tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838020183088835282024-03-13T03:51:16.712+00:00Drala Jong'ö-Dzin Tridralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17730325748234730983noreply@blogger.comBlogger137125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083802018308883528.post-76672012307318674732018-07-24T07:23:00.000+01:002018-07-24T07:23:26.344+01:00A new website for Drala Jong<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">We are very pleased to announce that Drala Jong now has a new website<span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>.</u></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">The new site replaces the old blog (<a href="https://drala-jong.blogspot.com/">https://drala-jong.blogspot.com/</a>) as a place to find all the latest news about the progress of the project and the eventual development of a retreat centre in Wales.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">To stay up to date with progress please visit</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://drala-jong.org/">http://drala-jong.org/</a></span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Vision of Drala Jong</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Buddhism, as commonly encountered, is monastically based – and thus not naturally aligned to contemporary culture. There is a growing need therefore, to establish a venue for receiving instruction that supports living within mainstream society. To this end, the Aro gTér lineage draws on the history of the 84 Tantric Adepts: amongst whom was an entrepreneur, merchant, farmer, cattle drover, fisherman, weaver, dancer, poet, musician, athlete, king, and soldier – and each one achieved the highest accomplishment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The name 'Drala Jong'</span></h3>
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>"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 enjoyment and to the delighting in the enjoyment of others. When we learn to appreciate phenomena our sense fields ‘Jong’ begin to sparkle and a sense of generosity is born which connects us with others. We would like Drala Jong to be a place where human beings could discover the pleasure of existence – the pleasure that animates the sense fields and revitalises the Arts – and the art of living."</i><br />— Ngak’chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://drala-jong.org/">http://drala-jong.org</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Drala Jong Appeal</span></h3>
<span style="font-size: small;">The Drala Jong Appeal is managed by Sang-ngak-chö-dzong [British Registered Charity N° 1019886] and Aro Gar Inc. [US registered 501(c)(3) non-profit]. From its inception in 2007, the appeal is now entering its final phase – establishing a centre</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">The new website carries information about Drala Jong, about the Aro gTér Tradition and how you can help this vision become a reality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br />Ngakpa ’ö-Dzin Tridral, Drala Jong Appeal Project Manager, <a href="mailto:dralajong@gmail.com">dralajong@gmail.com</a></span></div>
'ö-Dzin Tridralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17730325748234730983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083802018308883528.post-35440532034585972402017-12-12T13:40:00.000+00:002017-12-12T13:40:32.242+00:00Searching and Shopping for Drala Jong - raising money at no cost to yourself<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Searching and Shopping for Drala Jong</h2>
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Raise Money for Drala Jong - at no cost to yourself</h3>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">We would very much like your help in raising money for Drala Jong and it won't cost you a penny you simply need to search the web and shop. Sang-ngak-chö-dzong, the UK charity of the Aro gTér Lineage, is registered with two online services that help raising money for charities.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Web search</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: When you use the alternative search engine </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Everyclick</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> instead of Google or Yahoo, the web searches that you make will raise small amounts of money for our charity.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Online shopping</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: When you start all your online shopping trips via the website </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Give as you live</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, you can choose your favorite place for online shopping there (like e.g. Amazon, Ebay, Marks & Spencer, Boots, and others) and a small percentage of your amount spent later will go to our charity and thus help funding Drala Jong. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">Both services will not cost you anything.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to support the Drala Jong appeal, you need to sign up with these services and identify yourself as a supporter of Sang-ngak-chö-dzong on all devices that you use for searching the web or online shopping. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Everyclick</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Give as you Live </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">are services by the same company.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">This is how to do it:</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #434343; font-family: garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Register</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please start here</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=cy&q=https://www.everyclick.com/sangngakchodzong&source=gmail&ust=1513171304590000&usg=AFQjCNEq2ue1ovPV9ausF8wR9i1WlXuIpA" href="https://www.everyclick.com/sangngakchodzong" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.everyclick.com/<wbr></wbr>sangngakchodzong</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">Then carry out these four steps:</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">Sign up -> Create Your Account -> Enter Your Details - Finish</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">Then you will be asked to Sign In with the email address and password that you have just given.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #434343; font-family: garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Choose Sang-ngak-chö-dzong</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">Then all you have to do is make sure that the cause you are supporting is ‘Sang-ngak-chö-dzong’.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please start here: </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=cy&q=https://www.giveasyoulive.com&source=gmail&ust=1513171304590000&usg=AFQjCNGJ7wIZrsjKe0JwTAVM7kwNltHzBQ" href="https://www.giveasyoulive.com/" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.giveasyoulive.com</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">Then carry out these five steps:</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">My Account -> Change charity -> Search for 1019886 -> Charity Details -> Support this charity</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">From then on for searching the web please use </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=cy&q=https://www.everyclick.com&source=gmail&ust=1513171304590000&usg=AFQjCNHJey1YwFEYNmVzIvQxETFE80yMVA" href="https://www.everyclick.com/" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.everyclick.com</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">Both pages show that you are logged in and that you are supporting Sang-ngak-chö-dzong.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">All money raised for Drala Jong helps, even when it is only pennies, they all add up. Our expectation is that we can raise as much as £1,000 a year if as many people as possible use the services frequently. </span></span></div>
