THE CYCLE OF DAY AND NIGHT
A teaching from the book of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu
by SMS teacher Elías Capriles
We are happy to announce an online course with Elias Capriles.
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This essential book is specifically on the Dzogchen Series of Space or Longde, but most of its teachings can be applied to the totality of the Dzogchen series of teachings. Elías will not be teaching specifically on the practice of Longde but will concentrate on whatever is common to the totality of the Dzogchen teachings. The retreat will include explanations of the text and practices intended to offer opportunities to discover rigpa in oneself.
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In order to participate in this retreat you need to have received the transmission of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu or of Namkhai Yeshi.
The course is held in English and translated into Spanish.
Daily schedule
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April 25-26
Friday and Saturday: 2 sessions
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10:00 - 12:00 Venezuela time (16:00-18:00 CEST)
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14:00 - 16:00 Venezuela time (20:00-22:00 CEST)
Sunday:
10:00 - 12:00 Venezuela time (16:00-18:00 CEST)
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Translations
The course is held in English and translated into Spanish.
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Suggested donation
This retreat operates on a free donation basis, and your contribution is essential to support our efforts in offering valuable programs, according to your possibilities.
Elias Capriles
Professor Elías Capriles is one of the most respected Spanish-speaking scholars of Buddhism and is an authorized Santi Maha Sangha teacher appointed by Master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu.
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From 1973 to 1983, he lived in Nepal and India, where, in addition to undertaking strict Dzogchen Upadesha retreats in the Himalayas, he studied with important Tibetan Dzogchen masters such as Khyabje Dudjom Rinpoche, Khyabje Thinle Norbu (Dungse) Rinpoche, Khyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, among others. During this period, he received his first teachings from Khyabje Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche. In 1978 he met Chögyal Namkhai Norbu and found his teachings to be most appropriate for our time. Later he invited Rinpoche to Venezuela and in 1986 ChNN founded the Dzogchen Community there.
Elias is a member of the board of the International Transpersonal Association and, until 2024, of the Asociación Transpersonal Iberoamericana, as well as of several academic journals, including the International Journal of Transpersonal Studies and Humania del Sur. His work has been discussed in books on philosophy published in France, Spain, Mexico and Venezuela, as well as in the Journal of Transpersonal Psychology.
He helped found the Entidad Coordinadora Ecológica Arturo Eichler and participated in ecological initiatives. He created and managed two Spiritual Emergency Refuges in Nepal and India. He received an honorary doctorate (Doctor Honoris Causa) from the Universidad de Los Andes in Mérida, Venezuela.
Email: eliascapriles@gmail.com
Stable but incomplete Website: https://eliascapriles.com
Other Website: (intermittently available):
http://webdelprofesor.ula.ve/humanidades/elicap/
Many of his works are also available on Academia.edu, ResearchGate, and LinkedIn.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/El%C3%ADas-Capriles-Arias-145183528839968/?ref=bookmarks
Unified YouTube Channel (still incomplete, but more complete than the previous ones): https://www.youtube.com/@eliascaprilesunified
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