30 SESSIONS PROGRAM
FEBRUARY, 10 – DECEMBER, 15, 2022
Beginning in February 2022 the International Dzogchen Community Merigar West starts with a new initiative to deepen the knowledge and understanding of the real base of the Dzogchen Community, an intensive study course on The Precious Vase of our Master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu.
Six authorized SMS instructors from Merigar West - Enzo Terzano, Fabio Risolo, Igor Legati, Monica Gentile, Oliver Leick and Stoffelina Verdonk - will not only go in details through all chapters of this book on a weekly basis, but also offer two practice weekends and one week of practices in summer at Merigar.
The weekly meetings will be held every Thursday from February until December 2022, with a break in the summer months, according to a specific calendar.
Chögyal Namkhai Norbu emphasized a lot the study and practice of Santi Maha Sangha, as it is written in the Precious Vase:
“As who desires to raise a tall and stately building has to set stable foundations, to access the short path of the depth teaching of the Atiyoga is essential to built first of all a perfect base that makes to rise in us with certainty the sense of the teaching” .
For those who have received Direct Transmission.
COMPLETE COURSE PROGRAM
FEBRUARY
1. FEBRUARY, 10 – FABIO RISOLO – 18,00–19,00 Introduction to the Instructions on the Base of Santi Maha Sangha. The Chögyal Namkhai Norbu legacy. The Structure of the Text: Concise Explanation. Preparing Oneself for the Base of SMS.
2. FEBRUARY, 10 – STOFFELINA VERDONK – 19,00–20,00 – The Mundane View and the Supramundane View (Chap. I)
3. FEBRUARY 17 – ENZO TERZANO – 18,30–20,00 – The Four Awarenesses (Chap. II)
4. FEBRUARY 24 – OLIVER LEICK – 18,30–20,00 – The Seven Special Mind Trainings: 1–2–3 (Chap. II)
MARCH
5. MARCH 10 – MONICA GENTILE – 18,30–20,00 – The Seven Special Mind Trainings: 4–5–6 (Chap. II)
6. MARCH 17 – ENZO TERZANO – 18,30–20,00 – Avoiding Negative Actions and Increasing Virtues (Chap. II)
7. MARCH 24 – ENZO TERZANO – 18,30–20,00 – Developing Skill in Examining and in Following a Teacher. The Disciples (Chap. II)
FIRST PRACTICE WEEKEND: MARCH 26–27 – OLIVER LEICK – The Seventh Mind Training
8. MARCH 31 – IGOR LEGATI – 18,30–20,00 – Refuge, the Base of the Three Trainings (Chap. III)
APRIL
9. APRIL 7 – MONICA GENTILE – 18,30–20,00 – The Cultivation of Bodhicitta (Chap. IV)
10. APRIL 14 – FABIO RISOLO – 18,30–20,00 – Training in the Bodhicitta in Action: the Six Paramitas: 1–2–3–4–5 (Chap. IV)
11. APRIL 21 – FABIO RISOLO – 18,30–20,00 – Training in the Bodhicitta in Action: the Six Paramitas: 6 – The Paramita of Discriminating Wisdom (Chap. IV)
SECOND PRACTICE WEEKEND: APRIL 23–24 – MEDITATION PRACTICE RETREAT ON THE PARAMITA OF DISCRIMINATING WISDOM
12. APRIL 28 – MONICA GENTILE – 18,30–20,00 – Hinayana and Mahayana (Chap. V)
MAY
13. MAY 5 – OLIVER LEICK – 18,30–20,00 – The Outer Tantras: Kriyatantra, Ubhayatantra and Yogatantra (Chap. V)
14. MAY 12 – MONICA GENTILE – 18,30–20,00 – The Anuttara Yogatantras, the Sarma and the Nyingma Traditions (Chap. V)
15. MAY 26 – OLIVER LEICK – 18,30–20,00 – The Essence of Mahayoga View (Chap. V)
JUNE
16. JUNE 2 – OLIVER LEICK – 18,30–20,00 – The Essence of Anuyoga View (Chap. V)
17. JUNE 16 – IGOR LEGATI – 18,30–20,00 – The Essence of Atiyoga View (Chap. V)
JULY
CONTEMPLATION PRACTICE RETREAT – JULY 25–31 (onsite in Merigar and online, details and registration here)
SEPTEMBER
18. SEPTEMBER 15 – IGOR LEGATI – 18,30–20,00 – How to Enter the Total Perfection of Ati (Chap. V)
19. SEPTEMBER 22 – FABIO RISOLO – 18,30–20,00 – The Way to Practice the Essence of the Hinayana Path, the Mahayana Path and the Three Outer Tantras (Chap. VI)
20. SEPTEMBER 29 – OLIVER LEICK – 18,30–20,00 – The Way to Practice the Essence of Mahayoga (Chap. VI)
OCTOBER
21. OCTOBER 6 – IGOR LEGATI – 18,30–20,00 – The Way to Practice the Essence of Anuyoga (Chap. VI) - POSTPONED
22. OCTOBER 13 – OLIVER LEICK – 18,30–20,00 – The Way to Practice the Essence of Atiyoga: Outer Rushen (Chap. VI)
23. OCTOBER 20 – OLIVER LEICK – 18,30–20,00 – The Way to Practice the Essence of Atiyoga: Inner Rushen (Chap. VI)
24. OCTOBER 27 – ENZO TERZANO – 18,30–20,00 – The Way to Practice the Essence of Atiyoga: Secret Rushen of Body and Voice (Chap. VI)
NOVEMBER
25. NOVEMBER 3 – FABIO RISOLO – 18,30–20,00 – The Way to Practice the Essence of Atiyoga: Secret Rushen of Mind (Chap. VI)
26. NOVEMBER 10 – IGOR LEGATI – 18,30–20,00 – The Seven Fundamental Semdzins (Chap. VI)
27. NOVEMBER 17 – FABIO RISOLO – 18,30–20,00 – The Need to Integrate all Modes of Conduct in the Behavior of Samantabhadra (Chap. VII)
28. NOVEMBER 24 – ENZO TERZANO – 18,30–20,00 – The Principle of Chöd (Chap. VII)
DECEMBER
29. DECEMBER 1 – OLIVER LEICK – 18,30–20,00 – The Principle of Yantra Yoga (Chap. VII)
30. DECEMBER 15 – IGOR LEGATI – 18,00–20,00 –The Realization of the Fruit and the Conclusion of the Base of Santi Maha Sangha (Chap. VIII – Chap. IX)
