New Member Resources

More About the Community:

The easiest way to be in touch with us about your specific questions is to write. We would be happy to connect you with a community member to help orient you. To reach out, please write to the gakyil@tsegyalgar.org (board) and we will do our best to connect you with someone. Or visit the contact page for the appropriate person to contact.

• "Welcome Site" from the International Dzogchen Community. This page includes a booklet that provides a brief overvew of the IDC, a community of  people interested in personal evolution who follow the teachings of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu and, after his  passing away, also those of his son Yeshi Namkhai.
  https://welcome.dzogchencommunity.org/
• Transmission:  *If you’ve received direct transmission from Chögyal Namkhai Norbu or Yeshi Namkhai. Participation in certain programs requires having received the lung for the practice, or is at the discretion of the instructor. Please contact bluegakyil@tsegyalgar.org if you have questions.
• The Tsegylagar website is also a great resource and is updated weekly.
• Shang Shung USA Bookstore - Book LIst For Newcomers - View on the Tsegyalgar East Website
• The Sangha App has practices hosted by Dzogchen Community members, Gars, and Lings from all over the world.
• To view webcasts, retreat replay and retreat resources, visit the webcast website of the International Dzogchen Community: http://webcast.dzogchen.net/
  If you forget your password to login to webcast.dzogchen.net you can use https://dzogchen.net/recoverpassword/ to reset it. Your username is your email that you used for registration. 
• The Mirror is an invaluable way to keep up to date with articles about retreats and Teaching points as well as learn about other Gars and Lings around the world. You can also access The Mirror archives.
• Dzamling Gar is the International Gar
• The IDC International Gakyil
• ASIA, founded by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) operating in support of the preservation of the identity and historical heritage of the peoples of Asia, with particular attention to Tibet and the Himalayan region, and promotes sustainable development processes centred on local communities with their own human, cultural and environmental resources. Asia is currently providing relief efforts in Nepal.
• The Shang Shung Institute School of Tibetan Medicine was founded by Rinpoche in 1994, and it is located in Conway, Massachusetts. It’s achievements include: an extensive library of educational resources on Tibetan culture, an onsite and online bookstore full of materials on Tibetan culture and the Dzogchen Teachings of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, and many public programs and courses on Tibetan Culture & Art. The most extensive project of  the American branch to date is a Tibetan medical school that is the first in the West to offer a four-year curriculum equivalent to traditional Tibetan medical schools in Tibet and India.

With love and many good wishes,

Tsegyalgar East Gakyil