2015 - 11 - 13/15 - München - Ngakma Nor'dzin Pamo and Ngakpa 'ö-Dzin Tridral - Wearing the Body of Visions

An exploration of the Path of Transformation through symbol, visualisation, song and chant

Weekend event with Nor´dzin Pamo and ´ö-Dzin Tridral

Shambhala Zentrum München, Montenstraße 9, München, Germany

13th to 15th of November 2015

Friday 19:00 - 20:30, Saturday 10:00 - 19:00, Sunday 10:00-13:00

Enlightened Symbolism

The enlightened symbolism of Tantra functions as an inspiration and also as a direct communication to Awakened Mind. As beings caught up in the illusion of duality, we are symbols of our true enlightened selves. Because of this, tantric symbolism functions as a powerful method by which we can transform our experience to reveal our true nature through ‘wearing’ the visionary body of the yidam (meditational deity).

Ngakma Nor’dzin and Ngakpa ’ö-Dzin are a married teaching couple with over thirty years of practice experience. They will introduce different kinds of yidams (peaceful, joyous, and wrathful) and talk about the ways in which they function as a focus of practice.

Methods of Practice

The weekend will include teaching, yogic song and chant, and an introduction to the powerful practice of envisionment (self-arising as the yidam). It will include methods of practice that allow us to experience emptiness, the space from which the experience of vision arises. Through vajra pride we can bring enlightened awareness into our experience of everyday life. Questions are warmly welcomed throughout the weekend.

Empowerment

The weekend will include an empowerment (tantric initiation) into the practice of Yeshé Tsogyel, the female tantric Buddha of Tibet and the main yidam of the Aro gTér Lineage.

Cost: 130.- EUR for the whole weekend, Friday evening 30.- EUR. Reduced fee possible on request and for apprentices of the Aro gTér lineage.

Naljorma Dri'mèd Khandro, Email: drimedkhandro@gmx.de, Phone: +49 8091/5378340

All Aro gTer retreats are non-smoking events. Smokers are welcome to attend, but in accordance with Nyingma teaching, and Vajrayana Buddhism in general, 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.

2015-10-23/25 - Cardiff - Ngakma Nor'dzin & Ngakpa 'ö-Dzin - Myriad Meditations

Myriad Meditations - a weekend of teachings

Meditation is a primary method of self-discovery through which neurotic habit patterns can be revealed. ​

Weekend event with Nor´dzin Pamo and ´ö-Dzin Tridral
A weekend retreat from 7pm on the 23rd October till 12 noon on the 25th October.

Aro Ling Cardiff Buddhist Centre, rear of 35 Merthyr Road (Chambers)​, Whitchurch, ​Cardiff, CF14 1DB, Cardiff, Wales, UK

Generally our experience of the mind is a continual commentary. Who are we when we allow the chatter of the mind to subside? Learn how discovering empty, silent mind can help us become kinder and more content.

Meditation can be practised sitting, standing, walking and lying. This weekend will explore all these postures, and many different and varied meditations methods.

Session 1:  Friday October 23rd  19:00 – 20:30
Session 2:  Saturday October 24th  10:00 – 12:00
Session 3:  Saturday October 24th  14:00 – 16:00
Session 4:  Saturday October 24th  17:00 – 19:00
Session 5:  Sunday October 25th  10:00 – 12:00

£6 each session or £25 for the whole weekend

To register for this event please go to Meetup.

For more information please contact Ngakma Nor'dzin by emailing aro.ling.cardiff@gmail.com or telephoning 07875 716644

Follow the Aro Ling Cardiff blog for the latest information and see the Aro Ling monthly calendar for all events at Aro Ling Bristol and Aro Ling Cardiff

2015-09-25/15 - Cardiff - Ngakma Nor'dzin & Ngakpa 'ö-Dzin - How to be Human

How to be Human - a weekend retreat

A weekend of teachings examining how we move through differing mind states. Looking at how meditation can help stabilise our experience so that kindness and warmth can prevail.

Weekend event with Nor´dzin Pamo and ´ö-Dzin Tridral
A weekend retreat from 7pm on the 25th September till 12 noon on the 27th September.

Aro Ling Cardiff Buddhist Centre, rear of 35 Merthyr Road (Chambers)​, Whitchurch, ​Cardiff, CF14 1DB, Cardiff, Wales, UK

Human beings have a great capacity for kindness and warmth, but often we find ourselves experiencing dissatisfaction and responding with compulsion or aggression, greediness or paranoia.

