Aro Announce

The Aro Friends programme

2011-01-02T01:00:00.002Z

The Friends programme is both a way to support our work with a small financial contribution – and a way to learn more about Aro and find out whether it is a good ‘fit’ for you.

There are two aspects to this learning: informational and experiential. The first aspect provides deeper understanding of meditation, Buddhism, and the Aro path. The second aspect is an opportunity to experience the Aro community – and, if you choose, to participate in it – with minimal effort and no commitment.

For more information, please see http://arobuddhism.org/path/friends.html

To become a Friend, please see http://arobuddhism.org/community/join-friends-of-aro.html

Rays of the Sun - 15% off until 15th October

2010-09-22T21:42:00.000+01:00

Lulu are offering the chance to purchase Rays of the Sun [paperback] with 15% off with coupon code FALLREAD305

About Rays of the Sun

Ngak’chang Rinpoche’s teachings were simple, direct, and experiential. 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.

Review

This is a work which belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in understanding the basic fundamental ideas which make the foundation of Buddhist thought and practice.

Disclaimer

Use coupon code FALLREAD305 at checkout and receive 15% off Rays of the Sun [paperback]. Maximum savings with this promotion is $10. You can only use the code once per account, and you can't use this coupon in combination with other coupon codes. Sorry, self-purchases (buying books that you've published) aren't eligible. This great offer ends on October 15, 2010 at 11:59 PM so try not to procrastinate! While very unlikely we do reserve the right to change or revoke this offer at anytime, and of course we cannot offer this coupon where it is against the law to do so. Finally, Lulu incurs the cost of this discount, so it does not impact the Author's proceeds of the book.

Relaxing into Meditation - now available from Aro Books worldwide

2010-08-13T00:00:00.001+01:00

Relaxing into Meditation by Ngakma Nor'dzin is now available from Aro Books worldwide.

"Relaxing into Meditation begins with relaxation and breathing techniques specifically aimed at creating relaxation of the body and calmness of mind before embarking on meditation practices which may be more demanding. In this way it provides a place where anyone can begin, without any prior experience."

Ngakma Nor'dzin will be taking part in a virtual book launch on Facebook on Friday 13th August (http://bit.ly/abwrimvbl) and will be available to answer questions about the book.

To read about Relaxing into Meditation please see the book's page at the Aro Books worldwide website (http://bit.ly/nrprim).

To visit the shop please go to Lulu (http://stores.lulu.com/arobooksworldwide).

Relaxing into Meditation : Press Release

2010-08-06T01:00:00.000+01:00

Relaxing into Meditation

Exercises and practices to help us to live a life free from stress

What exercises and practices will help us to live a life free of stress?

Ngakma Nor’dzin, a Western Buddhist Lama, guides us through relaxation and breathing exercises that lead into meditation. The methods are described in friendly and accessible language, and will enhance the lives of those who practise them.

Described by one reviewer as "the best book on meditation I've ever read", Relaxing into Meditation is an accessible guide to relaxation and meditation.

Relaxing into Meditation begins with relaxation and breathing techniques specifically aimed at creating relaxation of the body and calmness of mind before embarking on meditation practices which may be more demanding. In this way it provides a place where anyone can begin, without any prior experience.

Relaxing into Meditation : Published 13th August 2010

View the full press release at PressDoc and PrLog

Aro Ling classes and events in July

2010-07-04T09:59:00.001+01:00

Weekly classes

Monday
7.30 - 9pm: Tibetan Yoga - sKu-mNyé

Tuesday
7.30 - 9pm: Yogic Song

Wednesday
Please note our lunchtime classes and Tibetan Yoga - sKu-mNyé are not running for the time

Thursday
7 - 9pm Meditation

Special Events

Saturday 9th July at 7.30pm
Empowerment of Kurukulla and eveneing talk
with Ngak'chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen.

Ngak'chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen., the Aro lineage holders will talk first about the nature of empowerment and the nature of desire within Vajrayana and then will conclude the evening by giving the Kurukulla empowerment.

How to be Good in Bed
(behaving well in your dreams matters too)
Dream Yoga workshop
with Métsal Wangmo

The practice of dream yoga is of falling asleep with awareness. We spend a third of our lives asleep so being able to devote that period of time to practice is crucial for anyone whose available waking life is limited by work and family circumstances. Dream Yoga practise can also free us from conceptual limitations of time and space and allow us to penetrate the illusory nature of what we take to be concrete reality.

For more details and enquires
phone 0117 239 8505
email enquiry@aro-ling.org
or pop in 127 Gloucester Road, BS7 8AX
http://aro-ling.org/

Aro Books worldwide, fridge magnets and a prize draw

2010-06-10T07:26:00.000+01:00

Do you have space on your fridge for a fridge magnet?

