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The Aro gTér is a lineage within the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. The pure vision terma on which it is based teaches all Buddhist topics from the point of view of Dzogchen. Unlike many other Tibetan Vajrayana termas, the Aro gTer was 'received' relatively recently by a Western born buddhist, Ngakpa Chögyam. Therefore no historical sources or Tibetan language writings associated with it have been made available. It is a ngagpa or non-monastic lineage and so it emphasizes householder practice and non-celibate ordination. All of its contemporary teachers are ethnically non-Tibetan.

History

Ngakpa Chögyam founded the Aro gTér organization in the 1980s. He was born in Hanover, Germany in 1952 and grew up in England. His father was English and his mother German; he is distantly related to the composer Franz Schubert. He intermittently studied Buddhism from the early 1970s through 1989, while working as a manual laborer, factory worker, and a truck driver in Britain to subsidize his education.

According to a terma which Ngakpa Chögyam received in visions, the Aro tradition has antecedents in a 'Mother Essence Lineage' of female tertöns originating with Yeshe Tsogyal, and forward to Kyungchen Aro Lingma (1886-1923). According to the Aro gTér, Kyunchen Aro Lingma first discovered the terma. This terton says Aro Lingma transmitted the lineage to her only son, named Aro Yeshe (1915-1951).

According to Gyaltsen Rinpoche, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche recognized Ngakpa Chögyam as Aro Yeshe's tulku, and Khordong gTerchen Tulku Chhi'med Rig'dzin Rinpoche recognized him as 'a-Shul Pema Legdeas', the incarnation of Aro Yeshe's predecessor.

In the 1970s, Ngakpa Chögyam studied with Chhi'med Rig'dzin Rinpoche, Dudjom Rinpoche, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Kunzang Dorje Rinpoche, and Khamtrül Yeshé Dorje Rinpoche He wrote about his experiences in his 2011 book Wisdom Eccentrics.

H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche gave the name Sang-ngak-chö-dzong to establish the western sangha, which is located in Britain.

Teachings and practices

The principal practices are tantra and Dzogchen.

References

1. ^ Cousens 2010, p. 196.
2. "Ngakpa Chögyam Biography". Aro Books Worldwide. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
3. ^ Chögyam 1994.
4. ^ Rawlinson 1998, pp. 207. sfn error: no target: CITEREFRawlinson1998 (help)
5. ^ Gyaltsen Rinpoche 1995, pp. xi–xvii. sfn error: no target: CITEREFGyaltsen_Rinpoche1995 (help)
6. Chhi’-mèd Rig’dzin Rinpoche 2003. sfn error: no target: CITEREFChhi’-mèd_Rig’dzin_Rinpoche2003 (help)
7. Ngakchang Yeshe Dorje Rinpoche 1991. sfn error: no target: CITEREFNgakchang_Yeshe_Dorje_Rinpoche1991 (help)
8. Chögyam 2011.
9. Chögyam & Déchen 2003, p. 308. sfn error: no target: CITEREFChögyamDéchen2003 (help)

Sources

• Chögyam, Ngakpa (1994), "The mother essence lineage", Gassho, 1 (5), retrieved 2009-05-18
• Chögyam, Ngakpa (2011). Wisdom Eccentrics. Aro Books, Inc. ISBN 978-0965394864.
• Cousens, Diana (2010). "Aro gTér". In Melton, J. Gordon; Baumann, Martin (eds.). Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices (2nd ed.). Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 196. ISBN 9781598842036.
• Rawlinson, Andrew (1997). The book of enlightened masters : Western teachers in Eastern traditions (first print ed.). Chicago, Ill. : Open Court. ISBN 978-0812693102.
• Rig'dzin, Chime (2003), "Foreword", in Chögyam, Ngakpa; Déchen, Khandro (eds.), Spectrum of Ecstasy: The Five Wisdom Emotions According to Vajrayana Buddhism, Shambhala Publications, ISBN 978-1-59030-061-9
• Simmer-Brown, Judith (2001). Dakini's warm breath: the feminine principle in Tibetan Buddhism (1st ed.). Boston: Shambhala. ISBN 1-57062-720-7.

Further reading

• Ngakpa Chogyam Rinpoche (May–June 1994). "Sang-ngak-cho-dzong and the Evolution of the Apprentice Programme" (PDF). Gassho. 1 (4). Retrieved 2015-06-16.

External links

• Official website

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• Nyingma