This weekend will examine how we move through differing mind states. We will look at how meditation can help stabilise our experience so that kindness and warmth can prevail, and give us a greater sense of satisfaction.

5 sessions : you can join us for 1 session, several or the whole weekend

1st session Friday 19:00 – 20:30
2nd session Saturday 10:00 – 12:00
3rd session Saturday 14:00 – 16:00
4th session Saturday 17:00 – 19:00
5th session Sunday 10:00 – 12:00
 
£6 a session or £25 for the whole weekend – attend any or all sessions

To register for this event please go to Meetup.

For more information please contact Ngakma Nor'dzin by emailing aro.ling.cardiff@gmail.com or telephoning 07875 716644

Follow the Aro Ling Cardiff blog for the latest information and see the Aro Ling monthly calendar for all events at Aro Ling Bristol and Aro Ling Cardiff

2015-03-27/29 - Austria - Bar-ché Dorje - Natural Heroism

Natural Heroism

Weekend event with Bar-ché Dorje

27th - 29th March 2015

Friday: 18:00 - 21:00
Saturday: 10:00 - 19:00
Sunday: 10:00 - 14:00

Sambdruling Wien, Klopstockgasse 45, 1170 Wien, Austria

Friday: Letting go of irritation and welcoming humour into your life

Why do some people or situations irritate us and why do we have such strong reactions towards them? Sometimes ... when we are feeling good, we can control our reactions, but when we feel less happy unwanted and unhelpful reactions arise. On Friday evening Lama Bar-ché will explain why this is the case, why we see things the way we see them and why we repeatedly react the way we do. Also included will be clear and straightforward methods to investigate this phenomenon, to change our patterning through meditation. Lama Bar-ché will explore these issues in an easy-going and understandable manner, typically using a lot of humour so that we can look at ourselves in a relaxed way.

Saturday and Sunday: Natural Heroism

We influence everyone we encounter – even if we do not speak. Our feelings and thoughts are part of our communicative display and thus resonate with the entire situation. Being a practitioner is: having the courage to face ourselves at all times; exploring the open space of the unknown with eyes wide open; allowing fear to be an ornament of the journey into vastness; not compromising; being strong in view and promise; forgetting ourselves and whatever defines us; and, being beneficial to everyone, everything, and everywhere. Being a Buddhist is cultivating warrior mind.

Ying’khor

On Saturday and Sunday Lama Bar-ché will also introduce some Ying’khor exercises. Ying’khor is connected with the Dzogchen longdé method of viewing the channels – and effectuating their potential - by experientially navigating them through subtle movement, visualisation of essential-light-spheres synchronised with breath whilst maintaining the 4 brDa. Sound is also employed in terms of vocalising seed-syllables. Visualisation relates to the nature of Mind. Breath, or sound, relates to nondual energy. Physical movement relates to the vajra body. The alignment of these three is the symbol—brDa—of the non-separateness of the three. Although these are rather subtle yogic exercises they are suitable for all kinds of people, and have a number of benefits like improving health.

  
Friday evening: € 30
Weekend: € 150
Early booking (till February 15): € 120

Contact:
Ngakpa Garwang Dorje
Phone: 0699-10534094
e-mail: Garwang.Dorje@gmail.com

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2015-01-30/02-01 - Austria - Ngak'chang Rinpoche - Dzogchen: Shock-Amazement

Dzogchen: Shock-Amazement

Weekend event with Ngak´chang Rinpoche 

30th January - 1st of February 2015
Friday: 18:00 - 20:00
Saturday: 10:00 - 19:00
Sunday: 10:00 - 16:00

Shambhala Zentrum Wien Stiftgasse 15-17, 1070 Wien, Austria

Ngak’chang Rinpoche will give direct introduction to Dzogchen sem-dé – the utter-totality teaching of the ‘nature of Mind’. Dzogchen is the most profound; yet simple and immediate of the three inner Tantras. Rinpoche will speak from the perspective of the pure vision of the female gTértön, Aro Lingma – give transmission to establish the basis for the accomplishment of this practice. Dzogchen is unique in dealing with the fundamental experience of being human – at the most essential level of perception. Dzogchen lays bare the mechanisms of dualistic vision – and creates a gestalt of wonderment in the immense possibility of each individual. Rinpoche’s teachings will cover the Four Naljors and the Four Ting-ngé’dzin. Question and answer explorations are heartily welcomed as Rinpoche is always keen to relate personally with his audience.

