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The Life and Works of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu

2019-12-08 | Liz Granger: The Mirror

Chögyal Namkhai Norbu

Chögyal the Dharma King, Namkhai Norbu Jewel of All Space, was born a special person. He was not a common man. He brought from his past lives a great wealth of virtue, wisdom, and merits and transmitted authentic lineage treasures of Tibetan Buddhism, sharing genuine living teachings with very fortunate students in the modern world. He was highly learned in every aspect of Tibetan culture, history, and all academic subjects, as well as the holder of an inestimable heritage of Bön, Buddhist, and Dzogchen teachings. ...

Turning the Wheel of Vajra Song and Dance at Khandroling “Dance, Dance, Dance” August 1-25, 2019

2019-08-24 | Kyu Kyuno

Dance of the Song of the Vajra practice | Photo by John Shannon

Thirty years ago on July 7, 1999 Chögyal Namkai Norbu had a dream of the Vajra Dance for the first time while he was staying at Khandroling, the seat of Tsegyalgar East, USA. Khandroling is where the only Universal Mandala (that we know of) exists on this planet. In his dream, Rinpoche found himself in a circular temple with four glass doors, watching over a thousand people singing and dancing the Song of Vajra. ...

Faith Matters: The passing of a great Dzogchen teacher

2019-08-30 | Naomi Zeitz, Editor of The Mirror

Chögyal Namkhai Norbu (1938-2018) teaching at Mohawk Trail Regional School, July 15, 2014. Contributed Photo/Paula Barry

On Sept. 27, 2018, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, one of the greatest living Dzogchen teachers, passed away peacefully in his home in Tuscany, Italy, at 80 years old. ...

Opening Talk by Constantino Albini at the International Dzogchen Community Annual General Meeting

2019-04-06 | Constantino Albini

Constantino Albini

Costantino Albini – Santi Maha Sangha Instructor Published in The Mirror Good morning everybody. I am just talking for myself I am not ...

The Continuation of the Dzogchen Teaching

2018-12-11 | Adriano Clemente

Early in December 2018, hundreds of people from the international Sangha of the Dzogchen Community came together at the Global Gar in Tenerife to honor and remember Chögyal Namkhai Norbu on his birthday, December 8. After the two days of the Sangha Retreat, Rinpoche’s translator, Adriano Cl ...

Year of the Female Earth Pig

2019-01-06 | Jacqueline Gens

Poem by Jacqueline Gens in collaboration with visionary artist Ingmar Pema Dechen ...

“Let Us Continue the Journey Together”

10/3/2018 | Constantino Albini

Photo I. L. Maidanuc

Senior student Costantino Albini’s testimonial at the ceremony at the Great Stupa in Merigar on October 3, 2018, to say farewell to and honor Master Namkhai Norbu ...

Khaita in Conway: Faith Matters, Greenfield Recorder

2017-06-02 | Compiled by Naomi Zeitz of Buckland

Khaita Joyful Dancing: Lower Khandroling, Buckland, MA

Kha = space/sky. Ta = harmony/melody Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, a Dzogchen Master, founded centers in various parts of the world. Tsegyalgar East is one of the two main seats of the Dzogchen Community in North America and is located in Conway. For many years, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu has traveled around th ...