Aro Buddhism Podcasts

By The Aro gTér Lineage

What's Aro Buddhism Podcasts about?

The Aro gTer is a lineage within the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, which emphasizes the perspective of Atiyoga, or Dzogchen. For more information on the Aro gTer and its lineage holders, Ngak'chang Rinpoche (Ngakpa Chogyam) and Khandro Dechen, go to www.arobuddhism.org

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Aro Buddhism Podcasts episodes:

03.24.2024
The current situation, part 2
Ngak'chang Rinpoche in this second interview with Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo, during March 2024, addresses current issues and topics around Vajrayana Buddhism. - The importance of authentic vajrayana teachers - Adapting teachings to suit people and time - Gaining realisation without a teacher - The...
02.29.2024
The current situation ... Lo-gsar 2024, the year of the Wood Dragon
In this interview with Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo during lo-gsar 2024, Ngak'chang Rinpoche addresses current issues and topics around Vajrayana Buddhism, covering: The current movement of adaptation of Vajrayana: dispensing with patriarchy and vertical power structures. Vajrayana without the Vajra master - can...
09.12.2021
An interview with an odd boy
Ngak’chang Rinpoche speaks with Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo about his memoirs — from her readings of ‘an odd boy’ Volume I. ‘an odd boy’ has been described as Jack Kerouac’s ‘On the Road’ meets Dylan Thomas’ ‘Under Milk Wood’. It’s a portrait...
09.12.2021
The gos dKar lCang lo’i sDe - History of the Ngakma and Ngakpa tradition - part 4
Welcome to a series of short interviews about the non-celibate or ngak’phang tradition of Vajrayana Buddhism with Ngak’chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen. They are the current holders of the Aro gTér, a non-monastic family lineage originating in Tibet in the...
06.05.2021
The gos dKar lCang lo’i sDe - History of the Ngakma and Ngakpa tradition - part 3
Welcome to a series of short interviews about the non-celibate or ngak’phang tradition of Vajrayana Buddhism with Ngak’chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen. They are the current holders of the Aro gTér, a non-monastic family lineage originating in Tibet in the...
02.02.2021
The gos dKar lCang lo’i sDe - History of the Ngakma and Ngakpa tradition - part 2
Welcome to a series of short interviews about the non-celibate or ngak’phang tradition of Vajrayana Buddhism with Ngak’chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen. They are the current holders of the Aro gTér, a non-monastic family lineage originating in Tibet in the...
01.14.2021
The gos dKar lCang lo’i sDe - History of the Ngakma and Ngakpa tradition - part 1
Welcome to a series of short interviews about the non-celibate or ngak’phang tradition of Vajrayana Buddhism with Ngak’chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen. They are the current holders of the Aro gTér, a non-monastic family lineage originating in Tibet in the...
10.10.2011
Aro05: Part 2 - Question and Answer Series 3
Part 2, of interview with Nyima o-Zer Khandro and Ngak'chang Rinpoche, recorded in Alameda, California, in March 2011. A discussion of the common questions and challenges, from the view of Vajrayana Buddhism. ( www.arobuddhism.org )
10.10.2011
Aro05: Part 1 - Question and Answer Series 3
Interview with Nyima o-Zer Khandro and Ngak'chang Rinpoche, recorded in Alameda, California, in March 2011. A discussion of the common questions and challenges, from the view of Vajrayana Buddhism. ( www.arobuddhism.org )
10.09.2011
Aro05: Part 2 - Question and Answer Series 3
Part 2, of interview with Nyima o-Zer Khandro and Ngak'chang Rinpoche, recorded in Alameda, California, in March 2011. A discussion of the common questions and challenges, from the view of Vajrayana Buddhism. ( www.arobuddhism.org )
10.09.2011
Aro05: Part 1 - Question and Answer Series 3
Interview with Nyima o-Zer Khandro and Ngak'chang Rinpoche, recorded in Alameda, California, in March 2011. A discussion of the common questions and challenges, from the view of Vajrayana Buddhism. ( www.arobuddhism.org )
11.27.2010
Aro04: Part 2 - Question and Answer Series 2
Interview with Nyima o-Zer Khandro and Ngak'chang Rinpoche, recorded in Alameda, California, in October 2010. An introduction to the subject of Tantra in Tibetan Buddhism, including symbolism, devotion, and the role of the teacher. ( www.arobuddhism.org )
