Forty Years of Merigar
2021 marks a symbolic moment in the life of Merigar. In fact, forty years have passed since the 'Podere Nuovo’ farmhouse and land was bought and began to develop as the first center of the…
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History of the Minsk Dzogchen Community
Ruslan Malakhovskiy shares his recollections on the birth and development of the Minsk Dzogchen Community.
Summer at the Eastern European Gar
This summer was a full one for Merigar East, with many reasons to celebrate. The lifting of some travel limitations made it possible for us to complete the filling of the second Stupa.
SSI UK Fish Release with Drugu Choegyal Rinpoche
On July's full moon, at Bagnas tal lake in Nepal, we had the good fortune to have a fish release and blessing conducted by Drugu Choegyal Rinpoche.
Video Interview with Giorgio Dallorto
Interview with long time student of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu about his meeting with Rinpoche and life in the Dzogchen Community.
Heart Advice from Changchub Dorje
The Heart Advice from the Tibetan meditation master Nyakla Jangchub Dorje: A Concise Teaching on Seeing, Deepening, Responding and Arriving according to Dzogpa Chenpo Kadak Trekcho.
Interview with Menpa Phuntsog Wangmo about Covid 19, Vaccines and Protecting Each Other
In this interview Menpa Phuntsog Wangmo, the Director of the Shang Shung Institute School of Tibetan Medicine located in Conway, Massachusetts, USA, talks about Covid 19, the vaccine, as well as diagnosis, treatment and prevention…
The Word and the Master
In the following pages I will deepen the theme of the Master's relationship with the disciple, and the value of his word, also through references to Western culture.
Dzogchen Artist Frederica Henrieta Hegedus
My name is Frederica Henrieta Hegedus and I paint and design jewelry. I come from the city of Košice in Slovakia, which is where I was born, however, I feel like a citizen of the…
Pictures from the Past – Tsegyalgar East and Kundrolling
How is it that Rinpoche found his way to a small sleepy little town in Western Massachusetts, you may ask? Here’s the very short version.