All teachings by Ngak’chang Rinpoche

Goodbye Forever volume 2

Read by Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo

Ngak’chang Rinpoche The story of an artist, poet, and Bluesman
1971. At the age of 19 Ngakpa Chögyam returns from his first …

Guru Viking interviews: Ep8

Ngak’chang Rinpoche An interview with Ngak'chang Rinpoche about his book Wisdom Eccentrics
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Heaven and Hell

February 1998 apprentices’ questions, answered by Ngak’chang Rinpoche

Ngak’chang Rinpoche Q Rinpoche, I’ve seen a pattern in myself, where I dampen my own enthusiasm so I won’t be disappointed. I …

Here’s another nice mess you’ve gotten me into

Ngak’chang Rinpoche Apprentice Rinpoche, I know you don’t like to answer questions in letters when the answer would be the length of …

“Here’s to boredom!”

Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen Apprentice You have often said that shi-nè is boring and that boredom is necessary in terms of experience. But what …

I am the last person you should trust

Ngak’chang Rinpoche Apprentice I am feeling as though I know nothing. Teachings used to make intellectual sense to me—or so I thought—but …

“I do” – one way or another

Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen Apprentice A man at the recent public retreat asked me about who authorises or vouches for Lamas in the Nyingma …

Insurance is not available

Ngak’chang Rinpoche Apprentice When I am practising shi-nè, does it matter if being uninvolved with my experience is only another form of …

Interviews of Aro gTér lamas

From Steve James' Guru Viking podcast

Ngak’chang Rinpoche, Khandro Déchen, Mé-tsal Wangmo, Ja'gyür Dorje, Sang-gyé A-tsal & Tsül'dzin Ying-chuk Ep8: Ngakpa Chögyam
In this interview I am joined by Ngakpa Chögyam a blues loving, horse riding Ngakpa, who with …

Introduction to Khandro-Pawo Nyida Mélong Gyüd

Ngak’chang Rinpoche This is a brief contextual introduction to the Nyida Mélong teachings on vajra romance.
The recording also includes one of a …

Is that not dualistic?

Ngak’chang Rinpoche Apprentice Within the non-dual state, what happens with memories of things? Do you experience them? And if so is that …

it’s not British, you know

Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen Apprentice I get a bit worried sometimes—not all the time—by what is said of the Mahasiddhas. Whenever I read about …

Jétsunma Khandro Ten’dzin Drölkar

Ngak’chang Rinpoche Jétsunma Khandro Ten’dzin Drölkar (rJe bTsun ma mKha’ ’gro bsTan ’dzin rGol dKar / རྗེ་བཙུན་མ་མཁའ་འགྲོ་བསྟ་འཛི་སྒྲོལ་དཀར་) ceased to breathe on the …

Just a nyam?

Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen Apprentice I had an interesting experience recently. I sat in our dining room looking out into a glowering dark blue …

Karma

The Personal Police State

Ngak’chang Rinpoche The inconsequential eccentric yogi sNgags pa chos dByings rGya mTsho utterly acknowledges his endless joyful appreciation of his Lamas – …

Kindness

the power of the awakened mind warrior

Ngak’chang Rinpoche I would like to explore something with you this evening that is so close to my heart that I do …

Kindness & Compassion

Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen interviewed by Naljorma Jig’mèd Khyungtsal Pamo
Questioner Ngak’chang Rinpoche, Khandro Déchen, how can one work with oneself when one finds …

King Kong

Ngak’chang Rinpoche Apprentice At the last apprentice retreat you spoke of ‘daring’ and how it was a quality that was needed in …

Living the View

"We are form and emptiness—emptiness and form."

Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen Our advice is to deliberately name everything which moves you to smiles, laughter, or tears as Padmasambhava or Yeshé Tsogyel—because …

Look back in ang-ra

Ngak’chang Rinpoche Apprentice When I look back over my life I sometimes feel overwhelmed by anger at things people have done to …

Mature and immature tolerance

Part 1 of an interview with the lineage holders by Lama Shardröl, 31 December 1997.

Ngak’chang Rinpoche, Khandro Déchen & Shardröl Du-nyam Wangmo This is the first half of an interview originally published in Vision magazine in 1998 (issue 11). The second half, …

Mingyur Rinpoche, the millionaire monk who renounced it all

22 September 2011

Ngak’chang Rinpoche An article by Mary Finnigan in The Guardian, “Mingyur Rinpoche, the millionaire monk who renounced it all,” quotes Ngak’chang Rinpoche:
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Misery

Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen Apprentice I am wondering about what you said recently about ‘remaining free of the prison of moodiness’. Could you say …

naturalness is relaxing into the present moment

Ngak’chang Rinpoche Apprentice Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche spoke often about ‘now’ and ‘nowness’ – and he brought it into many different contexts. Is …

New York taxis and the world’s axis

Ngak’chang Rinpoche Apprentice I have never been at an apprentice retreat when there has been a teaching on the Celebration and what …

No More Songs? (Interview – Part IV)

17 September 2011

Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen Q: Rinpoche, I hate to ask this question – as I suspect I know your answer . . . and …

On Prejudice, Vajrayana, and the Perception of “Otherness”

20 March 2020

Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen In this article, Ngak’chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen, address the topic of prejudice from the point of view of Dzgchen.
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Opening ourselves to the unlikely

Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen Apprentice I have read that, being in the Nyingma Tradition, we are in some way accident prone—that we are heirs …

Owl precepts Q&A part 1 - killing

Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen Question Rinpoche—in terms of the precept of avoiding killing—what is meant by ‘Tantrikas extend themselves to others . . . …

Owl precepts Q&A part 2 - stealing

Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen Question I think a lot of us have been concerned about exploitation and not wanting to be part of exploitation …