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'ö-Dzin Tridralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17730325748234730983noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083802018308883528.post-50161520738320868162017-12-05T21:54:00.001+00:002017-12-05T21:54:32.618+00:00Drala Jong Yuletide Appeal<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i> <span style="font-size: large;">The season of the Yuletide Frog has arrived - the season of merriment, feasting...and giving.</span></i></div>
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Ngak’chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen, the Aro gTér Lineage Holders, have requested that anybody who feels moved to send them something for Christmas give a donation to the Drala Jong Appeal rather than sending them presents.<br />
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For this year we have set up a special Yuletide appeal to collect any gifts that you would like to send so that we can announce at the end of the Yuletide period how much has been raised from your generosity - and that of the Lineage Holders. <br />
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If you feel moved to go along with this, please use this link: <a href="http://givi.ng/qvpd">http://givi.ng/qvpd</a><br />
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The link leads you directly to the TotalGiving page - the website of an organisation that the Drala Jong appeal uses to collect money. By clicking the big yellow “Donate Now” button, you can make a donation by using any credit card, or via Paypal or Direct Debit. The website will ask for your name, address and email address, but we will not contact you any further if you do not opt in for receiving our newsletter.<br />
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You may wish to consider letting friends and family know of this appeal - especially those who have attended events with Ngak’chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen.<br />
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The appeal will run until the 5th January 2018 and we shall announce the results of the appeal in the week following. <br />
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Please do contact <a href="mailto:jrgd666@icloud.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Naljorpa Ja’gyür</a> or <a href="mailto:traktungdorje@googlemail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Naljorpa Traktung</a> if you experience any difficulty with the Total Giving website - we are happy to help anytime.<br />
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'ö-Dzin Tridralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17730325748234730983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083802018308883528.post-71189546880690873542017-09-16T06:00:00.000+01:002017-09-16T06:00:37.059+01:00The name ‘Drala Jong’, means ‘Sparkling Meadow of Primal Iridescence’<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">The name ‘Drala Jong’, means ‘Sparkling Meadow of Primal Iridescence’. Of this name, Spiritual Directors Ngak’chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen write:</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Drala Jong innately exists in human beings. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>‘Drala’ is the appreciative faculty which exponentially enlivens people the more they engage with the world. Appreciation is the key to enjoyment and to the delighting in the enjoyment of others.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>When we learn to appreciate phenomena our sense fields </i></span><i>‘</i><i>Jong’ begin to sparkle and a sense of generosity is born which connects us with others. </i></div>
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<i>Although Vajrayana Buddhism is by no means unknown in the West – the sense in which enjoyment and compassion are mutually interdependent remains unexpressed. </i></div>
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<i>We would like Drala Jong to be a place where human beings could discover the pleasure of existence – the pleasure that animates the sense fields and revitalises the Arts – and the art of living.</i></div>
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'ö-Dzin Tridralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17730325748234730983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083802018308883528.post-64702699381474831172017-09-09T06:00:00.000+01:002017-09-09T06:00:08.677+01:00Drala Jong - Establishing a retreat centre<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The need to provide a facility where people can obtain inspiration without removing themselves from everyday society is clear.<br />
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We are therefore looking to establish a retreat centre in Wales, where people can study with teachers – most of whom are married couples with children. Individuals will then be able to practise what they have assimilated – and return to their lives refreshed and invigorated.<br />
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Open Teaching Retreats at Drala Jong will include guidance in systems of meditation, yogic song and music, physical yogas, romantic relationship – and, in the spiritual dimension of dance, art, and craft.<br />
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This will be the fulfilment of the vision of Kyabjé Düd’jom Rinpoche, the most remarkable Tibetan Lama of the 20th Century and Head of the Nyingma Buddhist Tradition, who gave instruction for the establishment of our organisation in 1977.<br />
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'ö-Dzin Tridralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17730325748234730983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083802018308883528.post-26158797536082853372017-09-02T13:59:00.000+01:002017-09-02T13:59:04.992+01:00Living in mainstream society<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Buddhism, as commonly encountered, is monastically based – and thus not naturally aligned to contemporary culture.<br />
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There is a growing need therefore, to establish a venue for receiving instruction that supports living within mainstream society.<br />
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To this end, the Aro gTér lineage draws on the history of the 84 Tantric Adepts: amongst whom was an entrepreneur, merchant, farmer, cattle drover, fisherman, weaver, restaurateur, raconteur, launderer, dancer, poet, musician, athlete, refuse collector, king, and soldier; people from every walk of society – and each one achieved the highest accomplishment.<br />