In a departure from books, posters and cards Aro Books worldwide are about to begin the production of fridge magnets of calligraphies and quotations. Some people have already expressed enthusiasm about this possibility.

We would like to offer five fridge magnets as prizes. If you would like to win one here are the rules.

(1) Find Aro Books worldwide on Facebook and become a fan.

(2) Take a photograph of the space on your fridge that you'd like to fill with one of the magnets.

(3) Upload your fridge photo to the Aro Books worldwide Facebook wall.

(*)Alternatively for anyone without a camera, please just post a note on our Facebook wall. Feel free to describe your collection of fridge magnets.

We'll hold the prize draw at the end of June and notify the winners then.

The calligraphies are by Ngak'chang Rinpoche and examples can be seen on the Aro Encyclopaedia site. Calligraphies will also be available as greetings cards and posters.

Aro Ling classes and events in June

2010-06-05T09:12:00.002+01:00

Weekly classes at Aro Ling:

Mondays, 7.30 - 9pm

Tibetan Yoga - sKu-mNyé

with Naljorma Thrinlé

Tuesdays, 7.30 - 9pm

Yogic Song

with Ngakma Shé-zér and Ngakgpa Namgyal

Wednesday, 12.30 - 1pm and 1 - 1.30pm
Meditation classes
with Ngakma Nor'dzin Pamo

Wednesday, 2 - 3pm

Tibetan Yoga - sKu-mNyé
with Ngakma Nor'dzin Pamo

Thursdays, 7 - 9pm

Meditation

with Ngakma Métsal

Evening classes £5, £3 concession.
Lunchtime classes £3

For more details see the Aro Ling calender or email enquiry@aro-ling.org

Events at Aro Ling:

June 5th

Aro LIng Fundraising plant day -

come and buy plants, all proceeds go to Aro Ling.

11- 4

also as part of the fundraising day:

Buddhism and the Art of Gardening Maintenance

a talk by Ngakma Shé-zér at 2 - 3pm.

Weekend Meditation Retreat,

The Four Naljors of Dzogchen Sem-dé

with Ngak'chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen

11th June - 13th June

DVD screening of Visual Dharma, State of MInd, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

18th June

7.30 - 9.30

Introduction to Buddhism, Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind to Practice.

a talk by Ngala Nor'dzin Pamo and Ngala 'ö-Dzin Tridral

19th June

10am - 6pm

For more details see the Aro Ling calender or email enquiry@aro-ling.org

Aro Ling Buddhist Art and Meditation Centre,

127 Gloucester Road,

Bristol,

BS7 8AX,

United Kingdom.

Aro Ling opens today in Bristol

2010-05-21T13:54:00.000+01:00

Aro Ling Buddhist Centre for the Arts and Meditation

opens today, 21st May in Bristol.

It is a Buddhist bookshop and meditation equipment supplier, at 127 Gloucester Road, Bristol City Centre. It is also much more than simply a shop. Aro Ling is a creative space, where you will find local artists’ works on display. It is a stimulating space, home to the Chhi’mèd Rig’dzin Research Library, containing a host of titles on Buddhist teachings, and Asian culture, for casual perusal or serious study by practitioners and scholars. It is a healing space, in which Aro Elemental Balancing and Aro Bodywork are practiced, along with other complementary therapies in our therapy room. It is a space to explore – to develop an understanding of oneself through meditation, martial arts, and dance – by spending time practicing in our shrine room. Above all, it is a welcoming space, where you can sit and read, chat with our staff or with passing friends and acquaintances – about meditation, the arts, or whatever enters your mind.

There will be regular weekly drop in classes and regular activities and events, see the calender for details.

The first teaching event will be this evening and will be a talk on

Reality as Art

with Ngak'chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen at 7.30pm.

see here for details.

Reality as Art - Aro Ling Buddhist Art and Meditation Centre - Bristol

2010-05-15T08:16:00.001+01:00

Reality as Art

Talk with Ngak´chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen

Friday 21st May 7.30pm

Aro Ling Buddhist Art and Meditation Centre
127 Gloucester Road, BS7 8AX
Near Montpelier Railway Station
Bristol, UK

When we allow our senses uncontrived freedom to experience the world – Art is discovered as the nature of reality. Reality is provocative of Art – and Art is the medium of our relationship with life. We are all Artists and only to make that discovery.

Prepare to have your senses dazzled as Ngak'chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen explore and explode our cherished notions of 'What is Art'.

cost £10

Booking is required for this event please contact enquiry@aro-ling.org or call/text 07505 569680

Aro Books worldwide : Quotations, Reviews, Discussions

2010-05-13T01:00:00.002+01:00

There area now pages on the Aro Books worldwide Facebook discussion board where you can post Quotations, Reviews, Discussions, Links and other information about Spacious Passion, the teachings on Tobacco, Moving Being and Rays of the Sun.

