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Five new ngakpas and ngakmas

10 September 2024

The summer months at Drala Jong are busy with apprentice retreats with various brevet lamas as well as the lineage …

On International Women’s Day — a photograph of Khandro Déchen

8 March 2025

In Bhutan, nakpas are rare — but ngakmas are rarer. In the face of this, however, there are over 30 …

Q&A - Promise & process

The nature of vow-holding

Ngak’chang Rinpoche Question: Is it correct that the vows and the practice of keeping the vows are process as well as promise …

Riding the Tiger

gö kar chang lo ordination

Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen Almost everyone who attends a gö kar chang lo ordination retreat thinks about the possibility of taking ordination themselves at …

‘Self’-immolation

gö kar chang lo ordination

Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen Vajrayana vows throw a can of gasoline into the splicing room. In terms of practice—within the tradition of Vajrayana—vows encourage …

The 14 Tantric Root Views

Speaking of the Ngak’phang Ordination and its profound Inner Tantra commitments, Ngak’chang Rinpoche said: “I was ordained as a ngakpa …

The ordination of Naljorma A-ying Pamo

21 September 2024

The ordination of Ngakpa Tul-zhug Nam-dor Ma-zhum Trö-dèn

28 March 2025

The Artist previously known as Sebastian Ordonez receives ordination into the gö kar chang lo’ dé (gos dKar lCang lo’i …