11.27.2010
Aro04: Part 1 - Question and Answer Series 2
Interview with Nyima o-Zer Khandro and Ngak'chang Rinpoche, recorded in Alameda, California, in October 2010. A detailed discussion of Karma from the view of Vajrayana. ( www.arobuddhism.org )
11.26.2010
Aro04: Part 1 - Question and Answer Series 1
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11.26.2010
Aro04: Part 2 - Question and Answer Series 2
Interview with Nyima o-Zer Khandro and Ngak'chang Rinpoche, recorded in Alameda, California, in October 2010. An introduction to the subject of Tantra in Tibetan Buddhism, including symbolism, devotion, and the role of the teacher. ( www.arobuddhism.org )
05.23.2010
Aro03: Part 5 - Question and Answer Series 1
The final podcast of this series continues the discussion with karma, in particular with reference to the impulse towards anger, the life of Milarépa, and common misunderstandings of what is meant by karma within Buddhism. ( www.arobuddhism.org )
05.23.2010
Aro03: Part 4 - Question and Answer Series 1
In the first question in this podcast Tröma Rig’tsal asks for an explanation of Ngak’chang Rinpoche’s use of the term ‘self-existent morality’ and the role that ethics has in the life of a practitioner. Next, Tröma Rig’tsal asks why Ngak’chang...
05.23.2010
Aro03: Part 3 - Question and Answer Series 1
This podcast opens with a question concerning Ngak’chang Rinpoche’s use of language within teachings, specifically Rinpoche’s preference to avoid using the term ‘ego’ when referring to the self. Next the discussion moves onto the pitfall of approaching the Buddhist teachings...
05.23.2010
Aro03: Part 2 - Question and Answer Series 1
Tröma Rig’tsal opens this podcast with a question about truth, method, and the yanas. Ngak’chang Rinpoche answers this and then the topic moves on to a discussion of the relationship between happiness and Buddhist practice, in terms of the practitioner’s...
05.23.2010
Aro03: Part 1 - Question and Answer Series 1
In the opening podcast of this interview series, Tröma Rig’tsal asks Ngak’chang Rinpoche about the ‘four noble truths’; truth and method; the concept of the yanas (or vehicles), and the relationship between psychotherapy and Buddhism in relation to taking Refuge....
04.11.2010
Aro02: Part 9 - Khandro-Pawo Nyi-da Melong Gyud
This final podcast opens with Ngak’chang Rinpoche discussing ‘tralam-me’ and ends with an extended question-and-answer session covering many questions concerning romantic relationship. ( www.arobuddhism.org )
04.11.2010
Aro02: Part 8 - Khandro-Pawo Nyi-da Melong Gyud
This podcast opens with Ngak’chang Rinpoche continuing his presentation on the meaning of the title Khandro Pawo Nyi-da Mélong Gyüd. In this vein Rinpoche covers the process of khandro-pawo mirroring; falling in love from both the liberated and the neurotic...
04.11.2010
Aro02: Part 7 - Khandro-Pawo Nyi-da Melong Gyud
This podcast opens with a discussion of the quality of compassion as understood within the Buddhist tradition, then, continuing with his presentation of the five elements Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje discusses the elements of air and space. Next, there is a...
04.11.2010
Aro02: Part 6 - Khandro-Pawo Nyi-da Melong Gyud
This podcast contains a presentation from Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje on the ‘five elements’: earth; water; fire; air and space, primarily from the perspective of the Inner Tantras. ( www.arobuddhism.org )
04.11.2010
Aro02: Part 4 - Khandro-Pawo Nyi-da Melong Gyud
Ngak’chang Rinpoche moves on from the discussion of emptiness to that of ‘non-duality’. In reference to the Khandro Pawo teachings this includes a discussion of: emptiness and form as wisdom and compassion; method display and wisdom display; the...
04.11.2010
Aro02: Part 5 - Khandro-Pawo Nyi-da Melong Gyud
Ngak’chang Rinpoche begins this podcast with a discussion about ‘nyams’ in the manner in which they occur throughout the yanas, and within the experience of falling in love as the nyam of khandro-pawo reflection. Next, the discussion moves on...
04.11.2010
Aro02: Part 3 - Khandro-Pawo Nyi-da Melong Gyud
Ngakma Zér-mè continues her presentation of the ‘the four philosophical extremes’. Ngak’chang Rinpoche then discusses the practice of emptiness in everyday life and our perception of the world. This episode finishes with Ngak’chang Rinpoche discussing the concept of ‘the middle...
