Chogyal Namkhai Norbu is a Dzogchen teacher who was born in Derge, Kham dis­trict (East­ern Tibet) on 8 Decem­ber 1938. When he was two years old, Namkhai Norbu was rec­og­nized as the rein­car­na­tion of a great Dzogchen teacher, Adzom Drugpa Rin­poche. From an early age Namkhai Norbu under­took an accel­er­ated course of study, attend­ing monas­tic col­lege, tak­ing retreats, and study­ing with renowned teach­ers, includ­ing some of the most impor­tant Tibetan mas­ters of his time. Under the tute­lage of these teach­ers, he com­pleted the train­ing required by Bud­dhist tra­di­tion in both Sutra and Tantra. At the age of six­teen he met mas­ter Rigdzin Changchub Dorje, who became his prin­ci­pal Dzogchen teacher.

In 1960 he came to Italy at the invi­ta­tion of Pro­fes­sor Giuseppe Tucci, and served as Pro­fes­sor of Tibetan and Mon­go­lian Lan­guage and Lit­er­a­ture from 1964 to 1992 at the Ori­en­tal Insti­tute of the Uni­ver­sity of Naples. Namkhai Norbu is widely rec­og­nized as a lead­ing author­ity on Tibetan civ­i­liza­tion, par­tic­u­larly in the fields of his­tory, lit­er­a­ture, and the med­ical and astro­log­i­cal sci­ences. In 1983, he hosted the first Inter­na­tional Con­ven­tion on Tibetan Med­i­cine, held in Venice, Italy.

In 1976 Chogyal Namkhai Norbu began to give Dzogchen instruc­tion in the West, first in Italy, then in numer­ous other coun­tries. He quickly became a respected spir­i­tual author­ity among many prac­ti­tion­ers, and has cre­ated cen­ters for the study of Dzogchen around the world.

 

Books by Namkhai Norbu:

Cycle of Day and Night, The

The Cycle Of Day And Night by Namkhai Norbu is a practical guide to a fundamental practice of the Dzogchen system of Tibetan Buddhism, presented in a clear and direct manner, written by an acknowledged contemporary master of this ancient tradition. Central to Dzogchen, the "Great Perfection", is contemplation--the immediate experience of the primordial state of the individual, the unconditioned nature of the mind. This....

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Mirror, The

The Mirror is a concise and straightforward introduction to the Tibetan Buddhist practice of Dzogchen, "The Great Perfection," by one of the most famous and widely respected masters of the tradition...

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