You can’t help but notice that there have been one or two football matches lately. Costume is important. If the players just turned up in whatever they fancied, it would make things difficult – they wouldn’t be able to tell who was on which side. So this is an important thing – recognition. If you’re belting the ball up the field, you want to get it to someone on your side, so you’re going to be looking for a particular coloured shirt. For the team members there’s a sense of belonging and commonality of purpose, a shared goal, you might say.

Lineage and Costume - Ngala ’ö-Dzin Tridral

Forthcoming Events

Yogic Song and Silent Sitting from the Aro Tradition 11 October
Meditation group in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Thunderbolt Bridge in the Mind’s Sky23 October
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Hamburg, Germany.

Relationship as Practice in Vajrayana Buddhism 29 October
Talk with Ngak´chang Rinpoche in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Teachings from Bar-ché Dorje 30 October
Non-residential weekend with Naljorpa Bar-ché Dorje in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

The Great Accomplishment of Being Who You Are 1 November
Talk with Ngak´chang Rinpoche in Willowemoc, NY, USA.

Meditation Group2 November
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA.

Roaring Silence 3 November
Class in Bristol, UK.

Eine Einführung in den Buddhismus6 November
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Konstanz, Germany.

Meditation Group 9 November
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA.

Roaring Silence 10 November
Class in Bristol, UK.

Yogas of Dream and Death 13 November
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Helsinki, Finland.

Meditation Group16 November
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA

Evening Talk18 November
Talk with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Austria.

Evening Talk19 November
Talk with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Austria.

Liebeserlebnis und Beziehung im Buddhistischen Tantra20 November
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Munich, Germany.

Meditation Group23 November
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA.

Roaring Silence 24 November
Class in Bristol, UK.

Thunderbolt bridge in the mind’s sky 27 November
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Wien, Austria.

Roaring Silence 1 December
Class in Bristol, UK.

Meditation Group 7 December
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA.

Roaring Silence 8 December
Class in Bristol, UK.

Meditation Group 14 December
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA.

Meditation Group: Tsog Khorlo 21 December
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA.

Buddhists involved in recreational sport may well have come across ‘inner skiing’ or ‘inner tennis’. There may well have been books on all manner of ‘inner’ approaches: wine-tasting, cooking, horse riding, billiards, or taxidermy. For anyone with a healthy obsession with an activity, there would seem to be a way of furthering it.

…and the art of ballistics - Ngak'chang Rinpoche

Forthcoming Events

Yogic Song17 September
Talk with Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd and Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje in Sebastopol, CA, USA.

Moving Being18 September
Retreat with Khandro Déchen and Ngak´chang Rinpoche in Bristol, UK.

Meditation Group21 September
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA.

Introduction To Buddhism25 September
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Entering the Heart of the Sun and Moon2 October
Weekend event with Ngak´chang Rinpoche in San Francisco, CA, USA.

Meditation & Yogic Song 4 October
Meditation group with Ngakma Nor´dzin Pamo and Ngakpa ´ö-Dzin Tridral in Whitchurch, Cardiff, UK.

Relationship as Practice in Vajrayana Buddhism6 October
Talk with Ngak´chang Rinpoche in San Rafael, CA, USA.

Thunderbolt Bridge in the Mind’s Sky 23 October
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Hamburg, Germany.

Meditation Group 2 November
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA.

Eine Einführung in den Buddhismus 6 November
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Konstanz, Germany.

Yogas of Dream and Death 13 November
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Helsinki, Finland.

Meditation Group 16 November
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA

Evening Talk 18 November
Talk with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Austria.

Evening Talk 19 November
Talk with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Austria.

Liebeserlebnis und Beziehung im Buddhistischen Tantra 20 November
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Munich, Germany.

Meditation Group 23 November
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA.

Thunderbolt Bridge in the Mind’s Sky 27 November
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Wien, Austria.

You don’t have to die physically to be reborn and gain a precious human rebirth. This can be attained at any moment – by recognising that we’re trapped in a web of patterns; and that at the very least, we’re ambivalent about whether we want to remain with those patterns or not.

Hot Blooded Kindness - Ngak'chang Rinpoche

Forthcoming Events

Meditation Group17 August

Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA

Group meditation18 August

Meditation group with Naljorma Rin´dzin Pamo in Southwark, London, UK

Meditation Group14 September

Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA

Moving Being18 September

Retreat with Khandro Déchen and Ngak´chang Rinpoche in Bristol, UK.

Meditation Group21 September

Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA.

Public event25 September

Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Entering the Heart of the Sun and Moon2 October

Weekend event with Ngak´chang Rinpoche in San Francisco, CA, USA.

Talk by Ngak'chang Rinpoche6 October

Talk with Ngak´chang Rinpoche in San Rafael, CA, USA.

