Help us to establish Drala Jong - a Buddhist Retreat Centre in Wales

Help us to establish Drala Jong - a Buddhist Retreat Centre in Wales
Help us to establish Drala Jong - a Buddhist Retreat Centre in Wales

2009-06-01

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.
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2009-04-26

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.
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2009-04-11

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

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
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2009-04-08

Test message - Please ignore

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
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2009-03-28

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


Class with Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo, Ngakma Shé-zér and Ngakpa Namgyal in Bristol.>
Talk with Lama Shardröl Du-nyam Wangmo in Milwaukee, WI.
Meditation group with Ngakma Nor´dzin Pamo and Ngakpa ´ö-Dzin Tridral in Whitchurch, Cardiff.
Meditation group in St Just, Cornwall.
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.
Meditation group in Penzance, Cornwall.
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA.
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Germany.
Meditation group with Naljorma Rin´dzin Pamo in London.
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA.
Retreat with Ngak´chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen in Kings Capel, Herefordshire.
Meditation group with Ngakma Nor´dzin Pamo and Ngakpa ´ö-Dzin Tridral in Whitchurch, Cardiff.
Meditation group in St Just, Cornwall.

Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Sweden.
Meditation group in Penzance, Cornwall.
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Germany.
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2009-03-04

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

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
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2009-02-27


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 group with Ngakma Nor´dzin Pamo and Ngakpa ´ö-Dzin Tridral in Whitchurch, Cardiff.
Meditation group in Penzance, Cornwall.
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA.
Talk with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Finland.
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Finland.
Retreat with Ngak´chang Rinpoche in San Francisco, CA.
Talk with Ngak´chang Rinpoche in Santa Cruz, CA.
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Switzerland.
Meditation group in Penzance, Cornwall.
Class with Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo, Ngakma Shé-zér and Ngakpa Namgyal in Bristol.
Meditation group with Naljorma Rin´dzin Pamo in At a private home, London.
Class with Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo, Ngakma Shé-zér and Ngakpa Namgyal in Bristol.>
Talk with Lama Shardröl Du-nyam Wangmo in Milwaukee, WI.
Meditation group with Ngakma Nor´dzin Pamo and Ngakpa ´ö-Dzin Tridral in Whitchurch, Cardiff.
Meditation group in St Just, Cornwall.
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.
Meditation group in Penzance, Cornwall.
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA.
Retreat with Ngala Rig´dzin Dorje in Germany.
Meditation group with Naljorma Rin´dzin Pamo in London.
Meditation group with Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri´mèd in Alameda, CA.
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