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Membership Management workshop, Merigar West, July 2016
ByVince Li June 28, 2016December 1, 2024

The planned Membership Management workshop lasted about 3 hours and was held by Roberto Zamparo (Yellow IG) during the July’s retreat in Merigar West. It was intended for all Yellow Gakyils and Membership Coordinators. The aim of the Membership Management workshop was how to deal with membership management in general and related organization. Not aimed to technical basic use of MMS….

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Yellow Gakyil | Membership | Gar | Ling | Organisation | Services

The Welcome Card – open message to Gakyils of Gars and Lings
ByVince Li January 1, 2016December 6, 2024

(originally posted Oct 2014) Rinpoche has wanted from the beginning to have a system which allows time for individuals to settle into their relationship with the Teacher and the Teachings and become really sure of the nature of their commitment before becoming a member of the Dzogchen Community. Anyone who has read the Blue Book…

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Gakyil procedures for Courses with the four International Teachers
ByVince Li July 20, 2015December 5, 2024

Explanation for Gakyils of Gars and Lings on funding arrangements for the 4 International Teachers. For latest information, how to organize Yantra Yoga and Vajra Dance Courses, read the appropriate documents here. As Rinpoche has explained many times, he has given responsibility for training and supervising new instructors for Vajra Dance and Yantra…

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General | Blue Gakyil | Membership | Gar | Ling | Organisation

IDC AGM presentation
ByVince Li April 22, 2015December 5, 2024

Here you can download the IG report given at the recent AGM at Dzamling Gar. This information will also shortly be posted in the Mirror on dzogchen.net. Any member wishing to have the financial report, please contact the IDC secretary on idc.ig.secretariat@gmail.com. 2014 IDC AGM Ppt extracts for Mirror 16.4.2015

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General | Blue Gakyil | Membership | Communication | Finance | Gar | Ling | Organisation | Services

Frequently Asked Questions About the International Dzogchen Community
ByVince Li January 11, 2015December 5, 2024

About the International Dzogchen Community (IDC) What is the IDC? According to the IDC Statute, the International Dzogchen Community is an international non-for profit organization that brings together people who are committed to study and practice the Dzogchen Ati Teaching under the guidance of a master possessing authentic knowledge of the state of Dzogchen. It…

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Blue Gakyil | Finance | Gar | Ling | Organisation | Services | Teaching

Update on retreat organisation
ByVince Li May 19, 2014December 1, 2024

Dear Vajra family, As many of you may already know, our Master recently sent out a description of a way for organising teaching retreats, according to the principle of generosity. It is something he wrote some time ago, but only now for the recent Merigar West retreats did the moment arise to make it public….

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General | Blue Gakyil | Communication | Organisation

International Gakyil changes
ByVince Li April 25, 2014December 5, 2024

Following the recent International Gakyil Annual Planning Meeting, Rinpoche has approved the change to a 6-person International Gakyil. Ricardo Kogel has stepped down from the International Yellow Gakyil. Many thanks to him for his ongoing commitment to Rinpoche, for all his work for the IDC over the last year, and very best wishes for…

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1st meeting of the ICC
ByChögyal Namkhai Norbu April 4, 2014November 30, 2024

Thursday, April 3rd, was the day of the first meeting of the International Coordination Commitee (ICC), the assembly, which represents the main forum for coordination and dialog between representatives of all Gars, Lings and other institutions and groups belonging to the International Dzogchen Community. Here we want to sincerely apologize to those, who were trying to…

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General | Blue Gakyil | Communication | Services

Webcast
ByVince Li January 23, 2014December 5, 2024

Best wishes for 2014! You may have already heard that from Jan 1st 2014, responsibility for the Dzogchen Community webcast has passed from the Shang Shung Institute to the International Dzogchen Community. Many thanks for your generous donations to support the webcast, using the donate button on the webcast site! The service will continue exactly…

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Website problems
ByVince Li December 20, 2013January 22, 2014

Dear Vajra brothers and sisters! Following a recent crash of this website, it seems it has only been possible to restore to a much earlier version. Please accept our apologies for this. We’ll do our best to restore the missing posts as soon as possible. Meantime, thank you for your patience! Enjoy the up coming…

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