“Dzogchen is the everyday magic of being precisely what we are; without drudgery of either fantasy or banal pragmatism. When we discover that it takes fantastic effort to create the frustration and unfulfillment which we experience in our lives; we could easily burst out laughing!” Khandro Déchen

Friday evening: € 30
Weekend: € 150

Contact: Ngakpa Garwang Dorje

Phone: 0699-10534094

e-mail: Garwang.Dorje@gmail.com

As the expected number of participants is quite large we kindly ask you to register as soon as possible.

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2014-09-19/2014-10-10 - Germany, Finland & Austria - Ngakma Shardröl - The 14 root vows of Vajrayana

The 14 Root Vows of Vajrayana

Weekend retreats with Ngakma Shardröl Dunyam Wangmo in Europe

The Fourteen Root Vows are the primary practice of Vajrayana Buddhism. They give us relief from the urge to manipulate every situation that arises in our life. Rather we connect with the Mind of the teacher, which is identical to our own realised Mind, and leave it to her or him to direct us and orchestrate our own understanding. The vows enable us to receive whatever teachings there might be. This is true for driving or cooking lessons as well as spiritual teachings. To some people they seem strange or extreme, but really they describe a method by which we learn in everyday life as well as in spiritual practice. It is said that it is impossible to keep the vows unless one has attained enlightenment. Because of this, the practice is one of continually returning to the vows – and of never giving up on keeping them, even when we make mistakes.

Vorträge und Seminar in Englisch mit Übersetzung ins Deutsche.


Berlin, Germany, 19th - 21st of September
Contact: Jens Bittermann,
Phone: 030 7813804,
E-Mail: rangjung.pawo@online.de
More information: Aroevents.org

For additional evening talks in Berlin see Tantrische Psychologie and In der Alltagswelt spirituell leben


Esbo, Finland, 26th - 28th of September
Contact: Viveka Grönlund
Phone: + 358405464041
E-Mail: viveka.gronlund@fimnet.fi
More information: Aroevents.org


Wien, Austria, 3rd – 5th of October 2014

Contact: Ngakpa Garwang Dorje
Phone: 0699-10534094
E-Mail: Garwang.Dorje@gmail.com
More information: Aroevents.org


München, Germany, 10th – 12th of October 2014
Contact: Ngakma Déwang Pamo
E-Mail: dewangpamo@googlemail.com
More information: Aroevents.org

2014-10-10/12 - Ngakma Shardrôl - Die 14 Wurzelgelübde des Vajrayana - München, Germany

Die 14 Wurzelgelübde des Vajrayana

Weekend event with Shardröl Du-nyam Wangmo 

10.-12. Oktober 2014

Freitag 19:00-21:00
Samstag 10:00-13:00, 14:30-18:00
Samstag Abend Mélong-Ermächtigung
Sonntag 10:00-13:00

Shambhala Zentrum München, Montenstraße 9, München, Germany

Die 14 Wurzelgelübde sind das Herz der Vajrayana-Praxis. Durch sie können wir den Drang loslassen, jede Situation kontrollieren zu wollen. Stattdessen verbinden wir uns mit dem Geist des Lehrers und überlassen ihm oder ihr das Steuer. Er oder sie hat das Wissen, das uns fehlt. Die Gelübde ermöglichen es uns, Belehrungen jeglicher Art zu empfangen und auch umzusetzen. Das trifft genauso auf Fahrschulstunden oder Kochkurse zu wie auf spirituelle Unterweisungen. Manchen Leuten mögen die Gelübde fremd oder extrem erscheinen, aber sie beschreiben eine Methode, durch die wir in der Lage sind etwas zu lernen - im täglichen Leben genauso wie in der spirituellen Praxis. Es wird gesagt, dass die 14 Wurzelgelübde unmöglich zu halten sind, solange man im dualen Zustand des Samsara verweilt. Gemäß der Belehrungen des Dzogchen sind wir jedoch anfangslos erleuchtet und können den nicht-dualen Zustand in jedem Moment erfahren, wenn wir unsere neurotischen Muster und Gewohnheiten loslassen. Deshalb besteht die Praxis darin, immer wieder zu den Gelübden zurückzukehren, und dem Funkeln des nicht-dualen Gewahrseins in unserem Leben Raum zu geben.

Kosten: 130.- EUR für das gesamte Wochenende,
30.- EUR nur Freitag Abend (Einführung) Ermäßigungen auf Anfrage

Kontakt für Anmeldung und weitere Informationen: Ngakma Déwang Pamo dewangpamo(at)googlemail.com

All Aro gTer retreats are non-smoking events. Smokers are welcome to attend, but in accordance with Nyingma teaching, and Vajrayana Buddhism in general, 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.