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The Mirror 75 July-August 2005 THE MIRROR Newspaper of the International Dzogchen Community July/August 2005 • Issue No. 75 Schedule Chögyal Namkhai Norbu 2005 - 2006 2005 BARCELONA, SPAIN Oct. 4 Conference: The Three Ways of Spiritual Liberation Universitat Pompeu Fabra Ramon Trias Fargas, 25-27 Under the canopy, Crimea, May to June, 2005 A BESEDIN Oct. 5 - 9 25 Spaces of Samantabhadra Ukraine with Chögyal Namkhai Norbu (Terma of Changchub Dorje). (see page 5) Kiev & Crimea BRAZIL May 31 - June 12, 2005 Oct. 14 Public Talk, Introduction to Dzogchen by Andrei Besedin n the beginning of February , recreational village called Malyi Dakini and the explanations on Oct.15 -19 we were absolutely happy to Mayak, practitioners who study how to integrate the knowledge in Brazilian retreat: The main teaching will be A Guru Dragphur find out that Rinpoche agreed Tibetan Medicine took a moxa- our daily life. Besides the thuns of Donwang and some other Dzogchen Instructions. Ito give a public lecture in Kiev on bustion course with our Master , teaching and practice with the his way to Crimea. Our Commu- and others studied the Vajra Master, beginners could also MARGARITA ISLAND, VENEZUELA nity consists of about thirty practi- Dance from Ruslan Kim and learn eight movements of Yantra Nov. 4 -8 tioners and more than a half Tania Pronicheva, under the Yoga with Fabio Andrico. Longsal Tregchöd retreat: The main teaching for this retreat is received transmission only by supervision of Adriana dal Borgo. The location for the retreat Longsal Tregchöd. video, so for many of us it wasthe Most people came on the 7th of was very nice, at the foot of the Closed Web Cast first possibility to meet our June to join the general retreat on Crimea Mountains, on the shore Teacher in person. “The Heart Essence of Guru of the Black Sea, which was sur- Nov. 25 -29 We didn’ t advertise for the Jnana Dakini” practice. A huge prisingly warm for the beginning Santi Maha Sangha Teacher training & Yantra Yoga and Vajra Dance lecture, so before the event the awning was spread above the old of June. Everybody was able to Gakyil was a little worried if basketball playground that relax and integrate with the beau- Dec. 2 -8 enough people would come to fill housed the two thousand and five tiful surroundings. Longsal Jñanadhâkkini retreat: Teaching and practice of Gomadevi at least half of the 650 seat hall of hundred people listening to the Closer to the end of our the Artists’ House in Kiev . But Teacher and practicing together. retreat, after a Ganapuja, we had Dec. 26 -Jan.1 our worries were in vain, because Such a great number of peo- an auction for the ASIA founda- Longsal Longde retreat: The main teaching for this retreat is Longsal about 800 people attended the ple is definitely a record for tion. Practitioners bar gained for Longde lecture, filling the hall and sitting Rinpoche’s retreats in post-Soviet beautiful thankas, a damaru from Closed Web Cast in the aisles. With much attention territory - perhaps a world record skulls, a kapala with the marks of people listened to Chögyal for all the Community. The num- Phowa practice, and other items. 2006 Namkhai Norbu’s explanation of ber of people interested in the Very early in the morning of June Jan. 27 - Feb. 5 the three paths: Sutra, Tantra and teaching is increasing year after 13, a bout t wo h undred p eople Santi Maha Sangha Base Teaching and Practice Retreat Dzogchen, and the essence of the year. So, this June, in Malyi came to say goodbye to Open Web Cast Teaching. At the end, the Master Mayak, experienced practitioners Rinpoche. A trip by car to answered numerous questions. and newcomers gathered from Simferopol, a plane to Kiev , six Feb. 17 - 26 The next day Rinpoche took a Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Poland hours in the airport - and Chögyal Longsal Saltong Lung teaching and practice retreat flight to Simferopol from and other countries. Namkhai Norbu flew to Rome, to Closed Web Cast Terminal A of the Kiev Airport. During the retreat, Chögyal continue transmitting knowledge On that occasion the Gakyil Namkhai Norbu gave the trans- of our real nature to all interested March 10 -19 decided to rename the facility mission of body, speech and mind in the Dzogchen teaching. Retreat of Dzogchen Semlung Namkhache: Teaching and practice “the Terminal of White A”. On of Jnana Dakini, the instructions Namkhache. the first days of June, in a small on the short practice of Jnana Open Web Cast April 14 – 23 Tibetan Moxabustion teaching and application retreat CONTENTS May 5 -14 Interview with Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Ati Lam-ngon Nasjyong: Aretreat of Longsal teaching Preliminaries by Bruno Baumann of the Path of Ati about the Purification of the Six Lokas, teaching pg 3 and practice. Open Web Cast pg 22 pg 2 FRANCE May 18 -22 Teaching Yartse Hunting Paris Retreat Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, Part II VAIDURYA’I CHUNPHYANGS by Daniel Winkler May 26-28 (THE GARLAND OF Karmaling Retreat LAPISLAZULI) OF PATRUL RINPOCHE continued on page 5 Chögyal Namkhai Norbu would like to welcome every- lady recognized that it was Patrul dition and not a school. All this is body to our five-day retreat Rinpoche. That is an example of relative in Dzogchen teaching. here at Merigar and good day how Patrul Rinpoche taught. When we say the Dzogchen Ito all Dzogchen Community peo- Another time, Patrul teaching, Dzogchen means how ple near and far - also to all the Rinpoche went to Palyul we can discover and get in that people listening and interested in monastery because it was one of knowledge and that kind of teach- this retreat. Each time we do a the biggest and most important ing is called Dzogchen teaching. retreat the most important aspect Nyingmapa monasteries in We know , for example, in the is our intention. When we do a Palyul. No one knew who he was Buddhist tradition, we start with retreat it doesn’ t mean that we because he seemed like an ordi- Sutra, Tantra and then arrive at learn everything and have realiza- nary person. While there, Patrul Dzogchen. All these teachings, tion, but for five days we can learn Rinpoche went to the top of the directly or indirectly , are related something and integrate what we monastery where people did per- to Dzogchen. Dzogchen teach- learn into our daily life. Integrat- sonal retreats and found a small ings mean being introduced to ing what we learn into daily life is house. A monk was living in that our real nature. This is something more important than learning in small house, came out and went very important for us. an intellectual way. Life is in time near to Patrul Rinpoche. Patrul For example, if we live an and time is passing; we don’t real- Rinpoche said, “Oh, you are fan- ordinary life in modern society , ize it is passing and for that reason tastic, being all alone here, you we have an idea of why we need we are not able to integrate the are a good practitioner . Can you Dzogchen teachings. In modern teaching and what we have give me some teaching?” The society we need money . We can- learned. If we learned something monk said, “Oh, I am trying to not make money with Dzogchen. and do not integrate it, there is not my best to do practice, but I We can make money working. very much benefit. If we have couldn’t give any teaching. I have When we make money we can learned something and integrated no experience of teaching. I am have everything - if we need a it into our daily life, even if it is doing practice of the explanation nice car we can buy it, or if we something very simple, it has of ngöndro practice by Patrul need a comfortable house we can great benefit. We need to have this Rinpoche (there is a famous book buy or build it. When we have no kind of intention from the begin- Rinpoche at Merigar R PIRO by Patrul Rinpoche on ngöndro money we have problems in soci- ning. called, something like, “The ety, so it seems money is more In these days I will try to Words of the Teacher important than other things. explain what we should do, what EXCERPTS FROM THE TEACHING ON Samantabhadra”). Then Patrul People think they can’ t make the teaching means and how it AIDURYA I HUNPHYANGS Rinpoche said, “Oh, that is very money with Dzogchen, so why functions in our daily lives. In V ’ C interesting, can you teach me should they be interested? that way , maybe we can have (THE GARLAND OF LAPISLAZULI) that?” The monk said, “Oh, I Dzogchen is very important benefit. Most people have don’t know, but if you like I can for our existence because we have probably read in the publicity OF PATRUL RINPOCHE try.” Patrul Rinpoche said, “Oh, I body, speech and mind; we can- that I am going to give a teach- am really very interested!” The not o vercome a ll p roblems o f ing by a famous Dzogchen monk started to teach and every body, speech and mind through Master, Patrul Rinpoche. I t is a DAY 1 day Patrul Rinpoche went there money. For example, if someone short teaching, v ery condensed, MERIGAR JULY 1 – 5, 2005 for one hour to receive that teach- has an ener gy problem of disor- and it is the real sense of the ing. He went for many days.
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