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Dzogchen Seminars and Retreats 2008


 

ISRAEL

Evenings

Thursday, 24.4 - 19:30-21:30 , t.a
Tel Aviv 
In the Tovana sangha house
'No meditation, meditation and non-meditation' 

Saturday, 26.4 20:00 - 22:00,  
Jerusalem
'Maga',  shiatsu school
'
Dzogchen and healing'  
Dzogchen and Healing: Dzogchen View and Meditation provides the optimal conditions for healing by any system of medicine. It also allows the ideal  state of mind for the healer. An introduction to Dzogchen in the context of healing.

Saturday, 3.5 19:30-21:30,
Jerusalem
'Reidman' holistic medicine college

Seminar and Retreat 
The Masks of Nirvana

Place: Touval, Galilee
Time: Seminar: Thursday May 8th to Saturday May 10th
             Retreat: Thursday May 15th to Thursday May 22nd

The tradition of Dzogchen is unique in many ways but perhaps the most
exciting is the method of instruction that takes the starting point as the
goal. The path begins with an assumption of its completion, with a
recognition of our ordinary mind as perfect in itself. Our highest
existential realisation thus forms the foundation of that path. In this 
seminar and retreat we cultivate the Dzogchen perspective that gives entry 
to that path and the meditation that is the corollary of that understanding.

The natural state of mind, which we can call buddhahood, is cloaked
only by an evanescent veneer of conceptual cloudiness and its varieties  
we may call the masks of nirvana. Recognise the masks for what they 
are and each one becomes a skilful means of attainment. The seminar 
employs a basic Dzogchen text to introduce the nature of mind and thereafter 
we explore together the basic masks of existence – embodiment, survival, 
 passion and death.

There are no requirements for attendance to the seminar. But those who 
have a background in buddhism will find its terminology familiar, and particularly, anyone who has practised buddhist vipasyana or samatha meditation will find themselves well grounded and is especially welcome. 
The substance of this seminar is the complete fundamental Dzogchen transmission which should be received over and over again. It is 
recommended that anybody intuitively convinced of the nonduality 
of all experience receive this transmission repeatedly.

Some participants in this inner and outer environment of tranquillity and awareness may gain an immediate recognition of the Dzogchen view 
(or perhaps they already possess it) but still that recognition comes and 
goes and the means of a constant relaxation escapes us. The retreat offers 
the skilful means of attaining that relaxation beginning with discussion and precepts of guru-yoga and continuing with instruction in the simple yogas of ati-yoga (the inner ruzhen) and the focal points of attention that act as windows and then doorways into the nature of mind (semdzins).

This retreat may provide the occasion for a communion of minds enjoying 
the universal truth at the heart of Buddhist revelation. It is open to all who 
have received an introduction through the Masks of Nirvana seminar 
or formal pointing out instructions from any Dzogchen Lama.

Contact 
Gilia Bar Levi giliabar@yahoo.com

Mobile: 972-50-6711930

website: tovana.co.il (in Hebrew)
registration: giliabar@yahoo.com

 



 

GREECE

Rhodos

Dzogchen in Essence
Fri May 30th 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Guru Yoga 
Sat May 31st 6:00pm – 9:00pm

Beyond Suffering
atiyoga and some semdzins
Sun June 1st 10:00am – 1:00pm

Place: Yoga Centre 

Contact
Ifigeneia Xalkia 
email: ixalkia@12ne.gr

Tel : 6945 374 109
Home tel 2241 0 90290 after 16.00



Athens

The Dzogchen Imperative
an introduction to Dzogchen 
Place: Shambhala Center
Time: Monday June 2nd 7:00 pm

Dzogchen Retreat

Six days of immersion in the Dzogchen ethos 
Guru Yoga on Dzogchen
The Five Early Tantras of Vairotsana

Place: Myrinounda Retreat Place, Markolpoulo Attikis
Time: Tuesday June 3rd – Sunday June 8th 


The theory for the Outer Ruzhen retreat which will be held in 
Transylvania at the end of June will be given during this retreat.


Contact
 Fani Xenou: fanixenou@yahoo.com

Organized by the Urban Yogis.
May all beings be happy!

 



 

HUNGARY: BUDAPEST

Dzogchen Download
This seminar provides an introduction to the heart of Dzogchen. 
The Dzogchen view and meditation are presented here.

