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
Pictures from the Past
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
History of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in Milan, Italy
A testimony of the teachings given by the Master in Milan. He came there for the first time in 1977 and the last time in 2016, a total of eight times.
Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in Chengdu in 1988
In 1988 during his travels in the East, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu was invited to give a series of conferences in various parts of China starting in Chengdu, then eastern Tibet and finally Lhasa. The following is a translation of the transcript of a lecture that the Master gave in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, to young people and teachers at the Institute of Minorities.
Chögyal Namkhai Norbu’s First Retreat in Buryatia
Chögyal Namkhai Norbu first came to Buryatia in 1992. I was fortunate enough to be one of the organizers of that truly unique, amazing retreat.
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.