"I will be wheelchair walking 111 miles over the coming months. I will be doing this by going out daily, weather and health permitting with my wonderful assistants Maddie and Lottie. If you are down my way and fancy joining me on any of my jaunts please do all company is gratefully embraced!! By all [...]
You can stay up to date with Chris's Drala Jong Fundraising Walk via his event page on Facebook. You can join him there, see his photographs and send him encouraging messages. On Wednesday he reported "A fantastic day's walk into Exmoor, and just past quarter distance completed. Today's highlights included nice scenery, Tarr steps, a [...]
The centre will bear the Tibetan name ‘Drala Jong’, which means ‘Sparkling Meadow of Primal Iridescence’. Of this name, Spiritual Directors Ngak’chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen write: ‘Drala Jong innately exists in human beings. ‘Drala’ is the appreciative faculty which exponentially enlivens people the more they engage with the world. Appreciation is the key to [...]
Hi, my name is Chris Haydon and I am taking on the challenge of a 300 or so mile walk from my home in Torpoint, Cornwall to a place in North Wales called Craig-yr-Aderyn or Birds Rock. 300 miles equals 100 leagues in old units, or about 100 hours of actual walking time. It also [...]
The Aro Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism wishes to establish a permanent centre in Britain to make this rare strand of Buddhism more accessible to people in the home country of our lineage holders Ngak’chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen. We intend to raise £500,000 to establish a centre capable of hosting residential and non-residential events. Open [...]
In 1977 His Holiness Dud'jom Rinpoche gave direction to Ngak'chang Chögyam Rinpoche that he must work to preserve the gendun karpo in the West.Gendun karpo literally means 'white sangha' and refers to the colour of our skirts - as distinct from the gendun marpo or red skirted monastic sangha. We are also known variously as [...]
