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The Mirror 44 April-May 1998 THE MIRROR Newspaper of the International Dzogchen Community April/May 1998-Issue No. 44 A.S.I.A. Projects in Tibet by Giorgio Minuzzo Reclining Buddha at Wat Po Thailand Teachings of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu by Martin Perenchio .A-t 5:30 AM on February 3rd, embodied in their years of practice. three of Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche's About forty people attended the students met him and his wife Rosa three sessions, and as usual, they Tibetan children at the Bangkok airport after the two were an internationally diverse lot. had just flown in from Australia. The following day, February Two days later, Rinpoche and Rosa 15th, Rinpoche, Rosa, Fabio, and were relaxing in a beachside resort three local students flew to Burma T The village of Dzam Thog situated in East Tibet, is on Koh Samet, an island off the for a brief tour of the Burmese mon­ A he A.S.I.A. project called 'Program for the Develop­ more than a thousand kilometers south of Damche southeast coast of Thailand. There uments in Rangoon, Mandalay. and ment of the Health and Educational Conditions of the (three or four days of travel). Dzam Thog village, which they were joined by a small circle of the multifaceted architectural jew­ Village of Dzam Thog' is a project jointly financed with lends its name to the project, is situated on the right bank followers and well-wishers for days els of Pagan. The following week, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) which of the Yantze River (Blue River) which is called Dri Chu of swimming, sunbathing, and Rinpoche and his party flew to Sin­ started in the spring of 1996. The program, which con­ in Tibetan. It is the largest river in Asia and comes down relaxed conversation. Those of us gapore and points beyond to con­ sists of assistance in many fields, from education to from the upland plains of Central Tibet, crosses the who live here in Thailand are grate­ tinue offering the teachings to all health, as well as the promotion of activities in the eco­ whole of East Tibet and continues on to the Pacific ful for the natural amenities this who are willing to come and hear. nomic, social and cultural fields, was prepared by Ocean. In summer, which is the rainy season in Tibet, country offers as they provide the In late March, we can again look A.S.I.A. and presented to the MAE in 1983 and the river becomes yellow ochre because of the earth and inducement and the opportunity for forward to Rinpoche's presence, as financed by them three years later. mud in its waters. In winter, the dry season, the river our teacher and his wife to relax free he plans to spend a few more days This is the second largest A.S.I.A. project in Tibet makes its claim for the name which it is generally called of the well-intended but neverthe­ resting in a beachside bungalow after the project for constructing a school in the village in the West and becomes a marvelous blue turquoise less demanding importunities of the before he returns to Italy to take up of Damche in the region of Qingai. The school was color. In summer the local children and the 'big' West­ members of the ever-growing once again the rigorous teaching inaugurated last summer in the presence of Namkhai erners can spend some of their time bathing in the river worldwide Dzogchen Community. schedule in Europe. • Norbu Rinpoche and his wife Rosa who together with and lying in the sun along the river banks. The Dri Chu The party returned to Bangkok numerous members of the Dzogchen Community came also marks the border between the Tibetan Autonomous on February 12th, in time to prepare from different parts of the world for the occasion. Region where the village of Dzam Thog is located and for one public talk and two days of Since then the school has started to function full the Region of Sichuan which together with Qingai and teachings. On the 13th at the Siam SPECIAL PRACTICES time. The project was favorably received not only by the Yunnan are regions populated predominately by other Society, Rinpoche delivered a talk & ASTROLOGY ISSUE local population and authorities but also by other orga­ Tibetans and they were established as Chinese on the origins of the Tibetan reli­ nizations which work in the sector of development in Provinces in 1959. gious traditions to a general audience third-world countries and in Tibet in particular. They The project at Dzam Thog provides for the creation of over one hundred people, includ­ CONTENTS stated that they were in favor of further