Skype - the way forward to practice together?

[thewhiterussia]

Dear Dzogchen practitioners who live "in the galaxy far far away" has anyone of you tried to use Skype to do Ganapujas and other collective practices together? Please share your experience..

[Dronma]

Skype has many interruptions and delays in both video and voice.
Not good for practicing together!

[Zenda]

I've used it and it's worked fine.

[Yudron]

People are quite happy with "Google Hangouts." It's free, and good for groups up to 8 to all see each other. I haven't tried it yet for tsog, but it sounds like a good thing.

[Dronma]

Also Google Chat gives interruptions and delays.
Maybe it is good idea only for explaining practices to new people.

PS. It might works fine when we use them for a few minutes, but connection does not remain stable for long time.

[Yudron]

Maybe it is your location, Dronma... Skype is working fine for me.

[justin.hudgins]

Both work great for me, the only issues I've ever had have been with another user's hardware or internet connection, not the service itself.

I've heard that DC members in China regularly do tshogs online, but I don't know if it's through either of these services or something else.

[thewhiterussia]

thanks for sharing..

[Dronma]

I connect with people from very different places of the planet, Yudron.
And we all have the same problems with both Skype and Google Chat.
You can check it by searching in relative forums. A lot of people complaining there...
That's why both programs develop new upgrades all the time, while trying to resolve these problems.

[Yudron]

I connect with people from very different places of the planet, Yudron.
And we all have the same problems with both Skype and Google Chat.
You can check it by searching in relative forums. A lot of people complaining there...
That's why both programs develop new upgrades all the time, while trying to resolve these problems.

Good to know.

[Stewart]

Yeah same here, I hardly ever have a problem with Skype or Google chat Dronma, so maybe it is your area. Sometimes universal updates are put out to deal with regional issues.

[pemachophel]

Our small group in Boulder studying with Tulku Sherdor Rinpoche (who lives in upstate NY) has been using Go To Meeting to practice together and receive teachings in real time. Our Go To Meeting sangha also includes a group in Lisbon, Portugal (headed by Lama Gyurme), and other individuals around the States and even in Scotland. Works really well. Everyone can see and hear each other (if you go with that option), and people can ask questions either by writing them or speaking out loud (as long as they have a mic attached to their computer). It helps that people in Portugal are used to staying up late. We start on one Sunday each month around 1 PM Boulder time and in Portugal it's 9 PM (I think).