04.11.2010
Aro02: Part 2 - Khandro-Pawo Nyi-da Melong Gyud
Continuing to introduce the foundation for the Khandro-Pawo teachings, this episode contains a teaching on the principal of the ‘yanas’, or vehicles. This involves a discussion of the idea of ‘emptiness’ from both a practical and theoretical perspective; the Buddhist...
04.11.2010
Aro02: Part 1 - Khandro-Pawo Nyi-da Melong Gyud
Introduction to Khandro-Pawo teachings (a vajrayana teaching on male/female relationship). The impossibility of understanding material on non-duality from the point of view of a dualistic intellect; the problem of prioritising ‘concept-consciousness’ over the other sense-fields; the five certainties of Vajrayana...
04.10.2010
Aro02: Part 9 - Khandro-Pawo Nyi-da Melong Gyud
This final podcast opens with Ngak’chang Rinpoche discussing ‘tralam-me’ and ends with an extended question-and-answer session covering many questions concerning romantic relationship. ( www.arobuddhism.org )
04.10.2010
Aro02: Part 8 - Khandro-Pawo Nyi-da Melong Gyud
This podcast opens with Ngak’chang Rinpoche continuing his presentation on the meaning of the title Khandro Pawo Nyi-da Mélong Gyüd. In this vein Rinpoche covers the process of khandro-pawo mirroring; falling in love from both the liberated and the neurotic...
04.10.2010
Aro02: Part 7 - Khandro-Pawo Nyi-da Melong Gyud
This podcast opens with a discussion of the quality of compassion as understood within the Buddhist tradition, then, continuing with his presentation of the five elements Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje discusses the elements of air and space. Next, there is a...
04.10.2010
Aro02: Part 6 - Khandro-Pawo Nyi-da Melong Gyud
This podcast contains a presentation from Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje on the ‘five elements’: earth; water; fire; air and space, primarily from the perspective of the Inner Tantras. ( www.arobuddhism.org )
04.10.2010
Aro02: Part 5 - Khandro-Pawo Nyi-da Melong Gyud
Ngak’chang Rinpoche begins this podcast with a discussion about ‘nyams’ in the manner in which they occur throughout the yanas, and within the experience of falling in love as the nyam of khandro-pawo reflection. Next, the discussion moves on...
04.10.2010
Aro02: Part 4 - Khandro-Pawo Nyi-da Melong Gyud
Ngak’chang Rinpoche moves on from the discussion of emptiness to that of ‘non-duality’. In reference to the Khandro Pawo teachings this includes a discussion of: emptiness and form as wisdom and compassion; method display and wisdom display; the...
04.10.2010
Aro02: Part 3 - Khandro-Pawo Nyi-da Melong Gyud
Ngakma Zér-mè continues her presentation of the ‘the four philosophical extremes’. Ngak’chang Rinpoche then discusses the practice of emptiness in everyday life and our perception of the world. This episode finishes with Ngak’chang Rinpoche discussing the concept of ‘the middle...
04.10.2010
Aro02: Part 2 - Khandro-Pawo Nyi-da Melong Gyud
Continuing to introduce the foundation for the Khandro-Pawo teachings, this episode contains a teaching on the principal of the ‘yanas’, or vehicles. This involves a discussion of the idea of ‘emptiness’ from both a practical and theoretical perspective; the Buddhist...
04.10.2010
Aro02: Part 1 - Khandro-Pawo Nyi-da Melong Gyud
Introduction to Khandro-Pawo teachings (a vajrayana teaching on male/female relationship). The impossibility of understanding material on non-duality from the point of view of a dualistic intellect; the problem of prioritising ‘concept-consciousness’ over the other sense-fields; the five certainties of Vajrayana...
12.12.2009
Aro01: Part 3 - Compassion and the Vehicles of Tibetan Buddhism
Motivation and freedom of choice. In Buddhism there is choice and no choice. The story of Rudra (forceful ignorance). There is no complete evil, only confusion. Distortions of enlightenment.
12.12.2009
Aro01: Part 1 - Compassion and the Vehicles of Tibetan Buddhism
Buddhism is 'Method', a way of realizing 'Truth'. There is no fixed 'Dharma'. In Tantra, however we 'are' is intimately connected to our enlightened state. Shravakayana, a valuable starting place. Compassion for oneself and ones own situation.
12.12.2009
Aro01: Part 2 - Compassion and the Vehicles of Tibetan Buddhism
Everything within 'Dharma' is an expression of emptiness and form. Buddhism is comprised of methods that unify wisdom and compassion. Emptiness is the space from which compassion can arise. The function of ‘honor’ and ‘process’.