Feel free to post reviews. They can be quite succinct

"For me, even more remarkable is the introduction and commentary by Khandro Déchen, in which she discusses the theory that is realised as practice. The language is crisp and clear and direct; I find it accessable but also subtle, so that every time I read it, something I'd not realised before, or understood becomes apparent or tugs invitingly at me." - Kira O'Reilly reviewing Moving Being

2010-04-09T06:01:00.002+01:00

It is not possible to taste the fruits of Buddhist practice without fully engaging with its radical horticulture. Fruit will not grow if the seed of view is not sown, watered, and fed by the energy of practice.

Spacious Passion - Ngala Nor'dzin Pamo

Khandro ’ö-Zér

Forthcoming Events

Romance and relationship in Buddhist Tantra 9 April
Weekend event with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Helsinki, Finland.

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

Practice in Cornwall 11 April
Meditation group in Penzance, Cornwall, UK.

Study group 13 April
Seminar with Ngakma Nor´dzin Pamo and Ngakpa ´ö-Dzin Tridral in Whitchurch, Cardiff, UK.

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

Buddhism: religion, philosophy or way of life 15 April
Talk with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Rovaniemi, Finland.

The essence of Buddhist meditation 16 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.

Guru Padmasambhava Tsog 'khorlo 20 April
Ceremony with Ngakma Nor´dzin Pamo and Ngakpa ´ö-Dzin Tridral in Whitchurch, Cardiff, UK.

Practice in Cornwall 25 April
Meditation group in Penzance, Cornwall, UK.

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

Study group 27 April
Seminar with Ngakma Nor´dzin Pamo and Ngakpa ´ö-Dzin Tridral in Whitchurch, Cardiff, UK.

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

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

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

Meditation Group 3 May
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA.

Meditation Group 10 May
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA.

Wesak festival 16 May
Talk with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Germany.

The Heart of the Sun & Moon 4 June
Weekend event with Lama Shardröl Du-nyam Wangmo in Berlin, Germany.

Public event 4 June
Talk with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Edinburgh, UK.

Public event 5 June
Weekend event with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Edinburgh, UK.

Weekend Retreat with Ngak'chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen 11 June
Retreat with Ngak´chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen in Bristol, UK

Compassion in the Nine Yanas 17 June
Talk with Lama Shardröl Du-nyam Wangmo in Pittsfield, MA, USA.

Liebeserlebnis und Beziehung im buddhistischen Tantra 25 June
Weekend event with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Zürich, Switzerland.

The North American Phurba Project & Craft Retreat 26 June
Retreat with Lama Shardröl Du-nyam Wangmo, Ngakpa Trögyal Dorje, Ngakma Pema Zangmo and Naljorma Dzü´drül Pamo in Willowemoc, NY, USA.

Thunderbolt Nail 3 July
One-day event with Lama Shardröl Du-nyam Wangmo in Willowemoc, NY, USA.

Summer retreat: Through the Looking -Glass 9 July
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje and Tsal´gyür Wangmo in Tuscany, Italy.

Evening Talk with Ngak'chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen 12 July
Talk with Ngak´chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen in Bristol, UK.

Aro Tharpa Ling 25 July
Retreat with Ngakma Nor´dzin Pamo in Falmouth, Cornwall, UK.

Summer course: Natural Heroism, the path of the Warrior 30 July
Retreat with Lama Bar-ché Dorje and Naljorpa Chhi´mèd Künzang in Porvoo area, Finland.

The Heart of the Sun & Moon - Romance as Spiritual Practice - Berlin, Germany

2010-03-29T22:40:00.000+01:00

The Heart of the Sun & Moon

Romance as Spiritual Practice

Weekend Course June 4 - June 6

Lama Shardröl Du-Nyam Wangmo

Aro gTér Lineage of the Nyingma School

Ngakma Shardröl is an ordained Lama and disciple of the Dzogchen Lamas Ngak’chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen, who are the lineage-holders of the Aro gTér. She has worked with her teachers as the editor of their books (Wearing the Body of Visions, Spectrum of Ecstasy, and Roaring Silence) and at their request she has taught in the US, UK and Europe since 1996. Ngakma Shardröl, a native New Yorker, is known for her clarity and humor and her down-to-earth accessible style.

The Heart oft the Sun & Moon

In Sutra, romantic relationships are viewed as a distraction from practice, but the Vajrayana teachings of the Khandro-Pawo Nyida Mélong Gyud present a unique perspective on romantic relationship as spiritual practice. This puts to rest the commonly-held view that celibacy is spiritually superior to a natural life.

