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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 …
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 …
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 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
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 …
