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Ngakpa Chögyam

Guru Viking Podcast

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Dan Doty

Andrew Holecek

Michael Taft

Loch Kelly

Traver Boehm

Dean Sluyter

Jack Haubner

Evan Thompson

Jay Sanguinetti

Lorin Roche

Mike Crowley

Madame Blavatsky

Anna Rova

Daniel Ingram

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Khandro Déchen

In this episode I travel to the deepest Wales to meet Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, English Lamas and lineage holders in a non-celibate Tantric Buddhist order. For the video version of this Episode, click here: https://www.guruviking.com/ep16-ngapka-chogyam-and-khandro-dechen-guru-viking-interviews/I interviewed Ngakpa Chögyam about his early life and training with Kunzang Dorje Rinpoche way back in Episode 8, which was one of the most discussed and downloaded of the series so far. Here, we gain an intimate glimpse into their lives as they open their home, shrine room, and writing space.  Ngakpa Chögyam reveals the art and practice of clothing and we learn why the Fender Telecaster is a doorway to compassion.  The Lamas talk candidly about the skepticism of their authenticity, we hear stories about Mahasiddhas and Crazy Wisdom masters, and we discover Ngakpa Chögyam’s second religion in a live blues jam!Topics:0:00 - Steve’s intro 0:01:20 - The house tour 0:01:43 - Tour of the shrine room and sacred objects 0:06:43 - Tsa lung energy practices, Tummo, and Phowa 0:11:12 - Retreat practice for non-monastics 0:14:13 - The art and practice of clothing0:22:07 - Becoming an individual 0:26:42 - Ngakpa Chögyam’s 1850s revolvers0:32:33 - Thinking for yourself 0:37:27 - Appreciation and the Fender Telecaster0:38:38 - The coach house 0:39:26 - ‘The 84 Mahasiddhas’ and the Mahasiddha principle  0:51:41 - Working 1-1 with students0:54:10 - Appreciation, compassion, and Vajra Romance 1:10:22 - ‘Come back ego, all is forgiven’ 1:13:36 - Romance and selflessness 1:22:25 - Bringing a student to a realisation of emptiness 1:23:23 - The practice of silent sitting 1:27:23 - Stories about studying with Chi’imed Rinpoche 1:39:54 - Crazy wisdom and abuse1:44:52 - Stories about Chi’imed Rinpoche’s crazy wisdom behaviour1:51:51 - The effect of being around a crazy wisdom master / becoming a professional human being 1:58:26 - Stories about Drukpa Kunley 2:03:59 - Sogyal Lakar vs Drukpa Kunley 2:07:34 - The previous incarnations of Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen 2:11:42 - Receiving the Aro gTér lineage in a mystical experience 2:15:52 - Childhood visions and dreams of Aro Lingma 2:22:03 - Skepticism about Ngakpa Chögyam’s authenticity  2:30:54 - Dudjom Rinpoche’s request 2:33:21 - The future of Buddhism 2:35:26 - Singing the blues for Dudjom Rinpoche 2:38:44 - An education in blues music from Mr Love 2:41:12 - Ngakpa Chögyam and Steve play the blues Click here to listen to my first interview with Ngakpa Chögyam:- https://www.guruviking.com/guru-viking-interviews-ep8-ngakpa-chogyam/To find out more about Ngakpa Chögyam:- arobuddhism.org/- www.instagram.com/doctor_togden/For more interviews, videos, and more visit:- www.guruviking.com