Unfortunately, romantic couples often constrain and condition each other, missing the tremendous potential their relationship holds for liberation. The profound teachings of the Nyida Mélong show how the openness and kindness of falling in love expresses the human side of the two wings of Buddhist practice: wisdom and compassion; emptiness and form.

The teachings of the Nyida Mélong show us the possibility of making our entire life experience into practice. We can learn how to stay in love forever. To experience the nondual passion of vajra romance is to enter the heart of the sun and moon.

Location: Aro – Gompa, co/ Jens Bittermann, Hohenfriedbergstr. 7, 10829 Berlin, Germany

Time: Friday, June 4, 7 pm -10 pm (20 €). Saturday, June 5, 10 am -6 pm (50 €)

Sunday, June 6 , 10 am -16 pm (40 €). Whole weekend: 100 €,

Information and booking: Jens Bittermann, Tel: 030/7813804, email: rangjung.pawo@online.de

All Aro gTer retreats are non-smoking events. Smokers are welcome to attend, but we require participants to desist from the smoking of tobacco for the entire duration of the retreat – both on or off the premises where retreats are held. Tobacco in any form should not be brought to the retreat.

Spacious Passion - Hardback Edition - Winner

2010-03-15T15:00:00.003Z

The draw to win a hardback copy of Ngakma Nor'dzin's book Spacious Passion took place on 14th March. Thank you to all those who entered the draw. The winner was BT of Colorado USA - congratulations!

Spacious Passion can also be read online at no cost, please see at http://spacious-passion.org/. It is also available in paperback - please see or shop at http://stores.lulu.com/arobooksworldwide

If you would like to hear news from Aro Books worldwide please follow our blog at http://aro-books-worldwide.blogspot.com/ or find us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aro-Books-worldwide/190690053382

[This was scheduled to appear on 2010-03-15, but somehow failed to emerge at the appointed time]

Spacious Passion - Hardback Edition

2010-03-06T09:15:00.001Z

Ngakma Nor'dzin's book Spacious Passion is now available in hardback from Aro books worldwide

A Buddhist book exploring the sutric teaching of ‘The Four Thoughts that turn the Mind to Practice’ as vividly relevant to our everyday lives: the extraordinarily precious opportunity to live as an honourable human being; the experience of impermanence that pervades our existence as an opportunity to awaken; the emotional and psychological patterning which dominates our lives (karma); and the seemingly endless cycle of dissatisfaction in which we imprison ourselves. Each chapter ends with a series of questions and answers which are both pragmatic and inspirational. Ngakma Nor'dzin has been a practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism for more than twenty years.

We are giving away one copy of the hardback edition of Spacious Passion. If you would like a copy please write

to
arobooksworldwide@googlemail.com

with the subject line
Spacious Passion - Hardback Edition

and saying
where you saw this message

a winning name will be drawn on 14th March 2010.

To see all of our books, please go to the Aro Books worldwide shop at Lulu.com

Retreat with Ngak'chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen 30 April - 2 May 2010

2010-03-03T13:36:00.000Z

The Poetic Science of the

Natural State

‘The sea and sky are our shrine room.

The natural elements are our meditation.’

30th April - 2nd May 2010

a weekend residential retreat with

Ngak'chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen

Within the setting of the Herefordshire countryside, Aro Lineage holders Ngak'chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen will teach a series of Dzogchen practices which function through the everyday experience of one’s daily life. Despite their simplicity such practices engender a profound shift of perspective; a radical and direct intimacy is revealed as a natural opportunity for anyone wishing to step fully into the vibrancy of the senses and the sense-fields.

The weekend will include teachings on the Moving Elements, the psycho-physical exercises of sKumNyé, Rhythm Breathing, Sky Gazing and A-tri exercises.

Poulstone Court, Kings Capel, Herefordshire, UK, HR1 4UA

This residential retreat will commence on the evening of 30th April and run until lunch time on Sunday 2nd May 2010. Arrival times from 4 pm on the Friday in time for dinner and leaving on the Sunday by 4 pm.

The cost is £180.00 inclusive of all meals including Friday dinner and Sunday lunch.

Details and booking forms available from Kira O'Reilly,

email: kira.oreilly@gmail.com or phone: +44 (0)7846 269004

2010-03-01T04:20:00.002Z

The Lama is neither safe nor tame, but s/he is committed to the student’s realisation and to the path of Kindness. The student is neither safe nor unsafe with the Lama. The student is ‘safe’ in that the Lama—well certainly with regard to ourselves—will never harm them or be unkind to them, but ‘unsafe’ in that their neuroses will be challenged continually.

But He Is Good - Ngala Nor'dzin Pamo and Ngala ’ö-Dzin Tridral

Forthcoming Events

Study group 2 March
Seminar in Whitchurch, Cardiff, UK.