Thunderbolt bridge in the mind’s sky 23 October

Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Hamburg, Germany.

Moving Being - now available

Khandro Déchen Tsédrüp Rolpa’i Yeshé is a Nyingma Lama who teaches in the Dzogchen lineage of Aro Lingma. Her clear, direct and detailed handbook of sKu-mNyé (also known as kum nye) enables those with determination to embark on an adventure into the otherwise hidden dimension of energy revealed through Dzogchen longdé – the series of space.

Thirty-five elemental exercises cover seven dynamic movements from each of the long-de series of symbolic animals: lion, vulture, tiger, eagle, and garuda.

Aro sKu-mNye can be practised by almost anyone, whatever their body type, because the forms range from simple to challenging - from mild to strongly aerobic.

The theoretical background to the exercises is explained in simple contemporary English. It is accessible to those with no experience of Vajrayana Buddhism – yet contains a wealth of footnotes which will be of be of value and interest to those who have practised intensively and studied the tradition in depth.

These excercises are finely illustrated by the artist Pauline Williams. A western life-drawing style has been chosen in order to portray real-life practitioners of Aro sKu-mNyé rather than the perfect iconographic bodies of yogis and yoginis depicted in Tibetan thangka painting.

Moving Being may be purchased as a print-on-demand publication from the Aro Books worldwide shop.

Aro Books worldwide

We are very happy to announce a new publishing venture : Aro Books worldwide. Aro Books worldwide is a sister organisation to Aro Books Inc, and exists to make available the teachings of the Aro Tradition of Nyingma Buddhism via print-on-demand publication.

From the statement of purpose:

"Aro Books worldwide is part of the Confederate Sanghas of Aro – a group of sibling charities and not-for-profit organisations around the globe. Aro Books worldwide exists in order to make available the teachings of the Aro Tradition of Nyingma Buddhism. Aro Books worldwide seeks to make teachings available to the broadest possible audience via: hard copy or download; books; journals; magazines; and in audio/visual format."

Aro Books worldwide now has a web shop with one book, one brochure and five booklets for sale. There is also a website and a blog

The website is here : http://aro-books-worldwide.org/

and the shop is here : http://stores.lulu.com/arobooksworldwide

and there's a blog here : http://aro-books-worldwide.blogspot.com/

When tralam-mé is used in the Dzogchen context of vajra romance – and when it is used within the Khandro Pawo Nyi-da Méong Gyüd it is the energy people naturally manifest in relation to each other in terms of how their appreciation effloresces as the innate presence of rTsa, rLung and thig-lé. Tralam-mé does not exist simply as an interface between male-female romantic couples; it exists between everyone and everything everywhere.

Tralam-mé - Ngak'chang Rinpoche

Forthcoming Events

Sutra, Tantra and Dzogchen10th July

Non-residential weekend with Ngakma Nor´dzin Pamo and Ngakpa ´ö-Dzin Tridral in Penzance, Cornwall, UK.

Meditation Group13th July

Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA.

Practice in Cornwall 19th July
Meditation group in St Just, Cornwall, UK.
Meditation Group 20th July

Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA.

Meditation Group: Tsog Khorlo 27th July

Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA.

Arctic Circle, Midnight Sun, Great Perfection 8 August

Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje and Tsal´gyür Wangmo in Lappland, Finland.

Moving Being - the practice of sKu-mNyé 18th September

Retreat with Khandro Déchen and Ngak´chang Rinpoche in Bristol, UK.

Reality is stronger than we are—but it is a question of putting the power of our human will behind it. This actually makes some great difference, because then we are no longer trying to swim against the current.

Vajra Commitment - Ngakma Shardröl

Forthcoming Events

Meditation Group1 June

Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA.

Meditation & yogic song 7  June
Meditation group with Ngakma Nor´dzin Pamo and Ngakpa ´ö-Dzin Tridral in Whitchurch, Cardiff.

Meditation Group 8  June
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA.

Meditation Group 22  June
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA.

Summer Event 26  June
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje and Tsal´gyür Wangmo in Italy.

Meditation Group: Tsog Khorlo 29  June
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA.

Meditation & yogic song 5  July
Meditation group with Ngakma Nor´dzin Pamo and Ngakpa ´ö-Dzin Tridral in Whitchurch, Cardiff, UK.

Meditation Group 6  July
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA.

Sutra, Tantra and Dzogchen 10  July
Non-residential weekend with Ngakma Nor´dzin Pamo and Ngakpa ´ö-Dzin Tridral in Penzance, Cornwall, UK.

Meditation Group 13  July
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA.

Meditation Group 20  July
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA.

Meditation Group: Tsog Khorlo 27  July
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA.