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Advice of playing the gÇod Damaru given by Ngak’chang Rinpoche

This is advice that is not commonly given — but simple, direct, and will enable anybody to improve in their …

Aro gTér Teachings

A non-monastic lineage that emphasizes householder practice and non-celibate ordination

The Aro gTér tradition is a small family lineage of practitioners within the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. It is a Vajrayana and Dzogchen lineage, containing teachings and practices from the three series of Dzogchen (sem-dé, long-dé and men-ngag-dé) and offering teachings on major Buddhist topics from the perspective of Dzogchen.

Aro gTér Vajrayana Lineage Celebrates 25th Anniversary of SNCD Buddhist Charity

19 November 2018

This weekend, Sang-ngak-chö-dzong, the charity that supports the work of the Aro gTér tradition in the UK was pleased to …

Children and Pemakö

Establishing Lhundrüp Tobgyé Ling

Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen Lhundrüp Tobgyé Ling is the shortened form of Nga’gyür Yoga’i Drüp-dé Lhundrüp Tobgyé Ling ‘Early-translation Yogic Meditation College where Strength is Gained Spontaneously’. It is a Ngak’phang Dratsang for children – a place where boys and girls from the Pemakö region can receive both a secular education and training which will prepare them—should it be their long-term desire—to become ordained ngakpas and ngakmas.

Defining the word ‘sangha’

The two divisions of the sangha of ordained practitioners

Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen There are various definitions of gendün or sangha which give a sense of the position and authentic dignity of the …

Ngak'chang Yolmo Ten'dzin Norbu

Ngak'chang Yolmo Ten'dzin Norbu (sNgags ‘chang yol mo sPrul sKu rig 'dzin bsTan 'dzin nor bu / སྔགས་འཆང་ཡོལ་མོ་སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་རིག་འཛིན་བསྟན་འཛིན་ནོར་བུ་).་was the 3rd …

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 …

Ordination

Both in Buddhism and the religions of the West, ‘ordination’ is the formal recognition by a religious authority that an …

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 …

Sangha visit to Tibet’s Secret Temple Exhibition at the Wellcome Trust in London

11 June 2016

Earlier this year Ngak’chang Rinpoche, Ngakma Mé-tsal, and Naljorpa Ja’gyür—accompanied by a group of practitioners from Sang-ngak-chö-dzong—went to London to …

‘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 assembled Aro gTér Lamas at Drala Jong

26 September 2024

This last weekend Aro gTér Lamas from as far away as California and New York —and from countries as diverse …

The non-monastic stream of ordination

This assembly of Buddhist practitioners is known as the gö kar chang lo’i dé. Ngakpas or ngakmas (sNgags pa or …

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 …

Vajrayana Buddhism in the West

Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen This is not ‘just for us’; not even the Aro gTér is ‘just for us’.
People often speak of preserving the …

What kind of Lama are you?

Lama Jampa Da’o Rinpoche, disciple of the great Géluk master Jampa Gélek Gyaltsen Rinpoche, once visited Ngakpa Shabkar Rinpoche in …