Teachings
from a lineage of realised women beginning with Yeshé Tsogyel
Here there are written essays and teachings, transcribed talks, question-and-answer sessions, and audio or video interviews with lineage lamas, covering many aspects of Buddhist teachings.
There are also several series of teachings:
All the teachings contained on the site are available below.
Accountability
The Vajrayana Ethos of the Five Precepts
Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen For anyone who has been concerned by the revelations of abuse in the world of Vajrayana Buddhism, here is a text from our Lineage Lamas outlining the five precept guidelines by which they, and all the Aro gTér teachers, abide.
Buddha Nature
By Kyabjé Dilgo Khyentsé Rinpoche
Sem-nyid né sang-gyé-pa’i rang-zhin (sems nyid ye nas sangs rGyas pa’i rang bZhin)Whilst oscillating between anticipation and doubt – …
Building a Monumental Phurba at Drala Jong
Vajrayana Buddhism is a vast system of methods that facilitate the discovery of one’s natural state. This natural state is …
Chant & Yogic Song
a teaching given in March 2000
Nor’dzin Pamo Dön-pa (’don pa) in Tibetan means chant or liturgical recitation – the repetition of texts and practices. This can be …
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 …
Devotion
Nor’dzin Pamo I first came across the little booklet ‘Fifty Verses of Guru Devotion’ in about 1983 or 1984. At that time …
Drifter
Ngak’chang Rinpoche Stories from the lives of Lineage Lamas, as told to Ngak'chang Rinpoche by Künzang Dorje Rinpoche.
Dzogchen
Introduction to Dzogchen
Dzogchen is based on recognising nonduality. Dzogchen means ‘utter completeness’. From the point of view of Dzogchen, we are already …
E-mailing the Lamas from Afar
Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen Aro gTér lamas reply to the e-mail questions of their students, questions which concern the full range of the students' …
Embracing Emotions as the Path
Colours and Elements in Tantric Psychology
Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen Only through direct experience can we begin to perceive our world differently. Philosophical speculations and intellectual conjectures that are not …
Empowerment and the four kayas
Ngak’chang Rinpoche Ngak’chang Rinpoche recorded at the San Francisco Shambhala Center, March 2007. A 14-minute talk.
Empowerment & Transmission
Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen The fundamental damtsig is to sustain the experience of transmission through practice—and ultimately, in every moment.The Tibetan word for empowerment …
Form, emptiness, and non-duality
Form, emptiness, and nonduality are the most important terms in the Buddhist ‘view’. View is the experiential analysis reality. View …
Friendship as a reflection of our enlightened qualities
Nor’dzin Pamo Ngakma Nor'dzin Pamo recorded at the Wales Interfaith Conference, 2018 speaks about friendship from a Buddhist perspective. A 17-minute presentation …
From shi-nè into lha-tong
Ngak’chang Rinpoche
Guru Viking interviews: Ep8
Ngak’chang Rinpoche An interview with Ngak'chang Rinpoche about his book Wisdom EccentricsMore Guru Viking interviews of Aro gTér lamas
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 …
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 & Compassion
Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen interviewed by Naljorma Jig’mèd Khyungtsal PamoQuestioner Ngak’chang Rinpoche, Khandro Déchen, how can one work with oneself when one finds …
Lama’i Naljor
Interview with Ngak'chang Rinpoche
Questioner: Rinpoche, what is Lama’i Naljor, and what is the essential purpose of practicing it?Ngak’chang Rinpoche: Lama’i Naljor (Guru yoga …
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 …
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, …
Precious Guru – Journey into the wild heart of the second Buddha.
Ngak'chang Rinpoche is featured amongst contemporary Buddhist teachers in the opening sequence of a film in the making by Triptych …
Q&A - Dzogchen long-dé
psycho-physical sKu-mNyé exercises
Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen Dzogchen means ‘utter totality’, and refers to the natural liberated condition of the individual. This state of innate enlightenment is …
Q&A - Nyams in Dzogchen
Ngak’chang Rinpoche Dzogchen regards certain nyams as opportunities to recognise rigpa. This transcript (excerpted from Vision issue 11, Autumn 1998) discusses several …
Q&A - The Bristol Talks
Vajrayana and yidam practice
Ngak’chang Rinpoche Questioner Rinpoche, Vajrayana Buddhism is highly complex and intellectual – is there an approach for people who don’t have academic …
Refuge
Nor’dzin Pamo For many of us Refuge is a ceremony we take part in when we first become a Buddhist. We are …
Samsara, suffering, and suspicion
The path to endless enjoyment
Ngak’chang Rinpoche Ngak’chang Rinpoche recorded at the San Francisco Shambhala Center, March 2006. An 18-minute overview of Sutrayana from point of view …
Sera Khandro and Vajra Romance
By David Chapman
Jetsünma Sera Khandro Rinpoche (1892-1940) achieved Buddhahood, together with her consort Kyabjé Drimé Özer Rinpoche, through their practice of vajra …