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'ö-Dzin Tridralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17730325748234730983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083802018308883528.post-39668778054105683792017-08-26T13:57:00.000+01:002017-08-26T13:57:07.727+01:00A lineage uniquely suited to the West<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Aro gTér Lineage of the Nyingma Tradition is uniquely suited to the West, as it emphasises integration with the secular world.<br />
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It cultivates gender equality founded on active appreciation – and teaches romantic relationship as one of the most essential practices.<br />
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Both ordained and non-ordained practitioners engage with society, pursue careers, and enjoy family life.<br />
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Emphasis is placed on the Arts, as creativity that extends into the broader spectrum of human endeavours – including environmental, sartorial, and culinary Art.<br />
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In this, every human being is an Artist in the most profound sense.<br />
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<i>Family environments in which kindness, openness and an enthusiasm for life are exemplified, are needed for there to be peace and harmony in the world. For these qualities to exist as examples for children, men and women need greater respect & appreciation for each other. The Aro gTér provides insight and methodology which are directly applicable to this need</i>.</div>
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'ö-Dzin Tridralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17730325748234730983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083802018308883528.post-36163715176853014772017-08-12T05:51:00.000+01:002017-08-12T05:51:00.189+01:00Drala Jong will be a centre for both meditation and the arts.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We seek to establish a permanent centre in Britain – capable of hosting
residential and non-residential events, to make available a rare strand
of Buddhism pertinent to Western culture in the 21st century.<br />
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Drala Jong will be a centre for both meditation and the arts with the abillity to host more people for long periods of time.<br />
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For more information please see the <a href="http://drala-jong.blogspot.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drala Jong Blog</a>.<br />
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Drala Jong innately exists in human beings.<br />
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‘Drala’ is the appreciative faculty which exponentially enlivens people the more they engage with the world. Appreciation is the key to enjoyment and to the delighting in the enjoyment of others.<br />
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When we learn to appreciate phenomena our sense fields ‘Jong’ begin to sparkle and a sense of generosity is born which connects us with others.<br />
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Although Vajrayana Buddhism is by no means unknown in the West – the sense in which enjoyment and compassion are mutually interdependent remains unexpressed.<br />
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We would like Drala Jong to be a place where human beings could discover the pleasure of existence – the pleasure that animates the sense fields and revitalises the Arts – and the art of living.<br />
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We are very happy to be able to announce that the Drala Jong fund is more than halfway towards its target of £500,000.<br />
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In June we received an anonymous donation of £40,000 which took us way over the halfway mark and well on our way towards £300,000. We are most grateful to this anonymous donor and hope that they will be happy when Drala Jong is established. They have greatly helped to make this happen in the near future.<br />
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We are grateful to all donors who are supporting our work there really is no amount that is too small - or too large - to be of significance to us. Many people are now donating small monthly sums rather than one-off donations. It is good to see regular progress in the growth of the appeal fund.<br />
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All monies donated for Drala Jong are held by Charities within the lineage and will only be used for the purpose of establishing this residential retreat centre.<br />
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'ö-Dzin Tridralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17730325748234730983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083802018308883528.post-1089013913651265602016-08-09T06:00:00.000+01:002016-08-09T06:00:01.212+01:00Aro gTér Lineage: Tradition and Innovation in Vajrayana Buddhism - Bhutanese Broadcasting Service<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo and Naljorpa Ja’gyür Dorje represented the Aro gTér Lineage at the conference on 'Tradition and Innovation in Vajrayana Buddhism' in Bhutan, 1-3 July 2016. See our previous article '<a href="http://drala-jong.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/aro-gter-lineage-when-return-to.html">When a Return to Tradition appears as Innovation</a>'<br />
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The video below is from the Bhutanese Broadcasting service and features and interview with Dr Tashi Zangmo the daughter of the Ngakpa Gomchen.<br />
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"<i>With Wisdom the Method comes, with the Method the Wisdom comes. This has to go together</i>"<br />
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As well as being reported by the <a href="http://www.bbs.bt/news/?p=60234">Bhutanese Broadcasting Service</a>, the conference was also featured by <a href="http://southasiantime.com/conference-on-tradition-and-innovation-in-vajrayana-buddhism-underway/">South Asian Time</a> and <a href="http://www.southasianmedia.net/stories/bhutan/english-language-media/conference-on-tradition-and-innovation-in-vajrayana-buddhism-underway-story">South Asian Media</a>.<br />
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Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo and Naljorpa Ja’gyür Dorje will be representing the Aro gTér Lineage at the conference on '<a href="http://www.bhutanstudies.org.bt/"><i>Tradition and Innovation in Vajrayana Buddhism</i></a>' in Bhutan, 1-3 July 2016. They were invited to speak at the conference by Ian Baker, following the <a href="http://drala-jong.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/sangha-visit-to-tibets-secret-temple.html">Sangha visit to the Secret Temple exhibition</a>, as it was important that there was representation of the ngak'phang tradition in the west.<br />
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<i>The three-day series of talks and presentations will address Vajrayāna’s
dialogue with 21st century medicine and science as well as its current
and historical interface with the visual and performing arts.
