with Jakob Winkler
Bless me so that I can understand the condition of primordial purity!
Bless me so that I can recognize everything that arises as my own state!
Bless me so that illusory vision can self-liberate into its own condition!
Bless me so that continuous contemplation can arise in me!
Bless me so that I can attain enlightenment in this life!
Requirement: The retreat is for people with the particular transmission from Namkhai Norbu, or who have passed the SMS Base examination.
Chögyal Namkhai Norbu designed the Santi Maha Sangha Training specifically for his students. In the first level, we study the Dzogchen Semde approach. Here, we practice preliminary practices from the perspective of Dzogchen. The goal is to discover our natural state and develop our capacity to relax more and more into it.
This course is intended for those who have passed the SMS base exam and wish to devote themselves to the theory and practice of the preliminary practices of Level 1. The key point is to recognize the natural state, here through the gateway of various methods such as refuge, bodhicitta, mandala offering, Vajrasattva practice, and guru yoga. We will alternate formal practices with contemplation of the Dzogchen state. Participants will receive the lung transmission for the relevant practices on site.
Suggested donation: 80€
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Schedule:
23 November 2025
3:30 – 5:30 PM
24 – 27 November 2025
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
3:30 – 5:30 PM
28 November 2025
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
12:15 – 1:15 PM Ganapuja
Biography (click to expand)
Jakob Winkler has been studying and practicing Buddhism since the mid-eighties. In 1989 he met his main teacher Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche. In 2002 he was authorized by Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche to teach the study and practice program of the Dzogchen Community Santa Maha Sangha Base and 2007 the firsts level. He participated in the SMS Trainings up to the fourth level. Jakob Winkler holds an M.A. in the field of Tibetology, History of Indian Arts and Social Anthropology, he studied in Munich and Vienna. He works as an editor and proof-reader for Buddhist publications, Teacher for the Santa Maha Sangha system, as Tibetologist and translator. He co-authored the monumental book “Murals of Tibet“.