Updated guidelines on how to organize Yantra Yoga and Vajra Dance Courses
The Guidelines are already valid since Nov. 1st 2017, as previously communicated.

The Guidelines are already valid since Nov. 1st 2017, as previously communicated.

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The Santi Maha Sangha (SMS) Training is a study and practice course in nine levels, which was started by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in 1993. In the ancient Oddiyana language, Santi Maha Sangha means Dzogchen Community. The goal of SMS Training is to prepare Dzogchen practitioners to gain personal knowledge based on concrete experience through intensive…
As part of the reorganisation of the Dzogchen Community and of Shang Shung Institute, it has been the intention to pass over responsibility for services relating to the IDC so that Shang Shung Institute is free to focus on its core purpose of working for the continuation of Tibetan Culture in all its aspects. The…
Welcome to the new website of the International Dzogchen Community Gakyil! Here you will find progress reports on the reorganisation of the Community as an International Organisation – not every day, but as important steps unfold. If you have any questions, you can ask them here and we will add our responses to the FAQs…
The Annual General Assembly (AGA) of the International Dzogchen Community (IDC), took place on Sunday, July 6, 2025, at 3 pm CEST – Italian Time in Merigar West Gonpa and online via open Webcast on the Practicing Together channel. IDC Members-of-Record as of July 6, 2025, approved the 2024 IDC Financial Statements, the 2024 IDC…
(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…