Presentations will emphasize Vajrayāna’s long history of creative
adaptation within wider processes of continuity and change and the
current globalization of Himalayan Buddhist culture. The conference will
specifically address the role of body-mind yogic practices within
Vajrayāna Buddhism and their applicability within an increasingly
transcultural and technologically driven world. </i><br />
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Ngakma Mé-tsal and Naljorpa Ja’gyür will give a talk entitled '<i>When a Return to Tradition appears as Innovation: Essential Insights into the Origins of Vajrayāna Buddhism</i>'.<br />
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The conference promises to be a fascinating opportunity to meet with fellow Vajrayana practitioners, to present the teachings of the Aro gTér Lineage and our plans for Drala Jong.<br />
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<b>When a Return to Tradition Appears as Innovation: Essential Insights into the Origins of Vajrayāna Buddhism</b><br />
Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo & Naljorpa Ja’gyür Dorje<br />
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Vajrayāna as it was first transmitted in India and Tibet bears little resemblance to the institutionalized forms current in the contemporary world. As a result, the very essence of Vajrayāna thought and practice has often been obscured by secondary cultural and political developments.<br />
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This presentation will illuminate the original ethos and practice of Vajrayāna, prior to its later culturally determined modifications. Central to this is the advanced psychology expressed in the lives and teachings of the tantric mahāsiddhas and their relevance to Buddhist practice in everyday life.<br />
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This presentation will thus explore several interconnected subjects that reveal the deep relevance of the original Vajrayāna teachings in the world today.<br />
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These subjects are as follows:<br />
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<li>The 84 Mahāsiddhas as visualization and mantra practices, from the revealed treasures (<i>gTérma</i>) of Jomo Pema ’ö-Zér, which, along with their associated hagiographies, elucidate the principles and functions of individual life in the process of liberation.;</li>
<li>The history of the gos dKar lCang lo’i sDe (<i>ngakpa sangha</i>), as distinct from the more widely known tradition of Tibetan Buddhist monasticism;</li>
<li>The mKha’ ’gro dPa bo nyi zLa me long rGyud, essential teachings on vajra love as an approach to the non-dual state of liberated awareness; </li>
<li>Insights into Aro gTér sKu-mNyé: the 111 Dzogchen long-dé cycle of psycho-physical practices for realizing non-duality, exercises which employ the body as the portal of discovery; </li>
<li>Essential Vajrayāna psychology as applicable in the contemporary world, where every state of mind, however distressing, is linked dynamically to an aspect of the intrinsic freedom of the non-dual play of the elements.</li>
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<i>Biographical Profiles</i><br />
Mé-tsal Wangmo and Ja’gyür Dorje are a teaching couple within the Aro gTér lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. They have been ordained as go kar chang lo practitioners and students of Ngak’chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen, the lineage holders of the Aro gTér since the 1990s. They combine careers in IT project management, education and Chinese medicine with family life and practicing and teaching Vajrayāna. As well as teaching publicly, they have personal students in Britain, mainland Europe, and South America.<br />
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<i>About the Conference</i><br />
Further information about the conference is available from the website of <a href="http://www.bhutanstudies.org.bt/">The Centre for Bhutan Studies and GNH Research</a>, and also on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Tradition-and-Innovation-in-Vajrayana-Buddhism-Conference-1115118421833298/">Facebook</a><br />
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As a venue Drala Jong will be used for:<br />
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<li>Talks, courses, and retreats – from single evenings to week long residential events </li>
<li>Public teachings—irrespective of affiliation with Buddhism—on: healthy happy personal relationships; embracing emotions through meditation; </li>
<li>Tibetan physical yogas; iconographic painting; and the Arts – including woodcraft, metal work, ceramics, dance, and music. </li>
<li>Private teachings for qualified teachers and their personal students. </li>
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In the longer term we also intend to:<br />
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<li>Found a teacher training centre for the next generation ngak’phang teachers, as well as shorter courses on counselling and therapy influenced by Buddhist psychology. </li>
<li>Establish a residential care centre for ageing practitioners to grow old in dignity and company – whilst providing opportunities to learn from their experience and insight.</li>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-12ff7dde-55ef-2858-c815-e3e00b9fd152" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 32px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span> The Wellcome webpage gives the following about the exhibition <i>‘Tibet’s Secret Temple’ explores Tibetan Buddhist yogic and meditational practice and their connections to physical and mental wellbeing. Inspired by an exquisite series of 17th century murals from a private meditation chamber for Tibet’s Dalai Lamas in Lhasa’s Lhakhang Temple, the exhibition features over 120 objects including scroll paintings, statues, manuscripts, archival and contemporary film, together with a wide range of ethnographic and ritual artefacts. Three of the murals from the temple have been recreated, by photographer Thomas Laird, as life-sized digital artworks that form the centrepiece of the exhibition.</i><br />
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Watch Ian Baker speak about the exhibition Tibet’s Secret Temple: British Museum objects at Wellcome Collection<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sBas yul (<i>hidden land</i>) of Pemakö.</td></tr>
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The Lineage Holders of the Aro gTér—<i>Ngak’chang Chö-ying Gyamtso Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen Tsédrüp Rolpa’i Yeshé</i>—were personally invited by the exhibition’s curator <a href="https://ianbakerjourneys.com/books-publications/">Ian Baker</a> (<i>author of several books on Vajrayana Buddhism</i>) explorer of the Hidden Land in Pemakö and long-time Nyingma practitioner with Lamas such as Kyabjé Chatral Rinpoche.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chatral Rinpoche (<i>bya ’dral rin po che</i>) wearing the shawl of the gö kar
chang lo’i dé (<i>gos dKar lCang lo’i sDe</i>) and sitting—as a Tantric
Master—on a tiger skin.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ian Baker & Ngak'chang Rinpoche</td></tr>
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Ian Baker guided Ngak’chang Rinpoche and the sangha around the exhibition and together they discussed many different aspects of Vajrayana. Ngak’chang Rinpoche was able to provide extensive commentaries on many of the fascinating objects in the exhibition. We all shared in Ian Baker’s enthusiasm concerning many aspects of <i>essential Vajrayana</i> as purveyed by the Mahasiddha tradition in India. Ian Baker also told many stories about his relationship with Kyabjé Chatral Rinpoche and meetings with Kyabjé Künzang Dorje Rinpoche and Jomo Sam’phel Déchen.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ian Baker enjoyed discussing Vajrayana with us as a group and showed
great interest in Ngak’chang Rinpoche’s elucidations on key points
concerning the gö kar chang lo’i dé.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Karma Lhundrüp Dorje demonstrating a yogic exercise from the trul’khor (sPrul ’khor) system.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Yogini and gö kar chang lo’i dé practitioner practising Dzogchen