The Fourteen Root Vows 12 March
Weekend event with Ngak´chang Rinpoche in San Francisco, CA, USA.

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

Guru Padmasambhava Tsog 'khorlo 23 March
Ceremony with Ngakma Nor´dzin Pamo and Ngakpa ´ö-Dzin Tridral in Whitchurch, Cardiff, UK.

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.

Romance and relationship in Buddhist Tantra 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.

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

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

Meditation Group 3 May
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA.

Meditation Group 10 May
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA, USA.

Wesak festival 16 May
Talk with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Germany.

Weekend Retreat with Ngak'chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen 11 June
Retreat with Ngak´chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen in Bristol, UK.

Public event 25 June
Weekend event with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Zurich, Switzerland.

2010-01-31T18:33:00.001Z

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 and Khandro Déchen

Khandro Tsé-wang Gyür’mèd Pema

Forthcoming Events

Y oga 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

2010-01-17T18:36:00.000Z

'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

2009-12-11T00:38:00.000Z

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.

2009-10-11T18:14:00.004+01:00

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.

2009-09-15T22:27:00.005+01:00

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.

2009-08-12T23:41:00.004+01:00

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

2009-07-14T23:00:00.001+01:00

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

2009-07-13T21:32:00.000+01:00

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/

2009-07-07T05:17:00.002+01:00

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.

2009-06-01T19:11:00.003+01:00

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.

2009-04-26T15:26:00.003+01:00

He just sat down on a rock and ate an avocado, and suddenly he got it! And the people asked: What kind of a rock?! What kind of an avocado?!

Buddhism needs no apology - Ngala Rig'dzin Dorje

Forthcoming Events

Vajra Romance1 May

Retreat with Ngak´chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen in Kings Capel, Herefordshire.

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

Practice in Cornwall 3 May
Meditation group in St Just, Cornwall.

Meditation Group 4 May
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA.

Being a Practitioner 5 May
Class with Ngakma Shé-zér, Ngakpa Namgyal and Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo in Bristol.

Public event 8 May
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Sweden.

Practice in the Aro Tradition 10 May
Meditation group in Brooklyn, NY.

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

Being a Practitioner 12 May
Class with Ngakma Shé-zér, Ngakpa Namgyal and Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo in Bristol.

Practice in Cornwall 17 May
Meditation group in Penzance, Cornwall.

Meditation Group 18 May
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA.

Being a Practitioner 19 May
Class with Ngakma Shé-zér, Ngakpa Namgyal and Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo in Bristol.

Being a Practitioner 26 May
Class with Ngakma Shé-zér, Ngakpa Namgyal and Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo in Bristol.

Passionate Compassion: The Dzogchen View of the Nine Yanas 29 May
Weekend event with Lama Shardröl Du-nyam Wangmo in Germany.

Meditation Group 1 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.

Last Chance to Book - Vajra Romance Retreat - 1st May 2009 - Herefordshire, UK

2009-04-11T12:44:00.003+01:00

Vajra Romance
The Buddhist Key to Successful Intimate Relationship
Retreat with Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen

1st – 3rd May 2009

Poulstone Court, Kings Caple, Herefordshire

“To fall in love is to taste the energy of existence and non-existence. To fall in love is to go beyond the boundaries that we set up for ourselves. To experience the real meaning of a loving relationship, is to live with impeccable verve in the sheer vividness of each moment.”
Ngak’chang Rinpoche

Ngak’chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen will teach on The Nyida Mélong which means ‘the mutual reflection of Sun and Moon’.

Poulstone Court, Kings Caple, Herefordshire, HR1 4UA, UK.

Cost £165 for the weekend, commencing on Friday evening and concluding on Sunday lunchtime.

For further details, please see the Aro Events

listing.

If you wish to book a place on this retreat, please use the booking form

For more information contact kira.oreilly@gmail.com or call +44 (0)7846 269004

Test message - Please ignore

2009-04-08T12:55:00.000+01:00

Dear everyone,

This is just a test of the link between the Aro-Announce blog (http://aro-announce.blogspot.com/) and the Aro-announce mailing list (http://arobuddhism.org/community/newsletters.html). If this works, anything posted to the blog will also be mailed to the mailing list.

There is no need to reply to this message.

My apologies in advance if this posting/email uncovers any quirks in the system which result in you receiving a number of strange messages.

The photograph which you should see as part of this message is of Sgwd yr Eira, a waterfall in Wales.

