Sponsored by Sang-ngak-chö-dzong UK registered charity 1019886: Supporting the preservation of non-monastic BuddhismThe 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 [...]
E-mailing the Lamas from Afar Heart Advice from Two Buddhist Teachers to Their Students By Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen This book carries into the 21st century the teachings of an ancient spiritual tradition, non-monastic Vajrayana Buddhism, the vehicle of transformation and of direct essential understanding of the nature of mind, within the activities and [...]
Ngak’chang Rinpoche, Khandro Déchen, & ordained in 2000. Robes are worn on formal occasions, as an inspiration for practice and a symbol of the vows ordained practitioners take. The tradition is sometimes called the ‘white sangha’ after their white skirts as distinct from the red of monastics. The Drala Jong project seeks to create a [...]
In sitting meditation, we experience emptiness directly as the simultaneous absence of thought and presence of awareness. We experience form as the thought and sensation which arise from the condition of non-thought. We experience non-duality as the nature of Mind in which thought and the absence of thought are no longer mutually exclusive – they [...]
Our Spiritual Directors Ngak’chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen are married Buddhist teachers living in Wales. They trained under some of the most highly respected Buddhist teachers of the 20th Century, including some of the senior most teachers of the oldest Tradition of Buddhism in Tibet – the Nyingma Tradition. The Drala Jong project seeks to [...]
The Aro gTér Lineage free internet meditation course is a series of weekly emails that are sent to you automatically by this web site. The course takes a practical, down-to-earth approach. The first week’s email provides all the instructions you need to get started. In the following weeks, you will learn refinements in the technique [...]
Some folk who hear about Drala Jong assume all the art that will be created and performed there will be from an unfamiliar cultural context - either obviously overtly Buddhist, or inspired by Asian and Oriental influences. This pre judgement leads to the conclusion that somehow Drala Jong won't be accessible to everyone, but just [...]
There are three distinct yet compatible approaches within Buddhism: self-liberation, transformation, and renunciation. The Aro gTér Lineage emphasises self-liberation and transformation, whereas it is more common to prioritise renunciation. Buddhism—as it is most commonly taught—gives an understanding of enlightenment as attainable only for celibates who undertake a life of intensive training and years of solitary [...]
We were particularly delighted that 'Drala' is part of the centre's name, as Drala is connected with practices associated with Ling Gésar. Gésar training from the gTérma of Rang-rig Togden is offered by teachers from the Aro Tradition. This training contains elements of equestrianism, martial arts, and physical yoga and we intend to invite Gésar [...]
The Aro gTér Tradition is principally concerned with transforming our experience of everyday being, rather than achieving an esoteric or spiritualised mode of existence. Our aim is to engender cheerful courage, perceptive consideration, sincere determination, natural gallantry, graciousness, creativity, and spaciousness. The teachers of the Aro gTér Tradition are not monks or nuns. They are [...]
