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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:

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Words of the Lamas

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Drifter

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E-mailing the Lamas from Afar

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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.

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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 …
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Short teachings

A series of short teachings orginally posted by Ngak'chang Rinpoche on Facebook
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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 …
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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 …
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Sutra, Tantra, and Dzogchen

An audio teaching on the three yanas

Zér-mé Dri’mèd To learn more about the three yanas, please see:
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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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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The history and practice of Vajra Romance

Relationships and Vajrayana principles

Mé-tsal Wangmo
Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo recorded at the Centre for Bhutan Studies and GNH Conference in Thimphu, July 2018. A 20 minute …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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When a return to tradition appears as innovation

A Mandala of 21st Century Perspectives

Mé-tsal Wangmo Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo recorded at the Centre for Bhutan Studies and GNH Conference “Tradition and Innovation in Vajrayana Buddhism” in …
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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 …
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Words of the Lamas

Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen Words of the Lamas features concise commentaries and essential explanations of numerous aspects of life from the perspective of Tantra and Dzogchen. These succinct expressions appeared on a monthly basis to provide a growing resource of essential teaching. Their lively style also provides intimate glimpses of the perception and personality of the Lineage Lamas. Most Words were originally delivered as teachings to Aro apprentices. Some use words and concepts that may be unfamiliar to newcomers; others may by read easily by anyone.