A group of practitioners from Sardinia, Italy, recount how Rinpoche created the card game Calaco while on holiday in Cala Corallina in 1995
Pictures from the Past
Refining Pure Gold In The Years Of Lead:
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
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
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
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