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The Aro gTér is a lineage within the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. It is a ngagpa or non-monastic lineage. All of its contemporary teachers are ethnically non-Tibetan.

Lineage history

According to the claims of Ngakpa Chögyam, Aro has antecedents in a "Mother Essence Lineage" of female tertöns stretching back to Yeshe Tsogyal and forward to Khandro Yeshé Réma (1886-1923), who discovered it.

Ngakpa Chögyam claims he was recognised as an incarnation of Aro Yeshe's predecessor, 'a-Shul Pema Legden, by Chime Rindzin.

In the 1970s, Ngakpa Chögyam studied with Chime Rindzin, Dudjom Rinpoche, Dilgo Khyentse, Kunzang Dorje Rinpoche, Khamtrül Yeshé Dorje Rinpoche and Konchog Rinpoche. Ngakpa Chögyam wrote of his experiences of these times in his 2011 book Wisdom Eccentrics.

References

1. Simmer-Brown, Judith (2001). Dakini's warm breath : the feminine principle in Tibetan Buddhism (1st ed. ed.). Boston: Shambhala. p. 196. ISBN 1-57062-720-7. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
2. ^ Melton, J Gordon (2010). Religions of the world a comprehensive encyclopedia of beliefs and practices (2nd ed. ed.). Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. 196. ISBN 9781598842043. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
3. Chögyam, Ngakpa (1994), "The mother essence lineage", Gassho, 1 (5), retrieved 2009-05-18
4. ^ Rawlinson, Andrew (1997). The book of enlightened masters : Western teachers in Eastern traditions (1. print. ed.). Chicago, Ill. : Open Court. ISBN 978-0812693102.
5. Rindzin, 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
6. Chögyam Ngakpa (2011). Wisdom Eccentrics. Aro Books, Inc. ISBN 978-0965394864.

External links

• Aro web site

• Tibetan Buddhism
• Nyingma
• Dzogchen
• Ngagpa