Sometimes the World is Good
In this photo Reb Zalman calls me to the Torah to empower a Hebrew name he had gifted me as a symbol of my return to Judaism: Galya. It means ‘to manifest,’ ‘light,’ ‘joy,’… Read More
Muir Woods is Heaven on Earth. If I spend enough time there, any problem I bring just dissolves into the open space. Someday I think I might see a Terradactyl fly by. Here are… Read More
Oh Happy Day, Gyatrul Rinpoche, 88 years old, has a reunion with the Dalai Lama. It was the Dalai Lama who originally requested that Rinpoche move to the United States over 40 years ago. The pure joy and relief… Read More
Chogyal Namkahai Norbu hosted a Mandarava Chulden Long Life Retreat for the last two weeks of February 2013 in Tenerife, Spain, a beautiful volcanic island that is part of the Canary Island chain. There were so many… Read More
Re-printed with permission from the International Dzogchen Community’s Journal, The Mirror, edition 114, March 2012. Context: This article is a reflection about life on retreat for two months in Argentina at Chogyal Namkahai… Read More
The fallen master did not intend to be. He was an earnest spiritual practitioner, a person with ordinary human pain, a seeker. But he faced an obstacle, a pitfall. It was a… Read More
