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:
Drifter
Ngak’chang Rinpoche
E-mailing the Lamas from Afar
Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen
Short teachings
A series of short teachings orginally posted by Ngak'chang Rinpoche on Facebook
All the teachings contained on the site are available below.
sNying mDo
The heart essence of unconventional wisdom
Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen The Heart Sutra is a condensed statement of the whole of the Buddhist view of the nature of reality. Its …
Spontaneity and Discipline in the Sangha
Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen ...to merge mirth and meaningfulness, frivolity and fierce commitment, revelry and rigpa.Dorje gendün—indestructible association—means the community of practitioners who are …
Sutra, Tantra, and Dzogchen
An audio teaching on the three yanas
Zér-mé Dri’mèd To learn more about the three yanas, please see:
Sweet & sour orthodoxy
Part 2 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 second half of an interview originally published in Vision magazine in 1998 (issue 11). The first half …
The Aro gTér : An uncommon perspective
There are three distinct yet compatible approaches within Buddhism: self-liberation, transformation, and renunciation. The Aro gTér Lineage emphasises self-liberation and …
The Five Certainties
Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen Five factors are of crucial importance if transmission is to function: time, place, teacher, teaching, and audience. For authentic, lucid, …
The history and practice of Vajra Romance
Relationships and Vajrayana principles
Mé-tsal WangmoNgakma Mé-tsal Wangmo recorded at the Centre for Bhutan Studies and GNH Conference in Thimphu, July 2018. A 20 minute …
The Lama-Student Relationship within Dzogchen
Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen We have long realised that we cannot work with those who need their Lamas to sit on shoulder height thrones …
The Song of the Owl Headed Dakini - the 5 owl precepts
According to the song of the owl-headed Dakini, authentic tantrikas live within the dimension of the ’ug-Kyi Lab-Nga – the …
The Vehicles
Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen As you get to understand Buddhism better, you will come to understand what a beautiful geometry it makes. The ways …
The Yanas
Ngak’chang Rinpoche Ngak’chang Rinpoche recorded at the San Francisco Shambhala Center, April 2006. A 13-minute talk.To learn more about the yanas, …
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 …
When a return to tradition appears as innovation
Mé-tsal Wangmo Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo recorded at the Centre for Bhutan Studies and GNH Conference “Tradition and Innovation in Vajrayana Buddhism” in …
Why There Are Two Different Tibetan Spellings
...getting in the habit of noting the transliterations as well as the transcriptions, you can start to recognize words as …