With best wishes and thanks for your forbearance,

Ngakpa 'o-Dzin

2009-03-28T22:43:00.000Z

We may like to think we have no selfish motives when we tell others of their defects; we may like to think it will be for their benefit – but although what we say may be true it will only cause them pain. To use only gentle words is my advice from the Heart.
We may engage in argument defending our point of view. We may think that in contradicting others we preserve the purity of the Teaching, but if we behave in this way we only cultivate a distorted view. To remain silent is my advice from the Heart.

Kindness - Ngak'chang Rinpoche

Forthcoming Events

The Bristol Meditation Group presents - Teachings from a lineage of Enlightened Women31 March

Class with Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo, Ngakma Shé-zér and Ngakpa Namgyal in Bristol.>

Sutra, Tantra & Dzogchen; The Four Naljors of the Aro gTer1 April

Talk with Lama Shardröl Du-nyam Wangmo in Milwaukee, WI.

Meditation & yogic song5 April

Meditation group with Ngakma Nor´dzin Pamo and Ngakpa ´ö-Dzin Tridral in Whitchurch, Cardiff.

Practice in Cornwall5 April

Meditation group in St Just, Cornwall.

Vajra Romance - the Indestructible Relationship7 April

Talk with Ngak´chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen in Bristol.

Meditation Group13 April

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

Practice in Cornwall19 April

Meditation group in Penzance, Cornwall.

Meditation Group20 April

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

Practicing Reincarnation in Every Moment 24 April

Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Germany.

London Aro meditation and practice group26 April

Meditation group with Naljorma Rin´dzin Pamo in London.

Meditation Group: Tsog Khorlo27 April

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

Vajra Romance 1 May

Retreat with Ngak´chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen in Kings Capel, Herefordshire.

Meditation & yogic song 3 May

Meditation group with Ngakma Nor´dzin Pamo and Ngakpa ´ö-Dzin Tridral in Whitchurch, Cardiff.

Practice in Cornwall 3 May

Meditation group in St Just, Cornwall.

Public event 8 May

Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Sweden.

Practice in Cornwall 17 May

Meditation group in Penzance, Cornwall.

Public event 22 May

Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Germany.

Vajra Romance Retreat - 1st May 2009 - Herefordshire, UK

2009-03-04T08:16:00.000Z

Vajra Romance

The Buddhist Key to Successful Intimate Relationship

Retreat with Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen

1st – 3rd May 2009

Poulstone Court, Kings Caple, Herefordshire

Ngak’chang Rinpoche

Ngak’chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen will teach on The Nyida Mélong which means ‘the mutual reflection of Sun and Moon’.

Poulstone Court, Kings Caple, Herefordshire, HR1 4UA, UK.

Cost £165 for the weekend, commencing on Friday evening and concluding on Sunday lunchtime.

For further details, please see the Aro Events listing. If you wish to book a place on this retreat, please use the booking form

For more information contact kira.oreilly@gmail.com or call +44 (0)7846 269004

2009-02-27T20:14:00.000Z

Through refusing to relax into the reality of ‘form is emptiness and emptiness is form’, we create all our misery of obduracy, fear, loneliness, anxiety, and despair. We attempt to split emptiness and form and try to exist only in form. We hang on to form compulsively, convinced that emptiness is our enemy. When we do experience emptiness, we attempt to change things or fill the empty space as quickly as possible to re-establish form. We believe our security lies in form, and only in form. We feel that emptiness undermines form and that this is the reason we experience unhappiness. If we could just get rid of emptiness, everything would be perfect. We associate emptiness with pain and unhappiness and we constantly cling to form references to try and avoid unhappy emptiness experiences. This process of separating emptiness and form is called dualism.

Emptiness - Ngala Nor'dzin Pamo

Forthcoming Events

Meditation & yogic song 1 March

Meditation group with Ngakma Nor´dzin Pamo and Ngakpa ´ö-Dzin Tridral in Whitchurch, Cardiff.

Practice in Cornwall1 March

Meditation group in Penzance, Cornwall.

Meditation Group2 March

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

Living modern life like the Buddha5 March

Talk with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Finland.

The Palace and the Jungle6 March

Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Finland.

Weekend public program13 March

Retreat with Ngak´chang Rinpoche in San Francisco, CA.

Talk and Booksigning with Ngak'chang Rinpoche17 March

Talk with Ngak´chang Rinpoche in Santa Cruz, CA.

Buddhism as religion, philosophy and way of life20 March

Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Switzerland.

Practice in Cornwall22 March

Meditation group in Penzance, Cornwall.

The Bristol Meditation Group presents - Teachings from a lineage of Enlightened Women24 March

Class with Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo, Ngakma Shé-zér and Ngakpa Namgyal in Bristol.

Group meditation26 March

Meditation group with Naljorma Rin´dzin Pamo in At a private home, London.

