12 Ligmincha Europe Magazine Spring 2014

WHAT'S HAPPENED IN EUROPE
It is always inspiring to read what happens
in our sangha in Europe. Rinpoche
visited Austria, France and Germany, and
gave internet teachings. John Jackson
came to Germany, Denmark and Ireland,
Raven Lee visited the Netherlands. Geshe
Nyima Woser Choekhortshang was invited to
Hungary, we had a European sangha weekend
in Germany, and Ryszard Adamiak
taught Thrul Khor in Slovakia.
March 28 – 30:
Dream Yoga seminar
with Tenzin Wangyal
Rinpoche in Berlin,
Germany.
For the Dream Yoga Seminar in March
2014 we had booked a nice big place
ahead of time, the UfaFabrik, which
was a famous movie Factory in the
old days and is a well known event
place now. We all were a little bit
anxious if enough people would be
coming to fill the space. But everything
worked out very well. At the
beginning of the year we already had
many registrations and realized there
was a lot of interest in Rinpoches
teachings. For the public talk we had
two-hundred-sixty, for the seminar
two-hundred-twenty participants,
and we had to close the registration
before the weekend started. The
feedback of most of the new participants
was very enthusiastic and they
were inspired by Rinpoche's Dzogchen
approach and presentation of
the Dream Yoga practices. The feedback
from students who have been
coming for a longer time was the
same. The presence of two Geshes
helped a lot to sustain the high
energy during the weekend: Geshe
Nyima, already well known and highly
appreciated in our Berlin Sangha, and
Geshe Lhöndrup, the new resident
Lama in France. And last but not least
the teachers of the 3Doors Academy
(Europe), John Jackson and Raven
Lee, had come over just for the Sunday
and also contributed to the overall
success of this wonderful weekend
with their genuine presence.
As a Sangha Team we all felt we were
working together very well and
respectful of every other persons contribution.
We enjoyed the warmth
and closeness which manifested
throughout this weekend.
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