long-dé (<i>rDzog chen kLong dDe</i>) in Tibet. The use of the gom-thag (<i>sGom
thag</i> – mediation belt) is a key feature of Dzogchen long-dé. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ngakpa Namgyal and Ngakma Shé-zér discussing the exhibition with a Vajrayana student </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yogis practising trul’khor (<i>sPrul ’khor</i>). Picture from the 5th Dalai Lama’s summer temple in Tibet.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Ngakpa (gö kar chang lo practitioner) practising gÇod. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ordained Yoginis: members of the gö kar chang lo’i dé in Tibet</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Folios from a Dzogchen practice manual, Royal Library, Copenhagen</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Folios from a Dzogchen practice manual, Royal Library, Copenhagen</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the exhibition we all enjoyed a relaxed time together in the museum restauran</td></tr>
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Sources <br />
Sutra Journal <a href="http://www.sutrajournal.com/tibets-secret-temple-image-gallery">http://www.sutrajournal.com/tibets-secret-temple-image-gallery</a><br />
Wellcome Trust <a href="https://wellcomecollection.org/secrettemple">https://wellcomecollection.org/secrettemple</a><br />
Aro Encyclopaedia <a href="http://aroencyclopaedia.org/">http://aroencyclopaedia.org</a><br />
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'ö-Dzin Tridralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17730325748234730983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083802018308883528.post-65595722741314272622016-06-08T13:22:00.000+01:002016-06-08T13:22:00.171+01:00Drala Jong - ‘Sparkling Meadow of Primal Iridescence’<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The name ‘Drala Jong’, means ‘Sparkling Meadow of Primal Iridescence’. Of this name, Spiritual Directors Ngak’chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen write:<br />
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<i> 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 enjoyment and to the delighting in the enjoyment of others. When we learn to appreciate phenomena our sense fields ‘Jong’ begin to sparkle and a sense of generosity is born which connects us with others. </i><br />
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<i>Although Vajrayana Buddhism is by no means unknown in the West – the sense in which enjoyment and compassion are mutually interdependent remains unexpressed. We would like Drala Jong to be a place where human beings could discover the pleasure of existence – the pleasure that animates the sense fields and revitalises the Arts – and the art of living.
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The need to provide a facility where people can obtain inspiration without removing themselves from everyday society is clear. We are therefore looking to establish a retreat centre in Wales, where people can study with teachers – most of whom are married couples with children. Individuals will then be able to practise what they have assimilated – and return to their lives refreshed and invigorated. Open Teaching Retreats at Drala Jong will include guidance in systems of meditation, yogic song and music, physical yogas, romantic relationship – and, in the spiritual dimension of dance, art, and craft.<br />
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This will be the fulfilment of the vision of Kyabjé Düd’jom Rinpoche, the most remarkable Tibetan Lama of the 20th Century and Head of the Nyingma Buddhist Tradition, who gave instruction for the establishment of our organisation in 1977.
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Buddhism, as commonly encountered, is monastically based – and thus not naturally aligned to contemporary culture. There is a growing need therefore, to establish a venue for receiving instruction that supports living within mainstream society. To this end, the Aro gTér lineage draws on the history of the 84 Tantric Adepts: amongst whom was an entrepreneur, merchant, farmer, cattle drover, fisherman, weaver, restaurateur, raconteur, launderer, dancer, poet, musician, athlete, refuse collector, king, and soldier; people from every walk of society – and each one achieved the highest accomplishment.
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In the article '<a href="http://drala-jong.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/drala-jong-will-make-long-term.html">Drala Jong will make a long term difference to the world</a>'.
We said that the Aro gTér Lineage teaches karma <i>as ‘perception and response’ – patterns within the continuum of consciousness – rather than the hard-wired system of ‘reward and punishment’ embedded in external reality. </i><br />
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What follows is an excerpt from the article<i> '</i><a href="http://aroencyclopaedia.org/shared/text/k/karma_ar_eng.php">Karma - The Personal Police State</a>'<i>. </i>This<i>, </i>and other fundamental teachings<i> </i>have also been published in the book '<a href="http://bit.ly/abw-ncr-ros-eng">Rays of the Sun</a><i>' by Ngakpa Chögyam (Aro Books worldwide, 2010)</i><br />
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<i>Karma is sometimes known as the ‘law of cause and effect’ – as if it were an intergalactic high court ruling. Laws can be broken however, and laws can be changed. Fortunately ‘the law of karma’ can also be changed. If ‘the law of karma’ could not be broken there could either be no enlightenment or enlightenment would have to be causal. The ‘law of karma’ belongs to the world of dualism which, like ‘ego’, like ‘distracted being’ or the famous ‘I’ – is illusory. The legal system of karma has no jurisdiction in the non-dual sphere.<br /><br />When we realise our unlimited beginningless enlightened nature, the law enforcement agencies of karma evaporate, they boil away into space: they were our unenlightenment.<br /> </i><br />
<i>Our karma is entirely how we perceive the world – moment by moment. So the ‘law of karma’ is not just law, it is the entire legal system. It ranges from the inception of the legislature to the nature of law enforcement and punishment. Our perception is the legislation and our responses enforce it. We are our own judge, jury, and prosecution. We sentence ourselves, gaol ourselves, and execute ourselves. This is the only entirely accurate legal system – but its accuracy only exists within its own frame of reference.<br /><br />Meditation is our only weapon against this repressive regime and constitutes civil disobedience in the form of ‘passive resistance’. By allowing the development of experiential space through shi-nè – through letting go and letting be – we discover our own intrinsic awareness. The Four Naljors of Dzogchen Sem-dé is one of the ultimate crimes against the ‘law of karma’ and is punishable by enlightenment – the final revolution and overthrow of the legal system.</i><br />
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From '<a href="http://aroencyclopaedia.org/shared/text/k/karma_ar_eng.php">Karma - The Personal Police State</a>' - a transcript of a talk given by Ngak'chang Rinpoche in Bath, England in 1978<i><br /></i><br />
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'ö-Dzin Tridralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17730325748234730983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083802018308883528.post-29021484561328513672016-05-18T06:00:00.000+01:002016-05-18T06:00:27.153+01:00The Aro gTér - A lineage uniquely suited to the West<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Aro gTér Lineage of the Nyingma Tradition is uniquely suited to the West, as it emphasises integration with the secular world. It cultivates gender equality founded on active appreciation – and teaches romantic relationship as one of the most essential practices. Both ordained and non-ordained practitioners engage with society, pursue careers, and enjoy family life. Emphasis is placed on the Arts, as creativity that extends into the broader spectrum of human endeavours – including environmental, sartorial, and culinary Art. In this, every human being is an Artist in the most profound sense.