The Bristol Meditation Group presents - Teachings from a lineage of Enlightened Women31 March

Class with Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo, Ngakma Shé-zér and Ngakpa Namgyal in Bristol.>

Sutra, Tantra & Dzogchen; The Four Naljors of the Aro gTer1 April

Talk with Lama Shardröl Du-nyam Wangmo in Milwaukee, WI.

Meditation & yogic song5 April

Meditation group with Ngakma Nor´dzin Pamo and Ngakpa ´ö-Dzin Tridral in Whitchurch, Cardiff.

Practice in Cornwall5 April

Meditation group in St Just, Cornwall.

Vajra Romance - the Indestructible Relationship7 April

Talk with Ngak´chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen in Bristol.

Meditation Group13 April

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

Practice in Cornwall19 April

Meditation group in Penzance, Cornwall.

Meditation Group20 April

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

Practicing Reincarnation in Every Moment 24 April

Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Germany.

London Aro meditation and practice group26 April

Meditation group with Naljorma Rin´dzin Pamo in London.

Meditation Group: Tsog Khorlo27 April

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

2009-01-19T01:59:00.000Z

Instantaneous ordinariness’ is the fruit of the gYo-wa bardo. Instantaneous ordinariness is the moment when continuity is destroyed. As soon as continuity is destroyed, continuity appears again as the continuous moment of ‘Great Time’. One senses continuity again, but ‘that which is continuous’ is empty. One arrives at the non-dual point of realising the one taste of continuity and discontinuity. This is the essence of the tha-mal-gyi-shé-pa bardo: simply noticing death – and being born as the next moment.

The Nine Bardos of the Aro gTér - Ngak'chang Rinpoche

Forthcoming Events

Meditation Group: Tsog Khorlo26 January 2009

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

The Bristol Meditation Group presents - Teachings from a lineage of Enlightened Women27 January

Class with Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo, Ngakma Shé-zér and Ngakpa Namgyal in Bristol.

Group meditation30 January

Meditation group with Naljorma Rin´dzin Pamo in London, Liverpool Street.

Meditation Group2 February

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

The Bristol Meditation Group presents - Teachings from a lineage of Enlightened Women3 February

Class with Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo, Ngakma Shé-zér and Ngakpa Namgyal in Bristol.

Evening talk4 February

Talk with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Austria.

Palast und Dschungel6 February

Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Germany.

London Aro meditation and practice group8 February

Meditation group with Naljorma Rin´dzin Pamo in London, Liverpool Street.

Meditation Group9 February

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

The Bristol Meditation Group presents - Teachings from a lineage of Enlightened Women10 February

Class with Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo, Ngakma Shé-zér and Ngakpa Namgyal in Bristol.

Group meditation20 February

Meditation group with Naljorma Rin´dzin Pamo in London, Liverpool Street.

Meditation Group: Tsog Khorlo23 February

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

Meditation Group 2 March

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

Living modern life like the Buddha5 March

Talk with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Finland.

The Palace and the Jungle6 March

Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Finland.

Weekend public program13 March

Retreat with Ngak´chang Rinpoche in San Francisco, CA.

Talk and Booksigning with Ngak'chang Rinpoche17 March

Talk with Ngak´chang Rinpoche in Santa Cruz, CA.

Buddhism as religion, philosophy and way of life.20 March

Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Switzerland.

2008-12-17T01:05:00.000Z

In terms of spiritual questions, people often feel that they have to understand through intellect. This kind of understanding is sometimes a big problem. If you actually understand then this is not a problem – but what is it called when we think we understand, but do not understand at all? It is called misunderstanding. The problem is that when we think we understand—but in reality do not understand—we come to the end of our questioning. We close down.

Seven Line Song - Ngak'chang Rinpoche

Forthcoming Events

Aro London Meditation group 18 December

Meditation group with Naljorma Rin´dzin Pamo in London, Liverpool Street.

Yogic Song and Silent Sitting from the Aro Tradition 20 December

Meditation group in Ramsey, NJ.

Meditation Group 22 December

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

Meditation Group 5 January 2009

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

Sang-ngak-chö-dzong Annual General Meeting 11 January 2009

Ceremony in Llangadog, Dyfed.

Meditation Group 12 January 2009

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

London Aro meditation and practice group 18 January 2009

Meditation group with Naljorma Rin´dzin Pamo in London.

Meditation Group: Tsog Khorlo 26 January 2009

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

Meditation Group 2 February 2009

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

Evening talk 4 February 2009

Talk with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Austria.

Evening talk 5 February 2009

Talk with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Austria.

Public event 6 February 2009

Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Germany.

