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The Mirror 81 July-August 2006 THE MIRROR Newspaper of the International Dzogchen Community July/August 2006 • Issue No. 81 BARCELONA SPAIN Teaching Retreat from October 26th to 30th Longsal Ati’i Gongpa Ngotrod Upadesha of Introduction to the State of Ati (A ti’i dgongs pa ngo sprod kyi man ngag) Gonpa at Merigar R.PIRO CHÖGYAL NAMKHAI NORBU,‘LONGSAL NAMKHAI GYALPO’RETREAT For more information see page 12 MERIGAR, AUGUST 9 - 15, 2006 Web site: www.dzogchen.es sun and a double rainbow framing Dzogchen view could not be by Liz Granger Mt. Amiata as seen from the arrived at through logic but Gonpa. through experience. or the second week in On the second day of the retreat, On the fifth day of teachings August, Merigar was privi- Rinpoche spoke about the impor- Chögyal Namkhai Norbu gave a DZOGCHEN RETREAT IN BRAZIL Fleged to host the second tance of Guru Yoga and how comprehensive and detailed SÃO PAULO, NOVEMBER 3rd - 7th 2006 summer teaching retreat given by essential it is to go beyond intel- overview of Gonpa or meditation Chögyal Namkhai Norbu this lectual knowledge and acquire starting with the concept of medi- year. The title of the teaching that real understanding. He talked in tation in sutra and passing on the with CHÖGYAL NAMKHAI NORBU RINPOCHE Rinpoche had chosen was the some detail about his studies as a Mahayana and Tantrism in which ATI’I NADZER - THE VERY IMPORTANT POINTS OF ‘Longsal Namkhai Gyalpo’. young boy and young man and movement is integrated into the DZOGCHEN ATI Namkhai Gyalpo (byang chub some of the teachings he had calm state. He dwelt at length on and other Dzogchen instructions sems nam mkha’i rgyal po, The received but said that all of this the 4 aspects of meditation in the Primordial State of the King of was eclipsed by the direct intro- Dzogchen Semde, passing on to a Details and more information see page 15 Space) is one of the lungs or main duction he received from his Root precise elucidation of the 4 Da in texts of Dzogchen Semde which Master, Chang Chub Dorje. Then the Longde and finally the 4 Rinpoche received from his uncle he went on to recount the three Chogzad of the Upadesha, with R who had received it from Kunga dreams of clarity he had had about strikingly clear explanations and Palden. The teaching given in this the teaching over the years and examples. RETREATS WITH retreat, although closely related to the reason he considered that he In the penultimate session of CHÖGYAL NAMKHAI NORBU IN the original lung, belongs instead should transmit it to his students. teaching, the Master spoke about ARGENTINA AND URUGUAY to the Longsal Cycle of teachings During the teaching session on conduct or attitude illustrating that Chögyal Namkhai Norbu the third day the Master told those how this differs in different tradi- NOVEMBER 2006 - JANUARY 2007 rediscovered through dreams over present that real knowledge of tions according to the capacity of a period of 30 years. The entire Dzogchen goes beyond all limita- the individual. He said one of the Buenos Aires, Argentina teaching was transmitted by open tions and can contribute univer- most important types of conduct November 10 – 12 webcast around the world while sally to resolving today’s prob- in the Dzogchen Upadesha is that Uruguay about 450 people attended the lems of wars and conflicts. He of the bee, tasting the nectar- November 17 – 19 retreat at Merigar. went on to talk about working essence of different flowers until Tashigar South, Argentina The retreat began with exception- with different types of experi- it discovers its real nature. He December 4 – 7 Santi Maha Sangha Base Level Exams ally cold wet weather for August ences and gave some examples. went on to say that the rule of December 8 – 12 Santi Maha Sangha First Level Training with participants huddled in rain- The morning session concluded conduct in the Dzogchen teaching Retreat at Tashigar South coats and blankets perhaps to with an empowerment of Guru is essential to be present in every December 26 – January 1 remind us of the impermanence of Yoga. moment of our lives, rather than Teaching is the Upadesha of the Introduction to the State of Ati. all phenomena, including the In the next session of teaching losing ourselves to distraction. Closed Web cast warm Italian summer. During the Rinpoche explained the first 2 On the final day of the retreat, opening afternoon session, verses of the Namkhai Gyalpo Rinpoche spoke about the Fruit For more information see page 15 Rinpoche gave an introduction to lung and spoke in depth about the according to Sutra and