Ngakpa or Ngakma yogi in Tibetan Buddhism:

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A ngakpa (male) or ngakma (female) is a non-monastic, non-celibate Vajrayana practitioner in Tibetan Buddhism and Bön who maintains a householder lifestyle while engaging in advanced tantric practices. Known as "practitioners of secret mantra" or Tibetan yogis, they traditionally act as ritual specialists, community healers, and lineage holders. 

Appearance and Lifestyle

Dress: Wear white skirts, red and white shawls, and keep long hair or dreadlocks rather than shaving their heads like monastics.
Family Life: Live as householders, integrating family, jobs, and societal roles with intensive meditation.
Vows: Hold specific tantric and non-celibate ordination vows focused on lifelong practice and service. 

Roles and Community Functions

Ritual Specialists: Perform protective rites, astrological divinations, healing ceremonies, and funeral or transition rituals for local communities. 
Village Priests: Function as accessible spiritual anchors in villages, similar to traditional or shamanic community figures, bridging ordinary life and esoteric practice. 
Scholars and Teachers: Act as holders of oral lineages, transmitting profound teachings like Dzogchen, Chöd, and Maha-yoga. 

Would you like to explore the specific meditation practices (such as Dzogchen or Chöd) unique to the ngakpa tradition, or look into the history of non-monastic lineages in Tibet?

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Ngakpa

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In Tibetan Buddhism and Bon, a ngakpa (male), or a ngakma (female) is any practitioner of Vajrayana who is not a monk or a nun. The term translates to "man ...

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Ngakpa International

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Ngakpa (ngags pa) is a Tibetan word for Buddhist Yogi, a person who balances spiritual training with work and family life.

Tibetan Yogis - the Ngakpa Lineage

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Even the head of the Sakya tradition has always been a Ngakpa, a Buddhist Yogi, who in the case of the Sakya line, continues the lineage through family ...

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