Ögyen Dorje
Ögyen Dorje has been part of the Aro gTér tradition since 2011 and received ngakpa ordination from his teachers, Ngak’chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen, in 2019.
Ögyen Dorje’s passion as a practitioner particularly includes Vajrayana arts, and he has created numerous implements for the needs of the Aro gTér lineage and Vajrayana practitioners. These include, among other things, tengars, leather bags for practice implements, dorjes and drilbus, vajra weapons, serkyems, phurbas, and statues.
““It is difficult to describe the excitement that can be felt in the creation of Vajrayana art. one is constantly engaged with the sensefields; looking at materials; ideating in respect of modes of manufacture; feeling; reconnoitering; endeavoring; persevering, and patiently experimenting… By thorough engagement one develops deep appreciation for the phenomenal world. Appreciation then feeds the view through which one creates, and the created symbolism is there as a method of practice and as part of the richness of the lineage.””
By profession, he is a physiotherapist specialized in psychophysical therapy. He enjoys interacting with people from diverse backgrounds and age groups, whom he encounters daily in his work.
He runs his own practice in Rovaniemi, Finland but lives in Keminmaa with his spouse and their two children. Ögyen Dorje primarily teaches in Finnish and English, mainly in Finland. He has made several pilgrimages to Nepal and Bhutan, where he has also met Jomo Samp’hel Déchen Rinpoche, a root lama of Ngak’chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen. He considers himself to be extremely lucky to be part of the gö-kar chang-lo’i dé, and being part of the continuation of the tradition.