Chögyal Namkhai Norbu was born in Derghe, eastern Tibet, in 1938. As a child he was recognized as the reincarnation of the great Dzogchen Master Adzom Drugpa (1842-1924) and later by the sixteenth Karmapa as a reincarnation of Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal (1594-1651), the first Dharmaraja of Bhutan.
The Dzogchen teachings are neither a philosophy, nor a religious doctrine, nor a cultural tradition. Understanding the message of the teachings means discovering one’s own true condition stripped of all the self-deceptions and falsifications which the mind creates.
The Dzogchen Community is made up of those who are interested in following and practicing the Dzogchen teachings. It was founded by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in Italy in the second half of the seventies and rapidly developed in various countries around the world, taking on a completely international dimension.
Links
GARS
Merigar West - Europe (Italy) www.dzogchen.it
Merigar East - Europe (Romania) www.dzogchen.ro
Kunsangar South - Ukraina http://www.dzogchencommunity.ru
Tsegyalgar East - North America (Massachusetts, USA) www.tsegyalgareast.org
Tsegyalgar West - North America (Baja, Mexico) www.tsegyalgarwest.org
Tashigar Norte - South America (Venezuela) www.tashigarnorte.org
Tashigar Sur - South America (Argentina) www.tashigar-sur.com.ar
Namgyalgar - Oceania (Australia) www.dzogchen.org.au
LINGS
USA
Kundrolling, NYC www.nydzogchen.com
Dondrupling, Berkeley California www.dzogchencommunitywest.org
Seattle, Washington www.dzogchenseattle.org
Europe
Austria www.dzogchen.at
Czech Republic www.dzogchen.cz
France www.association-dzogchen.org
Germany www.dzogchen.de
Great Britain www.dzogchencommunity.org
Greece www.dzogchen.gr
Holland www.dzogchen.nl
Hungary www.dzogchen.hu
Lithuania www.dzogchen.lt
Poland www.dzogczen.pl
Slovakia www.dzogchen.sk
Spain Kundusling www.dzogchen.es
Italy
Adzamling, Molise, www.adzamling.it
Milan www.dzogchenmilano.it
Namdeling, Naples www.dzogchennapoli.org
Zhenphenling, Rome www.zhenphenling.it
Kunsalling, Brescia, www.kunsalling.it
Gyamtsholing www.gyamtsholing.org
Russian-Speaking Countries
www.dzogchencommunity.ru
Rinchenling www.rinchenling.ru
Others
Israel dzogchen.org.il