financial assis­ of a hospital with 24 beds, a school for 500 children and ing the Israeli and Romanian ambas­ tance in the field of education in this part of Tibet. the setting up and creation of activities (micro-projects) sadors. Normally talks at the Society 2 ANCIENT WISDOM On the basis of these initiatives, the project coordina­ together with the local people, aimed at developing the draw forty to fifty people, but this Choegyal Namkliai Norbu tor and staff will soon be leaving for a new A.S.I.A. mis­ social-economic and cultural conditions of the village time, Society officials were pleasant­ 4 SACRED MUSIC FESTIVAL sion on site for a few months. The duty will be to orga­ and the Tibetan population in general. ly surprised by what became a stand­ nize a new project for creating schools for Tibetans and At the moment the hospital has been completed and ing-room only crowd. Rinpoche's 5 STORY OF VIMALAMITRA activate programs for training the local teaching staff. discourse covered the history of continued on page 16 Jim Valby Shang Shung and the various 5 BOOK REVIEWS streams of Bön practice, intriguing parallels with North American 7 A COURSE M TIBETAN MEDIONE NAMKHAI NORBU RINPOCHE'S SCHEDULE 1998-1999 Pueblo Indian cultures, particularly Marina Siicelli 8 INTRODUCTOS TO RUSSIA M E R I G A R . ITALY (continued) in the concerns with purification, the TIBETAN ASTROLOGY April 20-22 Santi Maha Sangha Base Level Exam. July 24-28 Chögyal Namkhai Norbu. General Retreat history of the central Tibetan kings, DrJhubten Phuntsos Moscow August 14-24 Chögyal Namkhai Norbu. General Retreat and finally the establishment of Bud­ 10 SPECIAL PRACTICES CALENDAR April 23-27 SMS 1st Level training August 28-30 SMS 111 Level Exam dhism in the time of the Three Reli­ May 1-5 Moscow retreat September 31 -4 SMS IV Level Training gious Kings, (see Teaching page 2) 12 A PRELIMINARY May 8-10 SMS 1st Level Exam ARCH.AELOGIC.AL SURVEY' May 11-15 SMS II Level Training FRANCE On the following morning, Fabio November 20-22 Paris Teaching* Andrico, who had arrived the previ­ John Belles POLAND Novmber 27-29 Karmaline Teaching ous day. led a small group of seminar 13 INTERN ATONAL May 22-24 Polish Retreat COMMUNITY CONTACTS May 26-29 Visii Paldanling land PORTUGAL participants in a three hour introduc­ : December 4-6 Portugal Retreal" tory session of Yantra "ioga. That 14 COMMUNITY NEWS GERMANY afternoon. Rinpoche gave the first of June 5-7 German Retreat * BRAZIL three talks of a short but intense 18 LNTERVIEW WITH December 12 Public Talk. San Paolo LOUISE LANDES LEM AUSTRIA December 18-20 SITIO Retreat * introduction to the Dzogchen teach­ Lucid Dream Conference* June 10 ings and practice. The teachings are 19 How I MET THE TEACHINGS ARGENTINA June 12-14 Austrian Retreat Dec. 28-Jan. 4. 1999 Tashigar Retreat pared down to essential elements 20 SMALL DETAÎLS OF M E R 1 G A R . t T A L Y which for new people require a bit of EVERYDAY THINGS June 25 His Holiness Sakya Trizin time to absorb and amplify, and for John Shome * Venues to be announced. Zhenpa Zhidral Teaching Use International Contacts List for details older students serve as potent His Holiness Sakya Trizin June 26-28 ** To be confirmed reminders of what they may have Vajra Kilaya leaching learned but have not vet fullv Chögyal Namkhai Norbu father, mother and family were all in Tibet and I didn't know if they were still alive or dead; I didn't know anything. So in 1982 February 1998 I went back. At that time I met an old practitioner of Bön who came from T would like to try to explain a little about the origin of the South Tibet. In South Tibet there is a region called Konpo, JL Dzogchen teachings. In general, I teach Dzogchen teach­ where there is a big mountain called the Mountain of Bön. It is ings and the meaning of Dzogchen. Particularly I would like called the Mountain of Bön because the founder of Bön, Tonpa to talk about how the teachings developed and have been Shenrab, came to Tibet and spent a lot of time at this mountain. diffused in Tibet. The Bönpo consider this a very sacred mountain. This old Bön­ You already know that Tibet is a very isolated country. po lived at the mountain, and when he came to Lhasa he came Twenty or thirty years ago almost everyone thought Tibet was to visit me. The Bönpo people like me very much because they like another planet. It is a country that has been very difficult to think I am protecting them because I do a lot of research and reach and therefore it has not been easy to have contact with speak a lot about Bön.
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