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The Aro gTér is a lineage within the [Nyingma] school of [Tibetan Buddhism].[1] It is a [ngagpa] or non-monastic lineage. All of its contemporary teachers are ethnically non-Tibetan.[2]
History
[edit]Aro gTér was founded in the 1980s by a westerner who adopted the name "Ngakpa Chögyam" now calling himself "Ngak'chang Rinpoche"[2].
In the 1970s, Ngakpa Chögyam studied with Chime Rindzin,[2][3] Dudjom Rinpoche,[citation needed] [Dilgo Khyentse],[citation needed] Kunzang Dorje Rinpoche,[citation needed] Khamtrül Yeshé Dorje Rinpoche[citation needed] and Konchog Rinpoche.[citation needed] Ngakpa Chögyam wrote of his experiences of these times in his 2011 book Wisdom Eccentrics.[4]
According to Ngakpa Chögyam, Aro gTér is based on the "Aro terma", which was discovered by [Khandro Yeshé Réma] (1886-1923).[5] According to Ngakpa Chögyam, this terma has antecedents in a "Mother Essence Lineage" of female [tertön]s stretching back to [Yeshe Tsogyal][6] and forward to [Khandro Yeshé Réma], who discovered the "Aro terma".[5] Ngakpa Chögyam claims he was recognised by Chime Rindzin as an incarnation of Aro Yeshe's predecessor, 'a-Shul Pema Legden.[5]
Teachings and practices
[edit]The principal practices are tantra and Dzogchen.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Simmer-Brown 2001, p. 196.
- ^ a b c d Melton & Baumann 2010, p. 196.
- ^ Rindzin 2003.
- ^ Chögyam 2011.
- ^ a b c Rawlinson 1997.
- ^ Chögyam 1994.
Sources
[edit]- 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.
- Melton, J. Gordon; Baumann, Martin (2010), "Aro gTér", Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, ABC-CLIO
- Rawlinson, Andrew (1997). The book of enlightened masters : Western teachers in Eastern traditions (first print ed.). Chicago, Ill. [u.a.]: Open Court. ISBN 978-0812693102.
- 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
- Simmer-Brown, Judith (2001). Dakini's warm breath: the feminine principle in Tibetan Buddhism (1st ed. ed.). Boston: Shambhala. ISBN 1-57062-720-7.
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