15 June 2022

Mahasiddhas Chamaripa and Shatakshi


Ngakma Nor’dzin and Ngakpa ’ö-Dzin tell the stories of the Mahasiddhas Chamaripa and Shatakshi, during ‘Monday Meditations’ at Aro Ling Cardiff, June 13th 2022.
Monday Meditations: 7 - 8:30 pm (UK time); https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85249620913, Passcode: 640389.
Do join us for silent sitting and yogic song, with a short teaching in the middle. Everyone is welcome.
To see all videos with Ngakma Nor’dzin and Ngakpa ’ö-Dzin, go to: https://www.youtube.com/c/AroLingCardiff.

12 June 2022

Mahasiddhas Minapa and Goraksha


Ngakma Nor’dzin and Ngakpa ’ö-Dzin tell the stories of the Mahasiddhas Minapa and Goraksha, during ‘Monday Meditations’ at Aro Ling Cardiff, June 6th 2022.
Monday Meditations: 7 - 8:30 pm (UK time); https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85249620913, Passcode: 640389.
Do join us for silent sitting and yogic song, with a short teaching in the middle. Everyone is welcome.
To see all videos with Ngakma Nor’dzin and Ngakpa ’ö-Dzin, go to: https://www.youtube.com/c/AroLingCardiff.

02 June 2022

The Lama reflects as it is in order to allow us the freedom to let go of how it seems. - Spacious Passion

 

 
If we wish to engage with spiritual practice in this transformative manner, we require a mirror. We need a Lama who knows us as individuals, takes an active interest in spiritual progress, and guides us in our practice – through impartial reflection. The mirror does not choose to reflect some of the objects in front of it and not others, or to favour some in the manner of its reflection and not others – it simply reflects. This is the vajra master – described by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche as the dangerous friend.
 
The Lama reflects as it is in order to allow us the freedom to let go of how it seems. Through aligning ourselves with the view of the Lama and letting go of our own referential rationale, the leap into realisation becomes possible, and our understanding can be taken beyond theory and into actualisation.

Spacious Passion,Ngakma Nor´dzin, Aro Books worldwide, 2006, ISBN 978-0-9653948-0, chapter 9 Irrational Reason, page 208



 
 

31 May 2022

Transmission


Ngakma Nor’dzin and Ngakpa ’ö-Dzin talk about Transmission. This talk was part of the ‘Monday Meditations’ session at Aro Ling Cardiff, 30th May 2022. 

Monday Meditations: 7 - 8:30 pm (UK time) on Zoom Monday evenings.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85249620913
Zoom Meeting ID: 85249620913
Passcode: 640389
Do join us for silent sitting and yogic song, with a short teaching in the middle. Everyone is welcome.

25 May 2022

Expression, repression and dissipation

Ngakma Nor’dzin and Ngakpa ’ö-Dzin talk about Expression, Repression and Dissipation, during ‘Monday Meditations’ at Aro Ling Cardiff, May 23rd 2022.
Monday Meditations: 7 - 8:30 pm (UK time); https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85249620913, Passcode: 640389.
Do join us for silent sitting and yogic song, with a short teaching in the middle. Everyone is welcome.
To see all videos with Ngakma Nor’dzin and Ngakpa ’ö-Dzin, go to: https://www.youtube.com/c/AroLingCardiff.

20 May 2022

Ngak'chang Rinpoche's 70th birthday fundraiser for Sang Ngak Cho Dzong

 

(Photograph taken in Himachal Pradesh in 1981. See Aro Encyclopaedia)
 

 ༄Ngak’chang Rinpoche will be 70 this year and it has been 50 years since he first journeyed to the Himalayas — where he became the disciple of Kyabjé Düd’jom Rinpoche Jig’drèl Yeshé Dorje.

Kyabjé Düd’jom Rinpoche asked Ngak’chang Rinpoche to establish the gö kar chang lo’ dé (sangha of ngakpas and ngakmas) in the West.

To this end Ngak’chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen have spent almost 30 years saving to establish a retreat centre.

They now need help to complete the project by building a shrine hall and residential facilities for Drala Jong.

Drala Jong emphasises the integration of practice with everyday working life. and is unique in presenting Vajrayana in terms of the Art of Life.

Ngak’chang Rinpoche says:

“For my birthday this year, I'm asking for donations to Sang-ngak Chö-dzong. I've chosen this charity because its mission means a great deal to me, and I hope that you will consider contributing as a way of celebrating with me. Every little will help me reach the goal. I've included information about Sang-ngak-chö-dzong below.

Sang-ngak-chö-dzong supports Vajrayana Buddhist practice and teachings in the West, and in particular the non-monastic traditions of Himalayan Vajrayana. Projects include: providing schooling, housing and medical care for Tibetans in exile; making Buddhist teachings accessible to Westerners and the support of Vajrayana art and craft.”

 

If you would like to contribute to this endeavour, please visit the Facebook Donation Page (https://www.facebook.com/donate/1965323250326132/10159916574459334/)

17 May 2022

Kyil’khor (mandala)


Ngakma Nor’dzin and Ngakpa ’ö-Dzin talk about dKyil ’khor (mandala), during ‘Monday Meditations’ at Aro Ling Cardiff, May 16th 2022.
Monday Meditations: 7 - 8:30 pm (UK time); https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85249620913, Passcode: 640389.
Do join us for silent sitting and yogic song, with a short teaching in the middle. Everyone is welcome.
To see all videos with Ngakma Nor’dzin and Ngakpa ’ö-Dzin, go to: https://www.youtube.com/c/AroLingCardiff.