Raimondo Bultrini continues recounting his travels with Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in 1988, at Nyaglagar, residence of Rinpoche’s root teacher, Changchub Dorje.
Pictures from the Past
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.
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.
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.