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.
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 …
Tantra
Introduction to the Tantric phase of Vajrayana
Tantric phase of Vajrayana employs the energies of avarice, aggression, obsession, paranoia, and indifference to transform dualistic derangement into the …
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 Song of the Owl Headed Dakini is not a song to be sung – but rather, a jolt to …
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 …