In this episode I travel to the deepest Wales to meet Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, English Lamas and lineage holders in a non-celibate Tantric Buddhist order. For the video version of this Episode, click here: <a href="https://www.guruviking.com/ep16-ngapka-chogyam-and-khandro-dechen-guru-viking-interviews/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.guruviking.com/ep16-ngapka-chogyam-and-khandro-dechen-guru-viking-interviews/</a> I interviewed Ngakpa Chögyam about his early life and training with Kunzang Dorje Rinpoche way back in Episode 8, which was one of the most discussed and downloaded of the series so far. Here, we gain an intimate glimpse into their lives as they open their home, shrine room, and writing space. Ngakpa Chögyam reveals the art and practice of clothing and we learn why the Fender Telecaster is a doorway to compassion. The Lamas talk candidly about the skepticism of their authenticity, we hear stories about Mahasiddhas and Crazy Wisdom masters, and we discover Ngakpa Chögyam’s second religion in a live blues jam! Topics: 0:00 - Steve’s intro 0:01:20 - The house tour 0:01:43 - Tour of the shrine room and sacred objects 0:06:43 - Tsa lung energy practices, Tummo, and Phowa 0:11:12 - Retreat practice for non-monastics 0:14:13 - The art and practice of clothing 0:22:07 - Becoming an individual 0:26:42 - Ngakpa Chögyam’s 1850s revolvers 0:32:33 - Thinking for yourself 0:37:27 - Appreciation and the Fender Telecaster 0:38:38 - The coach house 0:39:26 - ‘The 84 Mahasiddhas’ and the Mahasiddha principle 0:51:41 - Working 1-1 with students 0:54:10 - Appreciation, compassion, and Vajra Romance 1:10:22 - ‘Come back ego, all is forgiven’ 1:13:36 - Romance and selflessness 1:22:25 - Bringing a student to a realisation of emptiness 1:23:23 - The practice of silent sitting 1:27:23 - Stories about studying with Chi’imed Rinpoche 1:39:54 - Crazy wisdom and abuse 1:44:52 - Stories about Chi’imed Rinpoche’s crazy wisdom behaviour 1:51:51 - The effect of being around a crazy wisdom master / becoming a professional human being 1:58:26 - Stories about Drukpa Kunley 2:03:59 - Sogyal Lakar vs Drukpa Kunley 2:07:34 - The previous incarnations of Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen 2:11:42 - Receiving the Aro gTér lineage in a mystical experience 2:15:52 - Childhood visions and dreams of Aro Lingma 2:22:03 - Skepticism about Ngakpa Chögyam’s authenticity 2:30:54 - Dudjom Rinpoche’s request 2:33:21 - The future of Buddhism 2:35:26 - Singing the blues for Dudjom Rinpoche 2:38:44 - An education in blues music from Mr Love 2:41:12 - Ngakpa Chögyam and Steve play the blues Click here to listen to my first interview with Ngakpa Chögyam: - <a href="https://www.guruviking.com/guru-viking-interviews-ep8-ngakpa-chogyam/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.guruviking.com/guru-viking-interviews-ep8-ngakpa-chogyam/</a> To find out more about Ngakpa Chögyam:- <a href="http://arobuddhism.org/-" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">arobuddhism.org/-</a> <a href="http://www.instagram.com/doctor_togden/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.instagram.com/doctor_togden/</a> For more interviews, videos, and more visit:- <a href="http://www.guruviking.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.guruviking.com</a>

Ep16 Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen - Guru Viking Interviews

In this interview I am joined by Ngakpa Chögyam a blues loving, horse riding Ngakpa, who with his wife Khandro Déchen, is the Lineage Lama (principal teacher) of the Aro tradition, a tantric Buddhist house holder tradition.  Ngakpa Chögyam is the author of many books and today we discuss Wisdom Eccentrics. It is ‘a rare account of remarkable lamas in the final years of a lost era’ …which chronicles his education with Kunzang Dorje Rinpoche, ‘a highly reclusive master known for mercurial wrath and facility with Dzogchen’.  In the book we follow this 19-year old Englishman in 1971 into the heart of the Himalayas to seek the highest teachings from a notoriously wrathful and elusive Lama.In this fascinating and candid conversation we delve into the themes of the book, including the culture clash of Dharmsala in the 70s, the true face of Crazy Wisdom and it’s abuses, how to access the realised state through the emotions themselves, and why Ngakpa Chögyam sees the crossover between the arts and Vajrayana as vitally important.Topics include:- Ngakpa Chögyam’s childhood fascination with Buddhism and Tibet- Parallels between the Viking religions and Tibetan Buddhism- Travelling to India at 19 in 1971- An instant rapport with the Tibetan people- Fundamental clashes with the other Western students- Meeting the nomadic yogi Kunzang Dorje- How Dudjom Rinpoche trapped Kunzang Dorje - Tackling Ngakap Chögyam’s chronic politeness- Stories and interrogation as teaching tools- Tibetan culture vs Western culture - The sophistication and limitation of the Western mind- Principle and Form as the key to understanding Buddhism- Emptiness and Form applied to shiné and lhaktong meditation- The evening when Chögyam received the transmission of the nature of mind- How the nature of mind transmission works- The difference between a realised master and a well-educated scholar- Art an the Varjayana- How Chögam uses the Doc Togden instagram account- Wrathful lamas and Crazy Wisdom- Wrathful Compassion and Crazy Wisdom as an excuse for abuse- The genuine use of Wrath and Crazy Wisdom- The prerequisites to using Wrathful Compassion- Kunzang Dorje’s wrath in action- Why Ngakpa Chögyam is not a wrathful teacher - Chogyam’s occasional use of wrathful means- Psychopathic spiritual teachers and sexual exploitation- Crazy Wisdom as disintegration of religious pattern - Stories of Crazy Wisdom in action- Chi’imed Rinpoche’s expression of yeshe chölwa- The use of the full spectrum of emotions in Tantra- Accessing the realised state through the emotions- How to use powerful negative emotions in spiritual practice- The role of the personality display in teaching Tantra - The teacher student relationship in the Vajrayana- Is the teacher student relationship a professional or personal one?- The importance of two-way respect between teacher and student- Blind devotion vs informed devotion- Informed devotion vs romantic infatuation- Ngakpa Chögyam’s parting words and why everyone is an artistTo find out more about Ngakpa Chögyam:-http://arobuddhism.org/-https://www.instagram.com/doctor_togden/For more interviews, videos, and more visit:- www.guruviking.comMusic 'Deva Dasi' by Steve James