lower the teaching and later participated different points of view in the Tantra, Tantra and Dzogchen. He in a Ganapuja on the occasion of Hinayana, Mahayana, Tantra and pointed out that it is a gradual JANUARY 2007 the full moon. During the after- Dzogchen, giving many examples progress through different levels LIMA, PERU noon the drizzling rain gradually using both symbols and talking and various Bhumis in Sutra and became a downpour. But, as has about some of his personal expe- even in Tantra whereas in WITH CHÖGYAL NAMKHAI NORBU often happened in the past, as the riences. He warned about the dan- Dzogchen the Fruit is considered Ganapuja drew to a close, the gers of mere intellectual study and to be a single Bhumi, the discov- clouds parted to reveal a brilliant said the understanding of the continued on page 7 CONTENTS Teaching: Excerpt from the Ati Nadzer Special Retreat with Practice Chögyal Calendar Shine and Lhagtong in the Dzogchen Way Namkhai The Fire Dog January 19 – 23, 2007 Norbu Reorganziation Year pg 2 Project of Yeshi pg 9 For more information contact: Namkhai and pg Paula Sablich: [email protected] Luigi Ottaviani 3 Chögyal Namkhai Norbu ood morning everyone. peace!” That is an artificial peace. Today is the last session of Maybe it can last one or two or Gthis retreat. First I would ten years, but it is not really like to give you a little advice peace. Real peace is something about how to work with practices. we can only have if we respect It is very important to be aware each other. You see, for example, and integrate your understanding in nations, in countries. For of the base, path and fruit into example, China says it has fifty- your existence. We live in time, three minorities. But what does time is passing and if we do not that mean, “minorities”? integrate the base, path and fruit Minorities mean people that are into our existence, our knowledge different in their cultures, atti- remains only intellectual and tudes and languages. Why do doesn’t help us very much. they all have to be called Chinese? That is not paying Four Mindfulnesses respect. Many countries do the It is very important to be present same thing, not only the Chinese. with the four mindfulnesses in If there is a nationality, cultural order to have more concrete inte- identity, history, language, etc., gration of these mindfulnesses we can understand and we must into our lives. The first mindful- respect that. So you can under- ness is to know that since we are stand what it means to pay respect human beings, we have this good to a dimension. If you pay respect occasion to follow the teachings; to all different kinds of nationali- also that we have a teacher, trans- Rinpoche teaching in the Merigar Gonpa J. GRANGER ties, people, etc., there will not be mission and situation, all perfect- a problem; there will always be ly. As Buddha said, how the peace. We don’t respect someone future will be depends on our past just because they want power. actions. Our actions depend very much on our presence. We need Importance of Dzogchen to have the awareness of the pre- We are Dzogchen practitioners cious human condition because if Ati Nadzer Retreat and Dzogchen practitioners are we are distracted we don’t make Excerpt from the June 15th Talk developing something in this good actions; world. If we imagine that some- The second mindfulness is to June 9-15, 2006 day all the citizens of the world know that we have that good con- will become aware, that is just a dition, but that good condition is nice fantasy. In a practical way, it in time and time passes very is not so easy, but it also does not quickly. For example, you can see mean it is impossible, because that what we did last year seems things are always possible if we like it happened only yesterday. For a student, for example, there good, that contributes to society know that there are other people, develop our awareness and When we think “What will I do is a duty to finish his or her stud- and likewise, if you do something each with his or her own dimen- knowledge. tomorrow?” or “What will I do ies. If you don’t study, in our soci- bad, in the same way, it is harm- sion. When I arrived in Italy, for exam- next year?” it seems only a little ety, you won’t be able to do any- ful for everybody. We know just ple, there was not a single person while before it is already next thing. If you want to practice and like our self, correspondent in Respecting Others who knew what Dzogchen was. year. So time is passing very be free from samsara, you must numbers, there is number one.
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