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Ancient Wisdom for the Modern World<\/h6>\n

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Adapting Dzogchen<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is the heart of the Dzogchen Today! project’s mission: to make the wisdom of a thousand year old tradition accessible today, in the present conditions.<\/p>\n

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Adaptation<\/i><\/h3>\n

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What are the adaptations of the Dzogchen Today! project?<\/h2>\n

The Dzogchen Today! project focuses on making the spirituality, thinking, practice and experience of the Great Perfection tradition accessible to as many people as possible today.
\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Texts Adaptation” open_toggle_text_color=”#121516″ open_toggle_background_color=”#ffffff” closed_toggle_text_color=”#121516″ closed_toggle_background_color=”#ffffff” icon_color=”#bfbfbf” open_icon_color=”#bfbfbf” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ title_text_color=”#000000″ title_font=”Pathway Gothic One||||||||” title_font_size=”24px” title_letter_spacing=”3px” body_font=”||||||||” custom_margin=”||15px|” custom_css_toggle_title=”padding-top: 5px !important;” custom_css_toggle_icon=”font-size: 24px !important;” global_colors_info=”{}”]The traditional texts we still have access to today are in Tibetan. In addition to the traditional translation, an effort to adapt the texts to today’s thinking is being made by the project’s translation group.
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In the Dzogchen Today! project, specific working groups are developing a process of reflection and adaptation in five main areas of activity.<\/h3>\n

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How to adapt Dzogchen today?<\/h2>\n

The adaptation of Dzogchen is on the one hand innovation and on the other hand the foundations. To innovate without roots is to forget where we come from and therefore not to know where we are going.<\/p>\n

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The most crucial thing is to adapt the forms while keeping the heart of the tradition fully alive in these new forms.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Preserving to Adapt, Adapting to Share, Sharing to Preserve. This is the heart of the Dzogchen Today! project<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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