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Drala Jong will make a long term difference to the world: not because will be an empire, or a mansion with huge tracts of land – but because it will house a lineage that is capable of becoming a mainstream minority religion.<br />
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This is due to the fact that the central teachings of the Aro gTér Lineage are congruent with higher levels of psychological health. One example being the emphasis on karma as ‘perception and response’ – patterns within the continuum of consciousness – rather than the hard-wired system of ‘reward and punishment’ embedded in external reality. Interestingly, this accords precisely with the Buddha's original teaching. Another example is the understanding of the six realms as mind-states rather than external locations.<br />
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In terms of bodhicitta (compassion or appreciative empathetic responsiveness ) it is valuable to consider the future and the benefit for people who would be advantaged by a system which potentially advances the condition of everyone<br />
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<i>Family environments in which kindness, openness and an enthusiasm for life are exemplified, are needed for there to be peace and harmony in the world. For these qualities to exist as examples for children, men and women need greater respect & appreciation for each other. The Aro gTér provides insight and methodology which are directly applicable to this need. </i><br />
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'ö-Dzin Tridralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17730325748234730983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083802018308883528.post-26035223645564296662015-11-21T06:00:00.000+00:002015-11-21T06:00:02.256+00:00Meg Taylor's bequeathment<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Recently the Drala Jong was the recipient of a generous bequest from a former Aro member Meg Taylor/Dawa Khandro, of a collection of wonderful Dharma books, her bell and dorje and a calligraphy by Lama Bar-ché Dorje. Below Naljorma Rin'dzin Pamo shares her memories of a remarkable person and someone who we are extremely grateful to for her devotion, generosity to the Lineage.<br />
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I first met Meg in London in 2006. She joined the Aro gTér <a href="http://arobuddhism.org/path/members.html" target="_blank">membership</a> scheme and I became her mentor. One of the purposes of the membership scheme is to make the lineage available to people who can not otherwise access it. Meg had multiple sclerosis and was house bound. She had been to open retreats when she was still able to walk and felt a strong connection to Ngak’chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen. At the time we met, she was paraplegic. She could not move any part of her body voluntarily, other than her neck and head. She still had full cognitive capacity and could talk. In fact, she was always eloquent and articulate and we never lacked conversation. I was her mentor for seven years, until she died. We became good friends during that time. <br />
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During the three to four years that I lived in London I visited Meg most weeks. We had much in common. She had been a student at LSE (London School of Economics), like me. We talked about art, psychology, creativity, writing, music, documentaries, food, wildlife, the environment, birds, gardening, tribal communities, euthanasia, development, governance: pretty much everything. The heart of our relationship was Meg’s spiritual path. It included an avid interest in all these things. She was a true tantrika. Although she was limited in agency due to the physical circumstances of her life, she did not lose her capacity to enjoy. We laughed a lot. Sometimes we ate together and relished the different tastes and textures of the food. I would take fruit or something that was in season, and she often had some special culinary treat ready - she liked olives particularly. I acquired a taste for bananas with hummus from her. I think that almost every time I visited her she asked after Ngak’chang Rinpoche and the Aro sangha. She enjoyed hearing about retreats, though she was not able to participate. <br />
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She spent more than those last seven years of her life sitting in a chair, not moving. Meditation was, unsurprisingly, excruciating for her – at times. She had a beautiful voice, and I will never forget the first time that she sang for me. I introduced her to the <a href="http://arobuddhism.org/articles/yogic-song.html" target="_blank">yogic song</a> of the Aro gTér, so that she could sing as her meditative practice when silent sitting was too ironically frustrating. She said that her voice had deteriorated due to the MS and she would only sing alone, but it sounded perfect to me. <br />
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When I moved away from London in 2010, we continued to correspond. She had the <a href="http://shop.nuance.co.uk/store/nuanceeu/en_GB/pd/productID.305733200/pgm.95401100/OfferID.12345678910/Currency.GBP?utm_source=google&utm_medium=emea-cpc&utm_campaign=DBU+|+DNS+|+Product+|+UK+-+EN&keyword=nuance+dragon-e" target="_blank">Nuance Dragon </a> voice recognition software. It worked pretty well for emails even though it was fairly early voice recognition technology. She called it the pet dragon. The dragon was sometimes temperamental and she’d have to shout very clearly to get him to form coherent sentences. But she trained him well, and he improved over the years. She wrote, and had published, articles exploring psychology and midwifery. She had planned to create a website and make her work available, but I don’t know if that ever happened.<br />
