Tantric Art : Dorje Phurba

This thangka displays the Aro gTér form of the Dorje Phurba – the formidable, flaming, ‘Glaring Malachite Devil’ of the Buddha-karma who liberates through destruction. Dorje Phurba is the ‘Furiously Splenetic Shrieking Green Razor Demon of Instantaneous Annihilation’. He is in ecstatic embrace with the agonisingly iridescent lapis lazuli Yeshé Tsogyel.

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The Welsh Books Council

We are now listed with The Welsh Books Council, which exists to improve standards of book production and publication. The Aro Books worldwide listing is here : http://www.wbti.org.uk/12178.html (in English) and also here http://www.wbti.org.uk/12178.html (in Welsh)

The Academi

We are now listed with The Academi, the Welsh National Literature Promotion Agency and Society for Authors. The Aro Books worldwide listing is here : http://www.academi.org/publishers/i/136120/

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Tantric Art : Khandro Chö-ying Nyima ’ö-Zér

Khandro Chö-ying Nyima ’ö-Zér was the daughter of a Tibetan father and Chinese mother. On her travels she met various Lamas and wandering practitioners – one of whom was Ngakpa Dawa Ngödrüp who she eventually married. She became a strong practitioner of Tsogyel Tröllö and the Tsogyel manifestations of Drölma.

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Tantric Art : Ayé Khandro Thangka

A-yé Khandro Tsé-drüp Déchen Lhamo (A ye ’mKha’ ’gro Tshe grub bDe chen lha mo) was the younger of the two sisters who were the sangyums of Aro Yeshé. The older sister was called A-shé Khandro. The two girls were childhood friends of Aro Yeshé and they were given all the transmission which Khyungchen Aro Lingma gave to Aro Yeshé.

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Tantric Art : Black Ögyen Chenrezigs

Ögyen Chenrézigs Yab-yum (o rGyan sPyan ras gZigs nak po yab yum) is a form of Padmasambhava and Yeshé Tsogyel in union manifesting as the yidam of compassion. They each hold a conch. They hold crystal teng’ars in their right hands, and green lotuses bearing crystal tsé-gu dorjes. He is black and wears emerald-green robes. A raven flies above his head. She is black with flame-coloured hair. She wears lapis lazuli ornaments and sings with a voice like a shang.


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Rays of the Sun - Illustrating Reality

We are very happy to announce the publication of 'Rays of the Sun' by Ngak'chang Rinpoche.
'Rays of the Sun' brings together three booklets that were very popular in the 1980s and an article that appeared in Caduceus magazine. The chapters cover the topics of the four noble truths, eightfold path, karma, kindness and refuge. "The four evening talks contained here deal with the themes studied by everyone exploring Buddhism in depth: the four noble truths, eightfold path, causality, compassion and refuge. This material is discussed in creative contemporary English, and presented from a perspective informed by Dzogchen."

For further information, please see


http://aro-books-worldwide.org/shared/text/b/book_ph_01_rays_of_the_sun_01_eng.php

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Tantric Art : Rang-rig Togden Thangka

Rang-rig Togden had been a wandering gÇodpa until meeting with Jomo Pema ’ö-Zér, but she instructed him in the practices of Dzogchen long-dé which she had received from her aunt Jomo Chhi’mèd Pema, and after that he had several visions of Yeshé Tsogyel, Tashi Chhi’drèn and Mandarava. They practised all their lives in caves and spent almost all their elder years in retreat.

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