Free Public Talk, Santi Maha Sangha Training and World Wide Transmission Explanation with Jacob Winkler
March 17th-21st
Public Talk, Santi Maha Sangha Base Level Training and World Wide Transmission of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu
with Preparatory Explanation by Jakob Winkler
March 17th: Free Public Talk on Dzogchen Transmission by Jakob Winkler
7-8:30pm in Northampton, MA at 16 Center St. Suite 527
March 18th: View, Meditation and Behavior of Sutra, Tantra and Dzogchen according to SMS
10am - Noon & 4pm- 6pm at the Tsegyalgar East Gonpa, Conway, MA
(see cost below)
Explanation of World Wide Transmission with Jakob Winkler
9:00 pm
and
World Wide Transmission with Chögyal Namkhai Norbu
11pm
both at the Tsegyalgar East Gonpa, Conway, MA
(no cost for the World Wide Transmission and Explanation)
The World Wide Transmission is available by live open webcast at http://www.shangshunginstitute.net/webcast/index.php
March 19th - 20th: Guruyoga and Semdzins, the gate to Dzogchen according to the Base of Santi Maha Sangha
10am - 1pm & 4pm- 6:30pm at the Tsegyalgar East Gonpa, Conway
(see cost below)
Cost: FREE for public talk and WWT Explanation
$180 for whole SMS Training (with membership discounts)
$30 for individual sessions (no membership discounts)
Please contact secretary@tsegyalgar.org to pre-register and matthews108@gmail.com for more information or call (413) 369-4153
World Wide Transmission
The uniqueness of the Dzogchen teaching is the direct transmission or "direct introduction" in which the master and the student find themselves in the primordial state at the same moment. Due to the power of the transmission, the students are able to discover their own real condition in this way. Chögyal Namkhai Norbu offers direct introduction three times a year by live video webcast 3 times a year for those who cannot attend in person.
Santi Maha Sangha
Santi Maha Sangha is a course of nine levels designed by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu to deepen the experience and understanding of Sutra, Tantra, and Dzogchen through study, reflection, and practice. The aim of Santi Maha Sangha, which in the ancient language of Oddiyana means "Dzogchen Commmunity", is to guarantee the continuation of the Dzogchen teaching as it was originally transmitted by Garab Dorje, and as the Master has been transmitting it for more than thirty years within the Dzogchen Community. After the Base level, whose contents are presented in The Precious Vase, there are three levels dedicated to Semde, three to Longde and the final three to Mennagde or Upadesha.
Chögyal Namkhai Norbu
The founder and guide of the Dzogchen Community is Chögyal Namkhai Norbu. At his birth in 1938 at Derghe (Eastern Tibet), Ch gyal Namkhai Norbu was recognized as the reincarnation of a great Dzogchen teacher. He studied with some of the most important masters of his time and completed the training required by Buddhist tradition in both Sutra and Tantra. At the age of sixteen he met master Rigdzin Changchub Dorje, who introduced him to the authentic knowledge of Dzogchen.
In 1960 he came to Italy at the invitation of Professor Giuseppe Tucci as a staff member of the Institute for Middle and Far Eastern Studies of Rome (today ISIAO). He was Professor of Tibetan and Mongolian Language and Literature from 1964 to 1992 at the Oriental Institute of the University of Naples. Chögyal Namkhai Norbu is recognized as a leading authority on Tibetan civilization, particularly in the fields of history, literature, and the medical and astrological sciences. He is widely known for his activities on behalf of the culture and people of Tibet.
In 1976 Chögyal Namkhai Norbu began to give Dzogchen instruction in the West, first in Italy, then in numerous other countries. He rapidly acquired spiritual authority among many practitioners, and created centers for the study of Dzogchen around the world.
Jakob Winkler
Jakob Winkler studies and practices Tibetan Buddhism since the mid-eighties. He met his main teacher Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in 1989. In 2002 he was authorized by Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche to teach the study and practice program Santi Maha Sangha of the Dzogchen Community.
He holds an MA in the field of in Tibetology, Indian art history and social anthropology, which he studied in Munich " his hometown " and Vienna. He works mainly as an editor and proofreader for Buddhist publications, instructor for Santi Maha Sangha base & 1st level, Tibetologist and acts as interpreter for Buddhist teachings. Today he lives with his family in Bonn, Germany.
secretary@tsegyalgar.org