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When I was visiting her regularly, sometimes we discussed death and dying. She knew that she would take her own life when she started to lose cognitive function. She had, of course, discussed this with her husband and two sons. At that point she didn’t know exactly how that would be. We discussed traveling abroad to a country providing euthanasia services. There’s some risk that a British citizen can be arrested for aiding suicide, even in another country where it is legal. In the end, she decided to starve herself to death, perhaps to avoid this possible inconvenience. Or maybe because she wanted to die at home. She wrote to tell me that’s what she was doing, and carried it out with the same determination of will as she had done everything in life. I came back to Britain in time for her funeral and attended it with <a href="http://arobuddhism.org/lamas/lama-metsal-wangmo.html" target="_blank">Mé-tsal</a>. It was in Epping forest. There were squirrels and birds around, and the grass was fresh with rain. We read a piece on dying by Ngak’chang Rinpoche and I remembered her savouring olives in her kitchen, watching the birds build a nest in the garden hedge. <br />
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Although she had little contact with the Aro sangha due to her circumstances, she had a strong connection with the practices and style of the lineage. She gave financial donations to Sang-ngak-chö-dzong, the British charity of the Aro gTér, and she left her collection of Buddhist books, some instruments and a calligraphy, to Drala Jong. I was always impressed by her active, creative generosity: in communication and dialogue as much as in material gifts. I learned much from her in that respect. Although I was officially her mentor, I sometimes think I learned more from her than she could ever possibly have learned from me.<br />
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Here is the text read by Rin'dzin and Mé-tsal during the funeral:<br />
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We would like to thank Garry Saunders who has been so kind in handling
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In early October some apprentices accompanied Ngak'chang Rinpoche on a pilgrimage to <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Southerndown,+Bridgend,+Vale+of+Glamorgan+CF32/@51.4545511,-3.6302816,11z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x486e71e05075449d:0x23b729babe9e1017" target="_blank">Southerndown</a> on the coast of South Wales not far from Cardiff. It was during the same weekend that Khandro Déchen and another groups of pilgrims were making their journey into Yolmo, bayul, a Hidden Land, and an area of very special significance in Nepal. <br />
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In the United Kingdom the Aro gTér Lineage has two sites of pilgrimage, one is Bird Rock, where Chris Haydon completed his fundraising walk recently, (read more <a href="http://drala-jong.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/a-pilgrims-progress-fundaising-for.html" target="_blank">here</a>) and Southerndown.<br />
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Southerndown has significance as being the place where Ngak'chang Rinpoche and some apprentices made a visit with one of Ngak'chang Rinpoche's Root Lamas, the late great Nyigma master <a href="http://www.aroencyclopaedia.org/shared/text/c/crr_ph_06_03_eng.php" target="_blank">Khordong gTérchen Tulku Chhi’mèd Rig’dzin Rinpoche</a> for a picnic. This was in 1983 when the Aro gTér Lineage was little known and the Aro Sangha not as large or as far reaching as it is today. Visits from Kyabjé Chhi’mèd Rig’dzin Rinpoche to stay with Ngak’chang Rinpoche were relatively frequent and apprentices were able to receive teachings.<br />
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The day out came to be acquire significance as Ngak’chang Rinpoche recalls: <br />
‘A picnic had been planned, but when the day arrived so did torrential rain – of the unremitting kind which is common in Wales. Apprentices arrived nonetheless and were introduced to Kyabjé Chhi’mèd Rig’dzin Rinpoche, who surprised everyone by showing no sign of abandoning the picnic. We set out for Southerndown, with the thought that it might possibly be clearer an hour’s drive from Cardiff – but that did not turn out to be the case. The rain thrashed down for the extent of the journey <br />
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to such a degree that it was, at times, necessary to drive below 20mph as if we were in a thick fog. We finally arrived at Southerndown under a lowering sky and continuous rain, but no sooner had we turned into the car park than the rain began to ease. At the moment when Kyabjé Rinpoche opened the car door a ray of sunshine flickered through a crack in the cloud-base and from that moment on, the rain stopped. We had our picnic; Kyabjé Rinpoche gave a wonderful teaching on Dzogchen men-ngak-dé; and we returned to the cars. Then – as soon as Kyabjé Rinpoche’s car door closed, the rain burst out of the sky again as if a tap has suddenly been turned on. It then rained the entire drive back to Cardiff.’<br />
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During our visit we found our way to the rocks where the picnic had taken place and Ngak’chang Rinpoche recounted the story for us all, then we found places along the cliff to practice in silence for some time. Some of us had painted stones with Guru Rinpoche mantra and these we left amidst the rocks and gathered more on which to paint more mantra.<br /><br />
Afterwards, when we gathered together again, Ngakpa ‘ö-Dzin observed:<br />
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<i>'There was a sense of connection, in the present time with the pilgrims in Nepal, and in the present place with Kyabjé Chhi'mèd Rig'dzin Rinpoche.'</i><br />
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Over the next few posts we shall feature some accounts from pilgrims who went to Yolmo. <br />
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The Drala Jong project seeks to create a home for the Aro gTér Lineage. Please see the <a href="http://drala-jong.blogspot.co.uk/p/drala-jong-appeal.html">Appeal</a> page for more information about the Drala Jong project and how to help.<br />
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Kirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02060358564002494951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083802018308883528.post-89251728812371451752015-10-21T23:43:00.000+01:002015-10-21T23:43:00.054+01:00The Lattè Box , fundraising for Drala Jong<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>The Lattè Box</i> , by <a href="http://arobuddhism.org/lamas/lama-shardrol-du-nyam-wangmo.html" target="_blank">Ngakma Shadröl Wangmo</a><br />
