The meaning of ‘pure vision’ and the principle of transformation in Dzogchen

Weekend retreat with Igor Berkhin on November 26-27 residential and online, open for anyone who has received the Vajrayana and/or Dzogchen transmission from a qualifid lineage master.

The meaning of the ‘pure vision’ and the principle of transformation

• What does ‘pure vision’ mean and how it is different from ‘changing perspective’ or ‘self persuasion’;
• How the ‘person’ and the ‘phenomena’ are transformed and how it is related to the principle of two kinds of absence of ‘true nature’;
• The difference between peaceful, wrathful, and joyful manifestations, how the three poisons of stupidity, anger, and attachment reveal the three primordial wisdoms;
• How to shape one’s presence into complex manifestations.
• How the principle of ‘space’ (ying) and ‘wisdom’ (yeshe) reveals the meaning of Total Perfection (Dzogchen).
• Anu-Yoga and Ati-Yoga: what is common and what is different.

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Schedule (CET)
Saturday and Sunday (November 26-27)
10:00-14:00 (with a short snack break) Teaching on site accompanied by a Zoom webcast with translations into Chinese, Russian. If requested by participants we can make available the course in Italian and other languages.
14:30-16:00 Practice (no webcast).

Location
Amsterdam, The Netherlands and online on Zoom
Specific addresses and links will be shared with the registered participants.

The instructor
***Igor Berkhin is a long-term meditation practitioner, a Buddhist translator, and a teacher. For nearly two decades, he was a principal Russian translator for Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, a prominent Dzogchen master. In 2002, he was authorised to teach by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu and later became one of the senior teachers for the International Dzogchen Community (IDC) being the only active teacher of the 2nd level of Santi Maha Sangha, the main study and practice program of the IDC. He’s been invited to teach in more than 20 countries.

Besides teaching in a spiritual context, he was one of the pioneers of secular meditation in Russia and in the Ukraine, now he also broadly teaches around the world. His online course on meditation created in 2012 for Yoga Journal (Moscow) attracted 7000 followers. He presented mindfulness to important think tanks in Russia and annually teaches meditation for the students of Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis. He is a co-founder of the first Russian interdisciplinary conference on mindfulness. In 2018-2019 he was one of the headliners of the Festival of Mind (London) organised by Shang Shung Institute. Formerly from the Ukraine, he currently lives in Israel. You can visit https://contemplative.club/ to learn more.

Donation (suggested)
40 Euro for the whole weekend
25 Euro per day

We organize the retreat based on the principle of generosity and each of the participants can donate according to their circumstances. Your support allows the Dzogchen Community to continue thriving and functioning.

You are welcome to donate more since this will allow those who find themselves in financially challenging circumstances to be able to follow the teachings.

Financial difficulties should not be an obstacle to join, if you need another financial arrangement please let the Project Coordinator know info@rangdrolling.nl

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