Feeding Your Demons®: Kapala Training Level III

COVID-19 Update – 04.06.20

Tara Mandala is closely monitoring the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation. Our planning is focused on ensuring the safety of our dharma practitioners, teachers and members of our staff.

At this time, this retreat will continue to be offered as planned. Please refer here to our novel coronavirus (COVID-19) official response.

In Kapala Training Level III we will go further into Machig Labdrön’s lineage, learning specific new practices and deepening our understanding of the roots and branches of her lineage tree. Students will receive the Machig empowerment and associated practices during this retreat.

Who Can Attend?

• This is a required retreat for the Magyu Mother Lineage Program.
• Anyone who has completed all prerequisites listed below.

Prerequisites:

• Completion of Kapala Training Levels I and II, or FYD Online Level I and II (Buddhist Track)
  • FYD Online: Please note that only 80 hours of Prajna Paramita practice are required before attending FYD Online Level II. However, if you wish to continue with Kapala Training Level III after completing FYD Online Level II, you will need to complete an additional 28 hours of Prajna Paramita practice.
• 4 Solo Demon Feedings
• 39 Partner Demon Feedings
• 10 Solo Extended Ally processes
• 10 Partner Extended Ally processes
• 108 hours of  “Supplication to the Great Mother”
• 108 hours of “Transmitting the Meaning of the Mother” with “Cutting Four Demons Loose into Space”
• 200 thirty-minute sessions of Taking and Waking, or 100 hours total – You can do as much time as you like in one practice session, but 30 minutes is the minimum per session.
• Completion of the Three Yana Retreats in sequential order:
  • Sutrayana Retreat or Walking the Buddha’s Path to Genuine Happiness (online offering)
  • Mahayana Retreat or Opening the Heart of Compassion (online offering)
  • Vajrayana Retreat
• Completion of the Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche (CNNR) Chöd Retreat or Online Course, and 108 Chöd practice sessions.
• Completion of Wisdom Rising: Meeting the Mandala of the Five Wisdom Dakinis or Wisdom Rising Online Course  (If you completed the Vajrayana Retreat prior to 2020, that retreat counts in place of this retreat and the entire Wisdom Rising Mandala Training Retreat series)
• 225 hours of Mandala of the Five Dakinis
  • 30, 1.5-hour sessions with each family (5 families total), can be done in order or as you need.

In this retreat you will receive:

•  The Empowerment of Machig Labdrön
•   The practice of “Opening the Gate to Space”
•   Feeding Your Demons® with dream figures
•   Collective Societal, Cultural, and Historical Demons
•   Organizational and Group-dynamic Demons
•   The Fourth Demon: Ego-clinging
•   Your processes of Journey with the Ally

Suggested Dana Range: $180-$300

What is Dana?

• Dana is a Pali word meaning “generosity.” As one of the six paramitas or “perfections,” the practice of generosity is an integral part of the Buddhist path. Dharma teachings are traditionally offered on the basis of dana which is offered to a teacher in recognition of the precious gift that has been given. Tara Mandala compensates teachers by only covering their travel and room and board while teaching. Tara Mandala suggests a range of dana for each retreat, based on the number of days in which the retreat will take place. There is an opportunity to give dana upon registration directly to the teacher(s) or at the end of each retreat, which is a special time of honoring what has been given and what has been received. For more information about Dana, click here.