, the master’s birthplace
The Tibet of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu – Part 3
Raimondo Bultrini continues his account of travelling in Tibet with Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in 1988 arriving in Derghe, the highlands, and Galenteen
The Tibet of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu – Part 2
Writer and journalist Raimondo Bultrini continues his account of his travels with Chögyal Namkhai Norbu through China and Tibet in the early months of 1988