In this interview I am joined by Ngakpa Chögyam a blues loving, horse riding Ngakpa, who with his wife Khandro Déchen, is the Lineage Lama (principal teacher) of the Aro tradition, a tantric Buddhist house holder tradition. Ngakpa Chögyam is the author of many books and today we discuss Wisdom Eccentrics. It is ‘a rare account of remarkable lamas in the final years of a lost era’ …which chronicles his education with Kunzang Dorje Rinpoche, ‘a highly reclusive master known for mercurial wrath and facility with Dzogchen’. In the book we follow this 19-year old Englishman in 1971 into the heart of the Himalayas to seek the highest teachings from a notoriously wrathful and elusive Lama. In this fascinating and candid conversation we delve into the themes of the book, including the culture clash of Dharmsala in the 70s, the true face of Crazy Wisdom and it’s abuses, how to access the realised state through the emotions themselves, and why Ngakpa Chögyam sees the crossover between the arts and Vajrayana as vitally important. Topics include: - Ngakpa Chögyam’s childhood fascination with Buddhism and Tibet - Parallels between the Viking religions and Tibetan Buddhism - Travelling to India at 19 in 1971 - An instant rapport with the Tibetan people - Fundamental clashes with the other Western students - Meeting the nomadic yogi Kunzang Dorje - How Dudjom Rinpoche trapped Kunzang Dorje - Tackling Ngakap Chögyam’s chronic politeness - Stories and interrogation as teaching tools - Tibetan culture vs Western culture - The sophistication and limitation of the Western mind - Principle and Form as the key to understanding Buddhism - Emptiness and Form applied to shiné and lhaktong meditation - The evening when Chögyam received the transmission of the nature of mind - How the nature of mind transmission works - The difference between a realised master and a well-educated scholar - Art an the Varjayana - How Chögam uses the Doc Togden instagram account - Wrathful lamas and Crazy Wisdom - Wrathful Compassion and Crazy Wisdom as an excuse for abuse - The genuine use of Wrath and Crazy Wisdom - The prerequisites to using Wrathful Compassion - Kunzang Dorje’s wrath in action - Why Ngakpa Chögyam is not a wrathful teacher - Chogyam’s occasional use of wrathful means - Psychopathic spiritual teachers and sexual exploitation - Crazy Wisdom as disintegration of religious pattern - Stories of Crazy Wisdom in action - Chi’imed Rinpoche’s expression of yeshe chölwa - The use of the full spectrum of emotions in Tantra - Accessing the realised state through the emotions - How to use powerful negative emotions in spiritual practice - The role of the personality display in teaching Tantra - The teacher student relationship in the Vajrayana - Is the teacher student relationship a professional or personal one? - The importance of two-way respect between teacher and student - Blind devotion vs informed devotion - Informed devotion vs romantic infatuation - Ngakpa Chögyam’s parting words and why everyone is an artist To find out more about Ngakpa Chögyam: -<a href="http://arobuddhism.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://arobuddhism.org/</a> -<a href="https://www.instagram.com/doctor_togden/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/doctor_togden/</a> For more interviews, videos, and more visit: - <a href="http://www.guruviking.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.guruviking.com</a> Music 'Deva Dasi' by Steve James

Ep8 Ngakpa Chögyam - Guru Viking Interviews