Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton

Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton is a Dharma teacher, author, and translator of Tibetan Buddhist texts. She serves on Tara Mandala’s Prajna (Teacher) Council, Executive Committee, and Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Council. She develops programs and curricula for Tara Mandala, as well as teaches nationally and internationally.  She is the author of Embodying Tara: Twenty-One Manifestations to Awaken Your Innate Wisdom (Shambhala Publishing, 2023).

In 1996, Lopön Chandra studied Buddhism and Tibetan language at the Library of Tibetan Works & Archives in Dharamsala, India, founded by H.H. Dalai Lama. She later received her degree from UCSB’s religious studies department at which time she co-translated Sublime Dharma, A Compilation of Two Texts on the Great Perfection, published by Vimala Publishing, 2012. 

From the very beginning of her Buddhist studies, Lopön Chandra recognized the profound need to bring forth the voice of the empowered feminine in Buddhism. Due to this, in 1999 during her first pregnancy, she met and then later began to study with Lama Tsultrim Allione, pioneering female Buddhist teacher, national best selling author, and founder of Tara Mandala Retreat Center.

In September of 2015, during the final day of the White Dakini Drubchen, Lopön Chandra was given the title of Dorje Lopön (Vajra Teacher) of Tara Mandala under Lama Tsultrim Allione and given the name Lopön Yeshe Dawa Zangmo by H.E. Gochen Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche who presided over the ceremony with Lama Tsultrim.

Lopön Chandra has had the good fortune to study with many Tibetan and Western Buddhist teachers such as H.H. 16th Karmapa (with whom she took refuge at the age of three), H.H. Dalai Lama (with whom she took her Bodhisattva Vow), Lama Tsultrim Allione, Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche, Jennifer Welwood, B. Alan Wallace, Gyatrul Rinpoche, A.dzom Paylo Rinpoche, and Lama Pema Dorje Rinpoche, Sogan Rinpoche, and Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche.

She co-founded the 21 Taras Collective (www.21tarascollective.org) with Nina Rao and Genevieve Walker, to record music for the twenty-one Taras mantras found in her book, Embodying Tara. Her talks, writings, guided meditations, and teaching schedule can be found at www.chandraeaston.com

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Upcoming Programs by Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton

Audio Digital Download of Wisdom Rising Enhanced Practices

Open Dates
Wisdom Rising Enhanced Practices – MP3 This includes 10 guided meditations, as taught in the Wisdom Rising book, and led by Lopön Chandra Easton: Integration with the Elements (5 meditations – one for each family) Unblocking the Encumbered Energy (5 meditations – one for each family) Total Audio Length = 70 min

Chod of Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche Self Paced Program

Also With Lama Tsultrim Allione

Open Dates
Cut through fear, fixation and clinging, by nurturing not fighting, what disturbs our mind. This Chod practice is empowered through the lineage of the Tibetan Dzogchen master, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu.

Dzinpa Rangdrol Ngondro

Also With Lama Tsultrim Allione and Lopön Beth Lee-Herbert

January 16 - 19, 2025

The Dzinpa Rangdröl Ngöndro (foundational practices) of the Yangsang Khandro Tug Tig (Exceedingly Secret Heart Essence of the Dakini) cycle is the gateway for entering the profound lineage of the Dzinpa Rangdröl cycle. Since the time of Guru Rinpoche, the practice of Ngöndro has been completed by all of the great yogis and yoginis, many […]

The Heart of Buddhism A Year Long Buddhist Studies Program

Also With Lama Tsultrim Allione, Amelia Hall PhD, Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer MS, Robert Thurman PhD, Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam MDiv, Miranda Shaw PhD, Tulku Ösel Dorje, Wendy Garling and Erik Pema Kunsang

January 31 - November 21, 2025

Welcome to The Heart of Buddhism: A Year Long Buddhist Studies Program. Throughout 2025, we'll explore the history, core teachings, and practices that guide Buddhist practitioners in the Tibetan tradition in waking up to their true nature of innate compassion and wisdom. The Buddhist path offers profound guidance for working with the individual and collective […]

The Awakened Heart

Also With Lama Tsultrim Allione and Robert Thurman PhD

May 22 - June 19, 2025

Course Three of the five-course series, The Heart of Buddhism: A Year Long Buddhist Studies Program with Lama Tsultrim Allione and guest teachers. The Buddhist Path The Buddhist path offers profound guidance for working with the individual and collective challenges we face — and transforming suffering into liberation. These teachings show us how we can each […]