Died – Mani Hahn
On January 20, 2023, at 12 noon, Mani Hahn passed away in Pattaya/Thailand. He was a long-time disciple of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu.
Passages
Died – Syuugyoku Iri
Warm greetings from Japan, Syuugyoku Iri 伊利秀玉 passed away suddenly.
Died – Craig Fiels
"I am heartbroken to let you know that Craig Fiels my beloved life partner crossed the rainbow bridge on December 20th 2022 from complications of an aggressive bacterial pneumonia and valley fever." Marta Macbeth
Died – Chimey Lee
On Monday January 9, our vajra sister Chimey Lee passed away at home in Berkeley, California. She was an active Dzogchen Community member at Dondrubling, regularly attending Ganapuja and other group practices.
Died – Diana Sullivan
Diana and Michael Sullivan are long time practitioners from the Tsegyalgar East Dzogchen Community. Diana died on January 5th, 2023. Please keep her in your practice.
Died – Alexey Zhilyakov
Dear Vajra family, this is to inform you that our Vajra brother Alexey Zhilyakov from Voronezh, Russia, died at the age of 44.
Passed Away – Igor Ustyuzhanin
Igor Ustyuzhanin from Irkutsk, Russia, passed away. He was one of Namkhai Norbu’s first students in Russia. In 1992-1994, Igor took many photos during Rinpoche’s…
Born – Leo Pinigin
We would like to share the joy of Svitlana Chakova and Igor Pinigin, whose son Leo was born on September 5, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Died – Annette Facer from New Zealand
We have sad news. Our dear friend and long time practitioner, Annette Facer, died around midnight on Friday 30th September.
Died – Jarek Krzyżowski
On the morning of the 4th of September, our dear vajra brother and dear friend Jarek Krzyżowski suddenly passed away.