For all interested to practicing Dzogchen Teaching we organize an explanation session of the coming World Wide Transmission from an eminent Dzogchen Master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu.
The starting point for the practice of Dzogchen is to receive a ‘Direct Transmission’ from the teacher. This ‘Direct Transmission’ is the means by which the teacher introduces us directly to the true nature of our mind: our primordial state or ‘rigpa’ (in Tibetan). On three occasions each year, corresponding to particular anniversaries in the Dzogchen calendar, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu gives the direct transmission of Guru Yoga necessary for starting to practice. The World Wide Transmissions are broadcast as live webcasts, this time it will be on the 22nd, July at 5:00.
In order to be ready for the Transmission we are giving explanations for newcomers, what is it and what should one expect, a week before, on the 15th of July at 14:00 at Rangdrolling.
Newcomers who want to participate at a World Wide Transmission (WWT) should be interested in the Dzogchen Teachings.
Please come if you are. You don’t need to bring anything.
Rangdrolling is very happy to announce a VajraDance of the Song of the Vajra weekend with Stoffelina Verdonk, June 8 till 10 in Amsterdam.
This weekend is specially suitable for refreshing and learning this Dance. It is part two of our multi-part course. In the previous weekend we learned the vajradance of the 4 contemplation and of the 4 Da (until Vaitana). This weekend we will repeat and continue the ajra dance of the 4 visions and of conduct (from Parali on).
A special element of this course is that it also focusses on learning the correct rhythm and way of singing of the Song of the Vajra. Even those who are not learning the Dance now, are welcome to join and learn!
About this course Stoffelina writes:
In this course the new Pamo are learning the steps, while the Pawo or others who are present, singing the natural sound of the Song of the Vajra. They can experience how to be present in the correct timing with the syllables and melody, while they sing.
All sounds of The Song of the Vajra present a source for contemplation. We learn how to sing perfect way in timing, offering our presence, dancers and singers, relaxing in contemplation All together.
It is a perfect practice, also a Semdzin, in which we can discover how this singing and dancing is influencing our dance, our own dance, but also the dance in harmony of Pamo and Pawo present on the mandala.
Knowing the precise timing and way of singing is presented since long time by Rinpoche, also by Adriano Clemente. In VajraDance, especially for those who know longer the dance, timing is important. This is a very joyful way to dance AND sing together.
All Be most welcome!!!
About Stoffelina Verdonk
Stoffelina is a certified performer and teacher of modern dance. She met Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in 1986. Since then she practices his teaching and collaborates within the Dzogchen Community. She became a second level VajraDance instructor in 1993, travelling to teach and practice VajraDance in and outside the International Dzogchen Community; and she is a very inspiring and experienced VajraDance teacher. In 2015 she was authorised as Santi Maha Sangha and Khaita instructor by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu.
Registration Yantra Yoga Open Course – Deadline 4th May
This is an Introduction Course to Yantra Yoga with Marc van Westreenen, organized specially for newcomers and beginners
One of the most ancient recorded systems of yoga in the world, Yantra Yoga was
first taught in Tibet in the eighth century. It has been preserved in its unadulterated form to this day, and as an excellent method for attaining optimal health andrelaxation is just as relevant for the contemporary world. Emphasizing the coordination of breath and movement, Yantra Yoga helps us learn meditation through experience.
Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, an eminent Tibetan scholar and Dzogchen master, first began to teach Yantra Yoga to Western students in the early 1970s. Courses are now taught all over the world by a growing number of instructors accredited in a rigorous training and examination process supervised by the two main instructors
appointed by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, Fabio Andrico and Laura Evangelisti.
