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.
Pictures from the Past
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
History of the Minsk Dzogchen Community
Ruslan Malakhovskiy shares his recollections on the birth and development of the Minsk Dzogchen Community.
Pictures from the Past – Tsegyalgar East and Kundrolling
How is it that Rinpoche found his way to a small sleepy little town in Western Massachusetts, you may ask? Here’s the very short version.
Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in Tibet 1988
We are pleased to present some footage of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu’s visit to Tibet in 1988 from the Shang Shung Institute’s archives, Video Journal no.2.
Chögyal Namkhai Norbu’s first visit to Russia and Baltic States
The prehistory of this visit started in the late 80’s when I read Chögyal Namkhai Norbu’s book Talks in Conway, the so-called Green book, for the first time. It was in 1988 and I was really amazed.
Subiaco – the First Retreat with Chögyal Namkhai Norbu
I would like to talk about and give some details of Master Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche’s first retreat that took place in Subiaco, Italy, in the summer of 1976 and which I call “the mother retreat”.
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.
Pictures from the Past: Origins of the Vajra Dance
In this series Joe Zurylo talks about helping Rinpoche prepare the first Mandala for the Vajra Dance at Khandroling in 1990, while Prima Mai shares her account of learning and studying the Dance of the Vajra when Chögyal Namkhai Norbu first began give instructions about this teaching received through his dreams in the early 90s.
Chögyal Namkhai Norbu and Tenzin Tsewang “How Happy”
Musician Tenzin Tsewang introduces the “Gawala” CD based on a series of Tibetan folk songs collected by Rinpoche who plays one of the songs on the flute.
Chögyal Namkhai Norbu on Rules, Trust, and Being Aware
A short excerpt from the Dzogchen Community Video Journal 1 shot in the wood during a session of Karma yoga at Merigar West, Tuscany, Italy on July 2, 2003