Meditation Group 9 February 2009

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

Meditation Group: Tsog Khorlo 23 February 2009

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

2008-11-10T03:30:00.000Z

Worries concerning the melodramas of day-to-day life serve no purpose. To fret in this futile manner is to be like the child who is delighted at having built a sand castle, and distraught when the sea washes it away

Kyabjé Dilgo Khyentsé Rinpoche

Forthcoming Events

Yeshe Tsogyel - The Female Tantric Buddha 11 November
Class with Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo, Ngakma Shé-zér and Ngakpa Namgyal in Bristol.

Morning meditation 12 November
Meditation group with Naljorma Rin´dzin Pamo in London, Liverpool Street.

Buddhism as religion, philosophy and way of life 14 November
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Germany.

London Aro meditation and practice group 16 November
Meditation group with Naljorma Rin´dzin Pamo in London.

Meditation Group 17 November
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA.

Mantra & Song of Yeshe Tsogye l 18 November
Class with Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo, Ngakma Shé-zér and Ngakpa Namgyal in Bristol.

Morning meditation 19 November
Meditation group with Naljorma Rin´dzin Pamo in London, Liverpool Street.

The Compassionate Omnivore 21 November
Talk with Ngak´chang Rinpoche in Brooklyn, NY.

Meditation Group: Tsog Khorlo 24 November
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA.

Crazy Wisdom - the role of the tantric teacher 25 November
Class with Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo, Ngakma Shé-zér and Ngakpa Namgyal in Bristol.

Morning meditation 26 November
Meditation group with Naljorma Rin´dzin Pamo in London, Liverpool Street.

The palace and the jungle 28 November
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Austria.

Meditation Group 1 December
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA.

The Unique Mother - Machig Lapdron 2 December
Class with Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo, Ngakma Shé-zér and Ngakpa Namgyal in Bristol.

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

Practice and Talk in the Aro Tradition 7 December
Meditation group in Brooklyn, NY.

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

Union with the mind of the teacher 9 December
Class with Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo, Ngakma Shé-zér and Ngakpa Namgyal in Bristol.

London Aro meditation and practice group 14 December
Meditation group with Naljorma Rin´dzin Pamo in London, Liverpool Street.

Yogic Song and Silent Sitting from the Aro Tradition 20 December
Meditation group in Ramsey, NJ.

2008-10-02T20:11:00.002+01:00

Form is not different from emptiness, emptiness not different from form. That which appears as emptiness is form, and that which appears as form is emptiness. You will not find emptiness apart from form; nor form apart from emptiness

sNying mDo Ngak'chang Rinpoche

Forthcoming Events

The Three Vehicles of Buddhism 7 October

Class with Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo, Ngakma Shé-zér and Ngakpa Namgyal in Bristol.

Dangerous Friend 7 October
Talk with Ngak´chang Rinpoche in San Rafael, CA.

Morning meditation 7 October
Meditation group with Naljorma Rin´dzin Pamo in London, Liverpool Street.

Morning meditation 10 October
Meditation group with Naljorma Rin´dzin Pamo in London, Liverpool Street.

Finding Awareness in the Dimension of Whatever Arises 11 October
Talk with Ngak´chang Rinpoche in Berkeley, CA.

Meditation and song 12 October
Meditation group with Naljorma Rin´dzin Pamo in London, Liverpool Street.

The Song of The Owl Headed Dakini - Part 1 - Buddhist Sutra 14 October
Class with Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo, Ngakma Shé-zér and Ngakpa Namgyal in Bristol.

Morning meditation 14 October
Meditation group with Naljorma Rin´dzin Pamo in London, Liverpool Street.

Practice in Cornwall 19 October
Meditation group in Penzance, Cornwall.

The Song of The Owl Headed Dakini - Part 2 - Buddhist Sutra 21 October
Class with Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo, Ngakma Shé-zér and Ngakpa Namgyal in Bristol.

The Palace and the Jungle 24 October
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Germany.

Teachings from a Tradition of Enlightened Women 26 October
Talk with Lama Shardröl Du-nyam Wangmo in Willowemoc, NY.

Song of Dzogchen Trek Chod 28 October
Class with Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo, Ngakma Shé-zér and Ngakpa Namgyal in Bristol.

Zap-lam, the profound path 31 October
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Switzerland.

Meditation & yogic song 2 November
Meditation group with Ngala Nor´dzin Pamo and Ngala ´ö-Dzin Tridral in Whitchurch, Cardiff.

Practice in Cornwall 2 November
Meditation group in Penzance, Cornwall.

Practice and Talk in the Aro Tradition 2 November
Meditation group in Brooklyn, NY.

Dream, death and meditation 7 November
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Finland.

The Method of the Mahasiddhas 8 November
Talk with Ngak´chang Rinpoche in New York, NY.

Yeshe Tsogyel - The Female Tantric Buddha 11 November
Class with Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo, Ngakma Shé-zér and Ngakpa Namgyal in Bristol.

Buddhism as religion, philosophy and way of life. 14 November
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Germany.