1st WEEKEND
Friday, 25 May 1 session 20:00-22:00
Saturday, 26 May 2 sessions 10.00- 12.30 & 15.00 – 17.30
2nd WEEKEND
Friday, 8 June 1 session 20:00-22:00
Saturday, 9 June 2 sessions 10.00- 12.30 & 15.00 – 17.30
This course consists of two weekends and it covers the preliminary practices of Yantra Yoga. You will learn:
· Basic warm-up exercises
· Nine purification breathings – is a pranayama used for exhaling the stale air at the beginning of our practise , it also trains for complete breathing.
· Tsigjong. In Tsigjong we work with the joints and the sense doors. It is made up of 5 movements combined with rapid breathing.
· Lungsang. Main part of the course is a set of 8 exercises called Lungsang, or purifying the prana. Each movement teaches a different way of breathing or retention of the breath. By learning Lungsang we are introduced to one of the main characteristics of Yantra Yoga: The breathing guides the movement, and the movements shape the breathing.
· Tsandul. Last part of the preliminaries practices is Tsandul.
Tsandul has two parts, a pranayama and 5 movements. These exercises prepare and train the channels for more advanced Yantra’s and breath-work.
If you are interested to learn more about Yantra Yoga then it is the best to follow both weekends. Then you will receive the complete preliminaries and you have a base for deepening your practise.
*This is a rare oportunity to learn Tibetian Yoga of movement. There probably won’t be organised other beginner’s courses any soon (by us).
Location: Veemarkt 151, 1019 CC Amsterdam Price: Course (2 weekends – 6 sessions) – 100 euro
1st weekend (3 sessoons) – 65 euro with a possibility to join 2nd weekend for 45 euros Deadline: 1st May Registration: info@rangdrolling.nl
Yantra Yoga helps coordinate body, energy, and mind while making us more balanced and free from tension. When we have a more relaxed mind, it is possible to have a better, more harmonious, and healthy life.
– Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
If you have any questions or you know that you are going to join the course for sure, please let us know: contact us!
During the May retreat with Zoltan Czer every evening we will do a Chöd practice. For the ones who can’t participate in the retreat it is a beautiful opportunity to meet Zoltan and practice with our beautiful Sangha. Everybody is welcome! (mind you have to have a transmission of this particular practice from CNN)
Please come!
The 7th Lojong involves training in the state beyond thought by means of pleasure and emptiness, training in the state beyond thought by means of clarity and emptiness, and training in the ultimate nature of phenomena completely beyond thought. Zoli would like to give an experimental retreat, where we are focusing to the practice. The 7th Lojong is the supreme method in order to start on the path of contemplation, with this practices we can gain experience about a pure instant presence, beyond mind. . Tummo means inner heat, and also related with a method of 7th Lojong. With Tummo we can find meditative stability through joy and emptiness, so this is a very important practice. Beside sitting we will do different practices, breathing, doing Yantra Yoga, and dance of the 12 A .
May, 10
10.00 – 13.00
15.00 – 18.00
18:30 Chöd (Everybody is welcome!)
May, 11
10.00 – 13.00
15.00 – 18.00
18:30 Chöd (Everybody is welcome!)
May, 12
10.00 – 13.00
15.00 – 18.00
18:30 Chöd (Everybody is welcome!)
May, 13
10.00 – 13.00
15.00 – 18.00
After retreat time we finish with Chöd, so the ones who can’t participate can come and join Chöd practice with everybody. Please come!
Location: Rangdrolling (Overbrakerpad 2, 1014 AZ Amsterdam) Registration via email: info@rangdrolling.nl IBAN: NL72INGB0006065880 with mention 7th Lojong Retreat Price: sustaining € 85.- ; ordinary € 130.- Early bird price: sustaining € 55.- ; ordinary € 110.- (before 25th April)
Zoltan’s BIO:
Zoltan “Zoli” Cser comes from Hungary, he was working as a vicerector at the Dharmagate Buddhist College in Budapest, now he is director.
He started to practice Buddhism in 1986 in a Chan lineage, he met our Master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu first time in 2002.
Zoli is the member of the International Dzogchen Community continously from 2004. In 2013 he became second level Vajradance instructor, in 2015 SMS Base instructor and in 2016 Yantra Yoga second level instructor.
