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.

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…
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…
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
The International Dzogchen Community (IDC) has a global network of centers for anyone who is interested in the study and the practice of the precious Dzogchen Teachings, as passed down to us by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu and Yeshi Namkhai, with an emphasis on the practice of contemplation, including Vajra Dance and Yantra Yoga as meditations in…
Dear Vajra brothers and sisters. At the beginning of the Annual General Assembly of the IDC members, which took place in Dzamling Gar on Sunday, 16th of April 2017, Rinpoche gave a talk about International Gakyil. He very clearly sounds His vision about the role of the International Gakyil and how it is related to His teaching…
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…