You have to address your own level of fear, and that is called compassion – simply being with ‘what is there’. Accepting the whole texture of what you feel without having to act out, or lash out in some primitive bid for self-preservation. We have to trust the texture of what is happening and relax with the ‘rip-tides’ of what we feel. If there’s some space, then that becomes possible. It’s a ride though … but if we reject ‘the ride’ … we get ridden … and the spurs bite deep!

Kindness Compassion - Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen

Khandro Tsé-wang Gyür’mèd Pema

Forthcoming Events

Yoga of the Emotions 5  February 
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Hamburg, Germany.

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

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

Practice in Cornwall 14  February 
Meditation group in Penzance, Cornwall, UK.

Meditation Group: Tsog Khorlo 22  February 
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA.

Public event 19  March 
Weekend event with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Geneva, Switzerland.

An introduction into Buddhism 19  March 
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Geneva, France.

Das Meer und der Himmel sind unser Schrein -
die Elemente der Natur unsere Meditation 26  March 
Weekend event with Ngakma Nor´dzin Pamo and Ngakpa ´ö-Dzin Tridral in Munich, Germany.

Moving Being - the practice of sKu-mNyé 26  March 
Weekend event with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Vienna, Austria.

Public event 9  April 
Weekend event with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Helsinki, Finland.

Public event 14  April 
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Rovaniemi, Finland.

Meditation Group 19  April 
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA.

Evening Talk with Ngak'chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen 19  April 
Talk with Ngak´chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen in Bristol, UK.

Meditation Group: Tsog Khorlo 26  April 
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA.

Evening talk 29  April 
Talk with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Austria.

The Poetic Science of the Natural State 30  April 
Weekend event with Ngak´chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen in Kings Capel, Herefordshire, UK.

Bewegendes Sein - die Praxis des sKu-mNyé 30  April 
Weekend event with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Munich, Germany.

'Rays of the Sun' by Ngakpa Chögyam

'Rays of the Sun' brings together three booklets that were very popular in the 1980s and an article that appeared in Caduceus magazine.  The chapters cover the topics of the four noble truths, eightfold path, karma, kindness and refuge.  "The four evening talks contained here deal with the themes studied by everyone exploring Buddhism in depth: the four noble truths, eightfold path, causality, compassion and refuge. This material is discussed in creative contemporary English, and presented from a perspective informed by Dzogchen."

For further information, please see

http://aro-books-worldwide.org/shared/text/b/book_ph_01_rays_of_the_sun_01_eng.php

http://stores.lulu.com/arobooksworldwide

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aro-Books-worldwide/190690053382

There are Lamas such as Kyabjé Künzang Dorje Rinpoche and Jomo Sam’phel with whom anything can happen. There are Lamas such as Dung-sé Thrin-lé Norbu Rinpoche with whom anything can happen. If one expects a colourful ritualistic spectacle – one might miss the whole point. What might occur may be too subtle or too overt – or the context might be simply incomprehensible from the point of view of spiritualised expectations.

I am always slightly aghast at what people miss with such Lamas – it is as if they are being offered money and yet they demand instead for something they can spend.

Niguma - Ngak'chang Rinpoche & Khandro Dechen

Forthcoming Events

Yogic Song and Silent Sitting from the Aro Tradition13 December
Meditation group in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

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

Meditation & yogic song 3 January 2010
Meditation group with Ngakma Nor´dzin Pamo and Ngakpa ´ö-Dzin Tridral in Whitchurch, Cardiff, UK.

Practice in Cornwall 3 January 2010
Meditation group in Penzance, Cornwall, UK.

Meditation Group 11 January 2010
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA.

Practice in Cornwall 17 January 2010
Meditation group in Penzance, Cornwall, UK.

Meditation Group 25 January 2010
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA.

Guided tour through exhibition 30 January 2010
Talk with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Stockholm, Sweden.

Practice in Cornwall 31 January 2010
Meditation group in Penzance, Cornwall, UK.

Yoga of the Emotions 5 February 2010
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Hamburg, Germany.

Meditation Group 8 February 2010
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA.

Meditation Group: Tsog Khorlo 22 February 2010
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA.

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.