If you go to Merigar – Courses and Events – Reserved for Practitioners – you will find:
https://www.merigar.it/en/courses-and-e ... ati-nazer/
The most important points on the View, Meditation, Behavior and Fruit
Only for those who have received the Transmission.
Retreat on “The most important points on the View, Meditation, Behavior and Fruit, or Ati Nazer” held at Merigar by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in June 2015.
The retreat will consist in following the videos of the Teachings given by the Master at Merigar and related explanations and practices, led by Santi Maha Sangha Base instructors.
Furthermore, October 31st falls on the Anniversary of Master Adzom Drugpa, and is one of the days on which the Master used to give the Worldwide Transmission. We will do the Worldwide Guruyoga Practice together, simultaneously all over the world, via webcast.
The retreat will be webcast in full, in English with Italian translation.
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It appears that you do not have to register to listen to the webcast.
Sometimes it takes
years for planted causes to come to fruition. Please read carefully #1. Perhaps the other seeds will also bear fruit if enough Members write to the IG and Gakyils.
Maybe they can give the transmission before playing the recording so that all newcomers could attend and get the benefit.
This was sent out to the IG, and others, on October 15, 2019.
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Hi all and All,
Now that the year of reflection is over perhaps it is appropriate to address several items of importance to our community. I would like to speak at the next Tseygyalgar East Gakyil meeting and put the following items on the table for future discussion and resolution.
1. There needs to be a way for the transmission of Direct Introduction to continue. For example, this could be by having a weekly transmission from the Spirit of ChNNR to the entire community every Sunday at 1 PM, Merigar time. Sounding the AH, or the Guru Yoga of the White Ah of Garab Dorje, could be used to allow for Direct Introduction. This could be on the web and led by one of the accepted old-timers such as Adriano or Elio, or others. Then the IDC can continue. Without allowing for a means of Direct Introduction, the IDC will not survive. For new members to do any of the Dzogchen practices, they first need a Direct Introduction.
2. It is suggested that there be an annual gathering where lineage holders of each of the 150 + Secondary Practices of ChNNR can read (give the lung for) each practice and give a short explanation (transmission) of each practice. Then all the Secondary Practices will be preserved. As of now, SSI only supports the 35 or so "Collective Practices." The annual gathering for the transmission of the Secondary Practices could be from the day after Christmas until the transmission is finished, or it could be held mid-Summer when many have vacations.
3. The establishment, at Tseygyalgar, and at the other major Gars, of a copy of the Digital Archive with an endowment set up to allow it to be re-copied every 5 years if kept on computers, or every 75 years if kept on archival DVDs.
The Digital Archives need to be harmonized and matched to a master list of all the retreats. This list does not currently exist. Where there are retreats that are missing, or gaps, the place of the original retreat needs to be contacted so as to allow for obtaining copies of the original tapes of the retreat. These need to then be digitized and added to the archives.
This should be done soonest, so that this can be accomplished before the original tapes are lost forever.
I fear that there are many retreats that are not in the archives in total, because the originals were lost at Merigar. I also fear that many retreats are only partially in the archive because the original tapes sent to Merigar, were stored in conditions of extremes of heat and cold which damaged the tapes.
The Digital Archive needs to be cataloged and transcribed to support practice. It is clear that this responsibility needs to be addressed in collaboration with SSI as they appear to be in need of our support and collaboration.
4. The issue of who can teach the Secondary Practices needs to be addressed. ChNNR always said that the old-timers could help teach the newcomers. Maybe there needs to be a College of Old Timers, who are vetted by the IDC. There needs to be a list of lineage holders for each of the Secondary Practices and this list needs to be updated on a regular basis.
Some people are saying that ChNNR said that only SMS Instructors can teach the Secondary Practices. This is just not true. ChNNR did say that only SMS teachers can teach SMS, and this makes sense.
5. The Statutes and Membership papers of the IDC need to be reviewed so as to better reflect Democratic values and to better meet the needs of the IDC for the Future.
6. It is suggested that there be a vetted discussion website where all of the issues facing the future of the IDC can be discussed. Dharma Wheel, while serving some of the functions of this site is not a solution because it is not moderated by members of the IDC.
https://dharmawheel.net/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=4052
Norbunet serves the purpose of timely advisories, and the Mirror serves the purpose of sharing larger articles. What I am talking about is a discussion site where newcomers can get advice on practice form the old-timers / SMS instructors, and where issues facing the IDC can be discussed in a safe and supportive environment. This would be a closed site for members only with a user name and password to protect access.
Perhaps a different site, also moderated by the IDC, could be open and address questions from newcomers.
It is requested that the Tseygyalgar Gakyil prepare motions relating to the above 6 items to be submitted to the IDC for a vote and action at the next annual meeting.
Please forgive me if I am writing too much but I am 74 years old and don't know how much longer I will live. The key point is that the very precious transmission of Direct Introduction, and transmission of all of the Secondary Practices taught by ChNNR, in over 550 retreats, should continue.
Please let me know what you think and feel free to share this with whomever you want to.
Respectfully Submitted,
Robert Kragen
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