Maurizio Mingotti

Born in Italy in 1953, after his studies he worked in the IT, multimedia and editorial fields, traveling to various countries and living for extended periods of time in India, Great Britain and the USA. For the last twenty-five years he has lived in Tuscany, near Merigar. A student of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu since 1994, for many years he has collaborated with the Shang Shung Institute participating in the creation of a number of multimedia titles, such as the Video Journal of the Dzogchen Community. He has also been active participating in the editing and translation of several books, among which the English and Italian final editions of The Dance of the Vajra by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu. A practitioner of the Vajra Dance since 1994, he has been authorized as a first level teacher in 2005 and received the second level authorization in 2008.