De International Dzogchen Community in Nederland bestaat al meer dan 35 jaar. Chögyal Namkhai Norbu heeft Nederland een aantal malen bezocht en er is een kleine groep toegewijde beoefenaars ontstaan. Deze wonen verspreid over heel Nederland en België. De Nederlandse Community was van 1987 tot 2014 georganiseerd in Stichting Dzogchen. Daarna is de vereniging Internationale Dzogchen Gemeenschap van Rangdrolling opgericht.
Wij organiseren gezamenlijke beoefening, cursussen en retraites. Voor een overzicht, zie de Kalender. Onder Activiteiten kun je iets meer informatie vinden over de beoefeningen.
Sinds 6 oktober 2014 is Rangdrolling opgericht in Amsterdam. Een Ling is een vast centrum waar de Dzogchen Community samenkomt. Rangdrolling is gevestigd in natuurcentrum de Braeck van de Vereniging NEMO in het Westerpark in Amsterdam, omgeven door de natuur.
Het ontstaan van de Nederlandse Dzogchen Gemeenschap en Rangdrolling
In 2017 vierde de Nederlandse Dzogchen Community zijn 30 jarig bestaan. Zij werd officieel opgericht op 9 april 1987!
Eric Soyeux vertelt ons over de vroege periode: “Rinpoche bezocht Nederland regelmatig tussen 1982 en 1987. Niet alleen om onderricht te geven, maar ook om Tibetan Village te promoten, de voorganger van wat we nu als ASIA kennen. Tijdens de jaren 80 kwamen studenten van Rinpoche, met daarbij studenten van andere Sangha’s, bij elkaar in een gekraakt pand om te beoefenen. Het was een grote smeltkroes! De Amsterdamse gemeente veranderde de bestemming van het gekraakte pand vanwege de activiteiten die er werden gehouden.”
“In de jaren 90,” herinnert zich Ans Swart, “hadden we een fijne plek aan de oostkant van de Amstel rivier. Later deden we beoefeningen in een prachtige kamer in Amsterdam Zuid. Een van onze beoefenaars stelde deze ruimte ter beschikking. Ik herinner me dat we er een heel fijne week van Tara beoefening deden.”
“We moesten nogmaals verhuizen, en voor een tijdje zaten we in het N.S.T.G., de Nederlandse Stichting Tibetaanse Geneeskunde. Vervolgens zaten we een lange tijd in een fijne ruimte van het Maitreya instituut aan de Brouwersgracht. Nadat we deze locatie ook verloren, beoefenden we, zoals het in vele landen gaat, bij elkaar thuis.”
Als je door de notulen van de Gakyil-vergaderingen van de afgelopen 20 jaar leest, was er steeds de wens om een “officiële” Ling te worden, maar het vinden van een betaalbare locatie was altijd het grootste obstakel. In het nieuwe millennium, met nieuwe mensen, was er weer de energie om een locatie te zoeken. Het kostte ons veel tijd, maar uiteindelijk, in 2013, vonden we een erg fijne ruimte in het Westerpark: Een klein stukje natuur in het midden van de stad. Als je er bent, vergeet je de stad helemaal!
Toen de locatie gevonden was, gaf Rinpoche ons de naam Rangdrolling – de Ling van de Zelf-bevrijding. Rangdrolling werd op 6 oktober 2014 geboren. We zijn erg gelukkig met de prachtige naam en erg dankbaar aan Rinpoche!
Sindsdien komen wij regelmatig samen in Rangdrolling om te beoefenen, voor cursussen en andere bijeenkomsten.
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On three occasions each year, corresponding to particular anniversaries in the Dzogchen calendar, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu gives the direct transmission of Guru Yoga necessary for starting to practice. The World Wide Transmissions are broadcast as live webcasts, this time it will be on the 22nd, July at 5:00.
