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Dear NyingmaNet Friends, On August 21 we started a new series of seven NyingmaNet sessions, running through November 13, 2020. These will occur every two weeks from now on, not once a week. During  the August 21 session, we heard about the fire dangers in Sonoma County and about Jack Petranker’s upcoming TSK Intensive. Jack […]

NyingmaNet Returns!  We are very happy to announce a new series of seven NyingmaNet sessions starting August 21. The new series will run through November 13, 2020 – not once a week but once every two weeks.  You may want to mark the dates: August 21 • NyingmaNet # 8September 4 • NyingmaNet # 9September 18

Dear NyingmaNet friends, In NyingmaNet session #7 on May 29 we honoured Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche and our Nyingma lineage with a talk by Jack Petranker on lineage, a film of the most recent Planting Seeds of Healing trip to the Amazon and a reading in English of a longevity prayer composed by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

The sixth NyingmaNet session featured Ralph McFall interviewed by Abbe about the history and plans for Dharma Publishing and DP Academy. Andis Egle led us through an invigorating Kum Nye Dancing practice: Leaving the Corral You Have Created for Yourself, and Elske interviewed Hugh Joswick, managing editor of Gesar, the Nyingma Mandala magazine. (You can

Gesar’s heart is cool and pulsing like a highland spring, and he holds tightly to Kyang-Go-Karkar’s reins. He does not move. Even as the dust cloud far ahead rises higher and higher and all that can be seen of the racing horses are the sparks from their hooves, even as his heart beats, he feels

The Mandala represents a realm where all elements are in balance, bringing a deep sense of peace and beauty to our world. It conveys an external structure that can also be reflected internally, in our minds. In this way, it shows a macrocosm and microcosm, at one and the same time a universe in perfect

Thank you for joining NyingmaNet. The fifth NyingmaNet session featured Nyingma veteran Judy Rasmussen on prayer flags, including the latest prayer flags printed for Covid-19 protection. Sylvia Lyra, Co-Dean of the Nyingma Center in São Paulo, Brazil, discussed the situation in Brazil, shared an inspiring quotation and compassion practice from Path of Heroes. Rosalyn White,

Happy to have had a great turn out for the 4th NyingmaNet session on May 8. The session featured voices from the next generation of community members, including interviews featuring Ignacio Ercole and Amira-Sade Moodie, participants in the Mindful Living Program, based at Mangalam Center, Berkeley and Charlotte van Leeuwen who initiated classes for young

Thank you for having participated in the third NyingmaNet session. The session featured an interview about sheltering in place in Nyingma locations, a practice based on Caring,  led by Dagmar Traub from the center in Germany, and Dharma College teacher Robin Caton on the importance of understanding and befriending our minds in these challenging times. 

Dear NyingmaNet friends We hope you enjoyed our second NyingmaNet session, featuring an interview with Tsering Gellek, Olivia Hurd leading us through a Balancing Emotions practice, and Dr. Bob Dozor giving us an inclusive approach to staying healthy in body and mind. We posted a hand-out with more of his good doctor’s advice  on the