What's Aro Buddhism Podcasts about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Aro Buddhism Podcasts episodes:

The current situation, part 2

The current situation ... Lo-gsar 2024, the year of the Wood Dragon

An interview with an odd boy

The gos dKar lCang lo’i sDe - History of the Ngakma and Ngakpa tradition - part 4

The gos dKar lCang lo’i sDe - History of the Ngakma and Ngakpa tradition - part 3

The gos dKar lCang lo’i sDe - History of the Ngakma and Ngakpa tradition - part 2

The gos dKar lCang lo’i sDe - History of the Ngakma and Ngakpa tradition - part 1

Aro05: Part 2 - Question and Answer Series 3

Aro05: Part 1 - Question and Answer Series 3

Aro05: Part 2 - Question and Answer Series 3

Aro05: Part 1 - Question and Answer Series 3

Aro04: Part 2 - Question and Answer Series 2

Aro04: Part 1 - Question and Answer Series 2

Aro04: Part 1 - Question and Answer Series 1

Aro04: Part 2 - Question and Answer Series 2

Aro03: Part 5 - Question and Answer Series 1

Aro03: Part 4 - Question and Answer Series 1

Aro03: Part 3 - Question and Answer Series 1

Aro03: Part 2 - Question and Answer Series 1

Aro03: Part 1 - Question and Answer Series 1

Aro02: Part 9 - Khandro-Pawo Nyi-da Melong Gyud

Aro02: Part 8 - Khandro-Pawo Nyi-da Melong Gyud

Aro02: Part 7 - Khandro-Pawo Nyi-da Melong Gyud

Aro02: Part 6 - Khandro-Pawo Nyi-da Melong Gyud

Aro02: Part 4 - Khandro-Pawo Nyi-da Melong Gyud

Aro02: Part 5 - Khandro-Pawo Nyi-da Melong Gyud

Aro02: Part 3 - Khandro-Pawo Nyi-da Melong Gyud

Aro02: Part 2 - Khandro-Pawo Nyi-da Melong Gyud

Aro02: Part 1 - Khandro-Pawo Nyi-da Melong Gyud