Dzogchen Seattle
 Our email address above
We are over a dozen people here following the teachings of Chogyal Namkhai Norbu. We do not have a 'center' in the Seattle area. It's usually around 4 to 10 people practicing informally together. We meet about 2 to 3 times a month at Heidi & Daniel' s house in Juanita, Kirkland, at Stephan's downtown apartment and also at the homes of other members. In addition we meet for practice days several times a year. Practice dates are being posted below and updated frequently. In March 2006 we founded a Gakhyil in Seattle and started to invite teachers from the Dzogchen Community after meeting more informally since 1997.
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Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche is the founder and guide of the worldwide Dzogchen Community. He was born in 1938 in Derge in Eastern Tibet and has been recognized as the reincarnation of a great Dzogchen teacher. In 1976 he began to give Dzogchen teachings first in Italy and then in many other countries. Main centers are located in Italy, the United States, Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, Australia and Romania.
 Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche in Seattle, May 2001
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Seattle Area Practice Schedule
March - May 2010
LUNAR Collective Practices
March 25 Thursday - Ganapuja 7:30
at Daniel and Heidi's in Kirkland
April 27 Tuesday 7:30 Guru Drakphur
at Daniel and Heidi's in Kirkland
please confirm by email to Dzogchen Seattle
May 13 Thurs New Moon 7:30 practice tba
at Daniel and Heidi's in Kirkland
May 27 Thurs Full Moon Saga Dawa 7:30
at Daniel and Heidi's in Kirkland
SOLAR collective practice & study at Stephan's:
Call Stephan for time and directions: 206-749-9449 or email: hillwrites {at} hotmail.com
In General:
Chod practice is on the Second (sometimes first) Tuesday of the month [Chod Practice - 7:00 p.m]
(Last) Sunday Study Group
A discussion and practice session will be meeting each Last Sunday of the month, 3:00-5:00 p.m. Topics will focus primarily on understanding details and functions of the different Tuns. All are welcome to participate. For information or inclusion in mailing list, write or call Stephan at: hillwrites {at} hotmail.com or (206) 749-9449
Yantra Yoga Weekend in Vancouver BC
with Oni McKinstry
At Yoga for the People, 150 W Hastings St
Please RSVP to info@yogaforthepeople.ca
or 604 710 7267
April 23 – 25, 2010
Fri 7:30 – 9pm
Sat 12:30 – 3:30 and 7:30 – 9pm
Sun 12:30 – 3:30
$50/session or $175 pre-registration
Please visit www.yantrayoga.org for more information
Links
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The Dzogchen teachings are neither a philosophy, nor a religious doctrine, nor a cultural tradition. Understanding the message of the teachings means discovering one's own true condition, stripped of all the self-deceptions and falsifications, which the mind creates. The very meaning of the term Dzogchen, "Great Perfection", refers to the true primordial state of every individual, and not to any transcendent reality.
Chögyal Namkhai Norbu
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Chögyal Namkhai Norbu is a Dzogchen master of Tibetan Buddhism highly trained in the Buddhist traditions of meditation, philosophy and medicine.
At his birth in 1938 at Geug, in the region of Derge (Eastern Tibet), Chögyal Namkhai Norbu was recognized as the reincarnation of the great Dzogchen teacher Adzam Drugpa (1842-1934). When he was five years old he was further recognized by the XVIth Karmapa as the mind emanation of Drug Zhabdrung Rinpoche, a prior reincarnation of the master Padma Karpo.
Chögyal Namkhai Norbu studied with some of the most important masters of his time and completed the training required by Buddhist tradition in both Sutra and Tantra. At the age of sixteen, he met Master Rigdzin Changchub Dorje, who introduced him to the authentic knowledge of the Dzogchen teachings.
In 1960 he was invited to Europe by the great Tibetan scholar Guisseppe Tucci and appointed Professor of Tibetan and Mongolian Language and Literature at the Oriental Institute, University of Naples. Since his retirement from the University of Naples, Rinpoche has traveled extensively throughout Europe, North and South America, the former Soviet Union and Asia transmitting in a direct and open way the precious treasury of Dzogchen teachings. He teaches in English, Italian and Tibetan according to the audience.
Chögyal Namkhai Norbu is author of many books and articles including The Crystal and the Way of Light (Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd), Dzogchen the Self-Perfected State (Penguin Group), The Cycle of day and Night (Station Hill Press), and The Supreme Source (Snow Lion Publications).
Chögyal Namkhai Norbu's Teachings on the Net
Rinpoche offers many teachings now on the internet in the form of live audio and video webcasts. Many of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu's retreat teachings are being offered to the worldwide Dzogchen Community as webcasts.
Restricted webcasts are available only to members of the Dzogchen Community. Open Webcasts are available to all sincere practitioners interested in the Dzogchen teaching.
Upcoming Webcasts of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu:
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