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A couple of years ago I was thinking about how I, as a person with a small income, could come up with something like $1000 to donate to Drala Jong. It occurred to me that there was something I'd heard of called 'saving money' and though I'd never previously tried it myself, I thought it could be applied to this situation. So I came up with the idea of the Lattè Box.<br />
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The idea of the Lattè Box is that every day, instead of taking myself out to a café for my [required] morning coffee, I would dose myself at home and put $3 into the Lattè Box. Since I was going out for coffee nearly every day and sometimes spending more than $3 (although I never actually order lattès because I hate milk) I knew I could probably afford it.<br />
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Q: Why would I call it a Lattè Box if I never actually drank lattès? Why not call it a Coffee Box? Or a Caffeine Addiction Receptacle? Huh?<br />
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A: Because 'lattè box' sounds interesting and exotic and somewhat artistic. 'Coffee box' is awkward and inelegant. 'Caffeine addiction receptacle' sounds like a spittoon.<br />
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Onward: I happened to have a skull-sized black box with a matching cover which I thought would look nice sitting on my small black iron table, so I cut a slit in the top of the box and designated it as the official Lattè Box. Each day I dragged three dollar bills ('notes' for you British) out of my wallet and stuffed them through the slit into the box.<br />
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Problem #1: Not having the right change. Some days I only had a five-dollar bill. Or even a ten or twenty. The obvious solution was to make change from the Lattè Box itself, since it had a bunch of ones in it. BIG MISTAKE! [See What I Have Learned at the end of this narrative.]<br />
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Problem #2: Not having enough cash. Some days I just didn't have much cash on hand. I could go to the bank and get some, yes, but that would mean walking the vast distance (a few city blocks) to the bank and sometimes I just didn't feel like it. Especially when it was cold or raining. I realize that this confession of supreme laziness is not making me look very good. Oh well. At any rate, there was something of a Psychological Barrier to leaving the house just to get $3 to put in the Lattè Box. Usually I just figured I'd make it up in a day or so when the universe flowed some more cash in my direction or I had to go to the bank for some other, more compelling reason. Also BIG MISTAKE! <br />
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Things went on pretty smoothly for several months. Money was accumulating in the box in spite of my now having gotten in the habit of making change from its contents (putting in a twenty and taking out a ten and two fives, for example). Soon the Lattè Box only contained large bills which made it even more likely I would delay my daily contribution if I didn't have the exact change. <br />
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And this led to an even bigger problem. A barrier had been breached. One night a delivery of Chinese takeout food arrived and I found I didn't have enough cash to pay for it so I opened up the Lattè Box and 'borrowed' some. BIG BIG MISTAKE!<br />
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After this discipline started to break down. I acknowledge that it is all my own fault rather than that the method doesn't work. I got too casual about the box and was often making change, borrowing and replacing, etc. Naturally the numbers got muddled. I'm leaving out a lot of specific details because I don't want this to get too long. Studies Have Shown that people don't like long emails.<br />
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The result of all this behavior was that at the end of the year I didn't have even close to the $1000 I thought I could easily accumulate. I still think it is not the method which is at fault but the execution. I will explain.<br />
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<i>What I Have Learned</i></div>
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They make piggy banks out of ceramic with a small slot exactly because then you can't take money out once you put it in without busting open the pig. Breaching the in/out barrier is definitely a mistake. The money has to go in and stay there till it all comes out at the end. 'Borrowing' from the bank is a road to ruin.<br />
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Also, one has to be absolutely strict about paying in the $3 every day and not skipping it for a few days and figuring I'll put in $15 five days from now to make it up. It's too easy to get confused, or to forget about it. <br />
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My Lattè Box had an easily removable cover so I could reach in there any time and play with the money, make change, borrow, steal, whatever, and tell myself I'd settle up and then forget. I ended up paying the Drala Jong contribution in installments because I had robbed the box too many times. That still worked but it would have been a lot easier if I'd just left the money in the box. Khandro Déchen pointed out that since you can contribute even small amounts easily via the Total Giving website [or PayPal], she just contributes the proceeds whenever she sells one of her streptocarpus plants rather than saving the money in an envelope or something. This is a great idea. The piggy bank would also work. It just needs to be something where you can't get the money back out. Or maybe you just need to be a more disciplined person than I am. Do as I say, not as I do.<br />
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The Drala Jong project seeks to create a home for the Aro gTér Lineage. Please see the <a href="http://drala-jong.blogspot.co.uk/p/drala-jong-appeal.html">Appeal</a> page for more information about the Drala Jong project and how to help.<br />
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