Aro gTér

Template:Infobox Organization 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. The Aro gTer terma was received by Western-born Buddhist, Ngakpa Chögyam. The lineage is a ngagpa or non-monastic lineage and emphasizes householder practice and non-celibate ordination. All of its contemporary teachers are ethnically non-Tibetan.Template:Sfn

History

Ngakpa Chögyam founded the Aro gTér organization in the 1980s.Template:Sfn 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 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,Template:Sfn and forward to Kyungchen Aro Lingma (1886-1923).Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn According to the Aro gTér, Kyunchen Aro Lingma first discovered the terma.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn 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,Template:Sfn and Khordong gTerchen Tulku Chhi'med Rig'dzin Rinpoche recognized him as 'a-Shul Pema Legdeas', the incarnation of Aro Yeshe's predecessor.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

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

H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche gave the name Sang-ngak-chö-dzong to establish the western White Tantric Community organization,Template:Sfn which is located in Britain.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

Teachings and practices

The principal practices are Vajrayana and Dzogchen.Template:Sfn As well as "vajra romance".