Introduction to the Nature of Mind
Friday June 13th 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Magical Illusion of Dzogchen
Saturday June 14th 10:00am - 1:00pm and 3:00pm - 6:00pm

The Wheel of Life Revisited
Sunday June 15th 10:00am - 1:00 and 3:00pm - 6:00pm

The theory of the Outer Ruzhen retreat, which will be held in 
Transylvania the following week (please see below), will be 
given during this last day.
 
Time: June 13th - 15th 
Place: Sambhala Tibet Center, Budapest
1068 Budapest, Szófia u.7. (00361)266 8084, 06 70 944 0260


Contact: 
Tibor Hendry 
email: sambhala@elender.hu   
website: www.tibet.hu
Tibetet Segítő Társaság Sambhala Tibet Központ 
Tibet Support Association Sambhala Tibet Center

 


 

TRANSYLVANIA, ROMANIA

Outer Ruzhen Retreat
Date: June 18th - 28th
Place: Prajd, Transylvania, Romania

Outer Rushen is unique to Dzogchen praxis. It may provide the opening 
up that years of conventional Buddhist meditation cannot deliver. It is 
designed to give us immediate access to the here and now where the 
nature of mind resides. This second Rushen retreat with the Hungarian 
Dzogchen communion will, finally, take us to Transylvania, in Romania. 
We expect that this sacred land of the Hungarians will provide an ideal 
environment for the Rushen experience.The Tibetan tradition demanded 
that individuals or couples lived out in the mountain wilderness alone for 
weeks or months. Although this is still the ideal mode of practice, the 
difficulties of finding secluded wilderness and a solitary place in 
Europe have resulted in the type of Outer Ruzhen Retreat in a controlled 
area where we are free to express ourselves without inhibition and without interference. Transylvania would seem to offer these special conditions. 

The qualifications for Outer Ruzhen practice are simply an unconditional 
commitment to Dzogchen that implies receptive initiation into the nature of 
mind. For those who have this qualification but find the Outer Ruzhen 
practice beyond their capacity, the Inner Ruzhen practices may be done 
instead in this secluded environment. The theoretical background for the 
Outer Ruzhen will be presented in the Tuval (Israel), Athens and Budapest 
seminars. The schedule for each day at the Transylvanian place of practice 
will consist of a Dzogchen presentation and meal in communion and as 
much secluded practice, including the night time, in the individual 'seat' as 
much as each individual participant is capable of. The environment in 
Nagyforrás (Great Spring) near Parajd, on a plateau, by a forest ranch, is 
wild and woolly so be prepared for primitive conditions.

 We will meet in Budapest at Sambhala Tibet Center on June 17th at 9:00am,
where a bus will be provided for the ten hour journey to Prajd. Visas for
 Romania are not required for EU passport holders but better check with your
 Romanian Embassy.
Full logistical information and further details will be
 available on the Sambhala web site www.tibet.hu or click on this link:
  http://www.tibet.hu/reszletek.php?backpid=44&oid=15

If you need to communicate with me about any dharma questions please 
email Keith.dowman@gmail.com

Contact: 
Tibor Hendry 
Tibetet Segítő Társaság Sambhala Tibet Központ 
Tibet Support Association Sambhala Tibet Center
1068 Budapest, Szófia u.7. 
Tel: (+361)266 8084, 
06 70 944 0260

email: sambhala@elender.hu   
website: www.tibet.hu

 



 

GERMANY: BERLIN
Urban Yogi Update and Download


Dzogchen Seminar and Retreat
Friday July 4th - Sunday 13th 

Dzogchen in Essence
 
the Introduction
Dzogchen view and ruzhen praxis 
Friday July 4th evening - Sunday 6th 

Friday and Saturday at Lotos Vihara Meditationszentrum
Neue Blumenstr.5

10179 Berlin-Mitte l
S-Bahn Jannowitzbrücke
U-Bahn Schillingstr. oder Straussberger Platz

Sunday at
Theksum Tashi Chöling Berlin
 c/o Bodhicharya e.V.
 Kinzigstraße 25-29
 10247 Berlin - Friedrichshain
 (Near U5-Samariterstrasse, TRAM 23 Wismar Platz
)

Chilling Out in Magical Illusion
Longchenpa's Gyumai Ngalso
a Dzogchen atiyoga practice
Monday July 7th - Wednesday July 9th
Afternoon and evening sessions:
15:00 hrs and 19:00hrs  
  
 
Guru Rinpoche in Dzogchen
with commentary on the Big Rigdzin
 
Friday 11th evening - Sunday13th 

Dzogchen Pilgrimage in Tibet 
a slideshow of the 2007 Kailash Pilgrimage
Saturday evening 19:00hrs 


Place: Theksum Tashi Chöling Berlin
 c/o Bodhicharya e.V.
 Kinzigstraße 25-29
 10247 Berlin - Friedrichshain
 (Near U5-Samariterstrasse, TRAM 23 Wismar Platz)

Contact:
Anne Gabler: yontan@gmx.net
Anna Aly:  +491637423869
Olaf : Olaf@khordong.de
www.khordong.net


For Accommodation
 contact Anne Gäbler

 

 

GERMANY: SCHWARZWALD

Rangshar Ling
Tibetisches Zentrum Ngakpa e.V. /Lahr

The Dzogchen Imperative
An Introduction to the Nature of Mind 
Thursday July 17th 20:00hrs

Contact
http://www.tibet-lahr.de/

 

Seminarhaus "Alpensicht": 
Saig/Südschwarzwald


Radical Dzogchen:

The Tantras of Vairotsana and Dzogchen Trekcho Praxis
Time: Friday July 18th 19:00 hrs - Sunday July 20th 

Contact at Alpensicht
 Khoji, k.grossler@zayt.de
ph: +49 (0)7653 960094
For info contact: Fritz, fritz.sperr@web.de




 

Espacio Dzogchen México

One Day Seminar: 
Dzogchen: Primordial Yoga
and The Dzogchen Mandala
Dzogchen provides an all-inclusive foundation for all 
spiritual disciplines and lifestyles : this is the Dzogchen Mandala
Buddhism in Mexico.
Place: Espacio Interbudista (Loseling)
Time: Saturday August 2nd  10:00 am - 6:00 pm  


Conferencia: Constant Renewal

Dzogchen fulfils our need for constant access to the source
 of freshness, vitality, inspiration. Dzogchen and Christianity.

Place:
Yoga Espacio
Allende 110 Col. Del Carmen, Coyoacán, D. F.
Tel.- 56 58 12 50 / 56 58 07 43

Time: Monday August 4th, 19:00hrs


 

Introduction to Dzogchen: Seminar and Retreat
The Essence of Dzogchen
This seminar with its inner ruzhen yogas should be taken 
again and again and again

Date: Thursday August 7th - Sunday August 10th 
Place:
El Márquez Hacienda  Hotel. Guanajuato-Irapuato Road Km 11

Seminar/Retreat 
This World is Magical Illusion
In his Gyumai Ngalso Longchenpa gives us
the key to the vision and meditation of the Great Perfection
(for the first time in Mexico).
In proximity to the happy hunting grounds of the Huicholes
Place: Real de Catorce, S.L.P
Date: Friday August 15th - Sunday August 17th
 

Ruzhen Retreat 
Outer and Inner Ruzhen Retreat
Place: 
El Gosco  Ranch 
Tenango de  Doria in Hidalgo  State
.
Dates: Friday August 22nd - Friday August 29th 

Seminar/Retreat
Dzogchen and Tantra: Skilful Means in Opening up to Spontaneity:
Renunciation and Rock 'n' Roll, Sex and Drugs

Place: Bambuddha, Acapulco
Date: Friday September 5th - Sunday September 7th

Carretera Barra Vieja no. 37
Tel.- 01( 744 )444 64 06 & 07 
Nextel  01 (744) 1000 457 ID 198858 *1
   papalotzin@aol.com          www.bambuddhacapulco.com         

    
Espacio Dzogchen México: www.espaciodzogchen.org
Informes e inscripciones: 
email: espaciodzogchenmexico@yahoo.com

 


 

USA 2008

New Mexico

Albuquerque

Copper Mountain Institute
Radical Dzogchen
Vairotsana's Five Tantras
Saturday and Sunday September 27th-28th
Contact: David Boaz
www.coppermount.org

Santa Fe
Ark Bookshop
The Dzogchen Imperative
Friday October 3rd 5:30 -7:00pm


Seminar/Retreat
[
place to be announced]
The Heart of Dzogchen 
Saturday and Sunday October 4th and 5th
Contact: Jeremiah Weser
jeremiahweser@yahoo.com

tel: +505-466-8006


Colorado

Crestone
seminar/retreat [details to be announced]
October 11th -12th
Contact: Mark Elliott
gatesgarth@ctelco.net


Boulder
[
to be announced]

 

New York
[to be announced]




 Sarva Mangalam!

 

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