The Mirror 77 November-December 2005
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THE MIRROR Newspaper of the International Dzogchen Community November/December 2005 • Issue No. 77 Schedule Chögyal Namkhai Norbu 2006 2006 Jan. 27 - Feb. 5 Santi Maha Sangha Base Teaching and Practice Retreat Open Web Cast Margarita Gonpa during Tregchod Retreat & Web cast N ZEITZ Feb. 17 - 26 Longsal Saltong Lung teaching and Practice Retreat Restricted Web Cast Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche March 10 -19 From the fifth volume of Longsal Retreat of Dzogchen Semlung Namkhache: Teaching and Practice Namkhache. THE UPADESHA ON THE TREGCHÖD Open Web Cast OF PRIMORDIAL PURITY RETREAT April 14 – 23 ka dag khregs chod kyi man ngag Tibetan Moxabustion Teaching and Application retreat May 5 -14 November 4 – 8 2005, Ati Lam-ngon Nasjyong A Retreat of Longsal teaching Preliminaries of the Path of Ati about Tashigar Norte, Margarita Island, Venezuela the Purification of the Six Lokas, Teaching and Practice. Open Web Cast by Agathe Steinhilber FRANCE e were about one hun- to sacrifice one’ s life, that life is Three Jewels, traditionally under- May 18 -22 dred-eighty nine stu- short and time is precious. stood as: 1. Taking refuge in the Paris Retreat dents, gathered in the Rinpoche expressed his delight Buddha and the teacher, 2. Taking Wbeautiful, airy Gonpa at Tashigar about the web cast. Thanks to refuge in the Dharma, the teach- May 26-28 Norte, attending the Longsal new technology , many people ings, and 3. Taking refuge in the Karmaling Retreat Tregchöd Retreat with Chögyal who otherwise do not have the Sangha, the spiritual community Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche. The possibility to attend the teachings of the fellow traveler , that sup - ITALY Gonpa was bustling with activity. are now able to receive teachings ports the journey. The purpose of June 9 - 15 Fabio, Alexey and assistants were and transmission. taking refuge is to understand Merigar busy setting up the web cast and Rinpoche then focused on the why we practice. Refuge is relat- Teachings of Yeshes Zangthal Transmission, Nadzer and the Main the video cameras that would formal teachings. He reminded us ed to Bodhicitta. We cultivate Points of the View Totally Beyond the Conceptual Mind. transmit Rinpoche’s teachings to that it was essential not to leave Bodhicitta with the intention and Restricted Web Cast all the Gars and centers around the out the preliminaries. application to benefit all sentient globe. Traditionally, the preliminaries beings, to benefit ourselves, to June 18th Rinpoche’s seat was flanked are indispensable in Dzogchen. purify obstacles, to accumulate 25th Anniversary Festival of Merigar by a colorful thigle to the right, With the preliminaries we prepare merit and to augment clarity. OM A HUM to the left, and to enter the knowledge. Such pre- Last but not least, Semde BHUTAN another thigle, forming the back- liminaries are the four reminders: (Sems sde), or the introduction June 30 ground. On the ground to the left precious human birth, imperma- into ‘the nature of mind’ - the pri- and right, delicate pink and white nence and death, karma and sam- mordial state, pure and self-per- BANGKOK bougainvillea shoots in earthen sara. fected, the mind of every individ- August 4 - 6 flowerpots elegantly adorned the We are human beings, inter- ual. The introduction to the nature platform. ested in the possibility of realiza- of mind is accomplished through JAPAN After Rinpoche’s arrival each tion. Therefore we must be mind- oral transmission, and the prac- August 10 - 14 day it took about ten minutes for ful of the preciousness and the tice known as ‘the four contem- (Tentative Retreat) the web cast to be connected to all impermanence of our human plations’. the centers. The quiet and spa - birth. It is easy to lose. Any Rinpoche then spoke about TAWAIN cious ‘time gap’ in the presence moment is always related to the tregchöd ( khregs chod) , one of August 18 – 22 of the Master felt like a great mind. In distraction we create the highest forms of relaxation, (Tentative Retreat) blessing. R inpoche o pened t he negative karma. We must be the essence of Dzogchen teachings by saying how impor- awake and mindful with this Upadesha teachings. Treg means SINGAPORE tant it is to enjoy life, to go to the occasion. ‘something bound’ like an object. August 25 – September 3 beach (in Tashigar Norte), not just We then take refuge in the With our mind, we bind our dual Longsal Ati’i Gongpa Ngotrod Retreat continued on page 24 Restricted Web Cast AUSTRALIA CONTENTS Caloundra Teaching: Chögyal Namkhai Norbu pgs 12 & 13 September 27 – October 1 Chögyal Santi Maha Sangha