The International Gakyil (IG) is a volunteer group of International Dzogchen Community (IDC) members whose mission is to facilitate and promote collaboration between all IDC Gars and Lings, support their local activities, and provide oversight and global services to all IDC members.
Dear Global Vajra Family, the IG would like to share with you the latest information about the current International Dzogchen Community (IDC) membership trend.
On the Anniversary of Garab Dorje Worldwide Guruyoga Day, Tuesday March 7 at 3:00 GMT we will practice with the webcast of Rinpoche’s video leading the practice
on ‘The Relationship between Body, Energy and Mind according to Tibetan Medicine’ followed by a performance of Khaita Joyful Dances, April 28, 8pm (GMT+1)
An official invitation to the Annual General Assembly of the IDC members, which will take place in Dzamling Gar on Sunday, 16th of April at 10:00 (GMT)
The next Worldwide Guruyoga Transmission by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu will be from Dzamling Gar, Tenerife, Canary Island on Wednesday 23 November at noon
The slides for the International Dzogchen Community AGM annual report and also the presentation for the ICC meeting which followed have now been loaded onto the IDC website
The General Assembly of the IDC members will be held in the headquarters of the International Dzogchen Community of Dzamlingar, Tenerife, on the 1st April 2016 at 11 am.
We hope that Gakyils of all Gars and Lings have already reminded you that it is very important to make sure you are registered as a member on dzogchen.net as soon as possible…
As everyone in the Community is surely aware, Rinpoche has many times encouraged his students to think of ways to collaborate with the IDC via cooperatives and fund raising ideas so as to create jobs, opportunities and alternative sources of revenue to support our network of Gars and Lings.
The main themes for this year for the IG are still the alignment of Statutes of Gars and Lings, and the implementation and development of the membership management system. We are also reviewing how and what we communicate, both internally and externally
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