June 2015

Inspiration: Aro Lineage Sangha

By |2018-03-16T16:31:14+00:00June 27th, 2015|

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 [...]

Form, emptiness, and non-duality

By |2018-03-16T16:31:14+00:00June 24th, 2015|

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 [...]

Inspiration: Aro Lineage Lamas

By |2018-03-16T16:31:14+00:00June 20th, 2015|

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 [...]

Senses and Sensibility

By |2018-03-16T16:31:15+00:00June 13th, 2015|

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 [...]

The Aro gTér : An uncommon perspective

By |2018-03-16T16:31:15+00:00June 10th, 2015|

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 [...]

Drala Jong and Ling Gésar

By |2018-03-16T16:31:15+00:00June 6th, 2015|

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 [...]

Transforming our experience of everyday being

By |2018-03-16T16:31:15+00:00June 3rd, 2015|

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 [...]

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