Longsal Yeshes Zangthal Namkhai Teacher’s Training Special Upadesha on All-Penetrating Wisdom Norbu Introductory Talk pg 3 Feature: Restricted Web Cast Public Talk New in Kiev, Ukrania Winter Gar in Crimea NAMGYALGAR pg 2 October 9 - 15 continued on page 3 Chögyal Namkhai Norbu ood evening everybody. I asks is what you did and what you bad actions as negative, which am happy to be with you ate. The doctor is researching the also manifest dif ferent kinds of this evening and also to cause of the illness. For that rea- emotions. We are conditioned by Ghave the occasion to talk about son, the knowledge of karma that emotion and we produce neg- Dzogchen. Tonight I will intro- exists. So, that is The Second ative karma. We renounce the duce Dzogchen and what it is for. Noble Truth. emotions that cause the produc- Dzogchen is a very ancient teach- Then Buddha said it is not suf fi- tion of negativities. ing, not a religion, tradition or cient only to know there is a The way to stop karma is called philosophy. In particular in Tibet, cause. If there is a negative cause The Third Noble Truth, The Truth Dzogchen has developed in all you must stop it and if there is a of Cessation. Cessation means to Buddhist and pre-Buddhist tradi- positive cause you can increase stop. The Noble Truth of tions. Dzogchen is knowledge and develop it. In that way , you Suffering is like having some and understanding, and that will not create negative actions. physical problem and we know understanding is very useful. When we are distracted we pro- we have a problem. We research Dzogchen is a teaching that helps duce the potentiality of negative the cause of our problem. Maybe one discover ones real condition. karma. Potentiality means, for we cannot discover or know our- I am a practitioner and student of example, that if you have the selves. We go to a doctor and the that teaching. I teach people when seeds of flowers and you do not doctor asks questions, checks our they ask me what Dzogchen is. put them in the earth or add water, pulse, urine, etc., in order to dis- That doesn’ t mean that I am a the potentiality of the seeds cover what the problem is. That is missionary converting people to always remains. When there are like The Noble Truth of the this teaching. That is not the prin- secondary causes, like earth, air , Cause. Now the doctor gives us ciple of the teaching, but I know it light etc., then the seeds grow . In medicine and advice about our is very useful and when people the same way, we have many neg- attitude. He says our diet must be are interested, with my good ative potentialities. In our circum- this way. Then he says we should intention, I try to help them stance, when there are secondary take this medicine. We must fol - understand. That is what I have Rinpoche after Teachings in Crimea causes, the negative potentialities low the doctor and take the medi- done from when I began to teach manifest. We need to have knowl- cine. If we do not take the medi- until today; I try to help people edge and understanding to stop cine and we only know the infor- understand Dzogchen. negative potentialities from man- mation the doctor gave, it doesn’t In the real sense Dzogchen means Chögyal Namkhai Norbu ifesting. Understanding means help. So that is The Third Noble our real condition. The Dzogchen that if I have a seed of a poison Truth of Cessation. teaching means how we develop Public Talk on the Essence of and I put it in the earth, it will Buddha also explained The or discover our real condition and grow and produce more poison. I Fourth Noble Truth of the Path. how we develop that knowledge. Dzogchen Teaching know that poison is negative and One universal path does not exist. For that reason, for centuries, this therefore I don’ t put the seeds in All sentient beings, particularly in very ancient teaching developed. Kiev, Ukrainia the earth; maybe I even destroy the human condition, have differ- There are also many ancient May 30th, 2005 the seeds. If I don’ t know the ent conditions, capacities, desires, books that explain Dzogchen potentiality of poison is negative etc. A doctor does not give only teaching. If people are interested and I plant it and the plant grows one kind of universal medicine. in the teaching they should try to and later I discover it is negative, There are so many different kinds follow, study and learn from these bly know what Sutra and Tantra famous Buddhist teaching. The there is still the possibility of of medicines because the condi- books. In the real sense, we learn mean and the dif ference between Four Noble Truths are considered modifying the result. I can stop tion of the individual is not the and study in order to discover our them.