Programs
Retreat Cabins
The beauty of nature, quietness, and solitude supported me so much in letting the vajra mind shine through. Having time for my practice with no outer worldly pressure helped me to deeply relax into my meditation, creating space. I’m deeply grateful for this precious time on Tara’s Land! -Vera M. Retreat, or returning back […]
Personal Retreat in Prajna Residence Hall
Feeding Your Demons® - Online Program
With Lama Tsultrim Allione, Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
Zhitro: Self-Paced Program
With Lama Tsultrim Allione
Riwo Sangchö: Self-Paced Program
With Lama Tsultrim Allione and Anna Raithel
Wisdom Rising: Self-Paced Program
With Lama Tsultrim Allione
Chöd of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche: Self-Paced Program
With Lama Tsultrim Allione
Machig Labdrön and the Nature of Mind: Self-Paced Program
With Lama Tsultrim Allione
Opening the Heart Sutra: Self-Paced Program
With Lama Tsultrim Allione
Audio Digital Download of Wisdom Rising Enhanced Practices
With Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton
Lama Live!
With Lama Tsultrim Allione
Video Digital Download of the Dakini Mandala Yoga Practice
With Shiva Rea
Audio Digital Download of The Mandala Principle
With Lama Tsultrim Allione
Audio Digital Download of Wisdom Rising Essential Practices
With Lama Tsultrim Allione
Audio Digital Download of Guided Meditation of Dakini Mandala Practice
With Lama Tsultrim Allione
Audio Digital Download of Relationship and Intimacy as a Path
With Lama Tsultrim Allione
Audio Digital Download of Four Demons and Feeding Your Demons Meditation from Machig Labdron
With Lama Tsultrim Allione
Audio Digital Download of The Life and Teachings of the Buddha
With Lama Tsultrim Allione
Audio Digital Download of Six Moments of Opportunity for Practicing at the Time of Death
With Lama Tsultrim Allione
Video Digital Download of Intimate Dialogue with Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo and Lama Tsultrim Allione
With Lama Tsultrim Allione and Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
Audio Digital Download of a Three Video Collection from the Intimate Dialogue Series
With Lama Tsultrim Allione, Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel and Krishna Das
Audio Digital Download of Voices of Wisdom in Times of Crisis Online Symposium
With Lama Tsultrim Allione and Shiva Rea
Audio Digital Download of Messages from the Divine Wrathful Mother
With Sangye Khandro
Video Digital Download of Taking Grief onto the Path
With Lama Tsultrim Allione
Zhitro Self Paced Program
With Lama Tsultrim Allione
Riwo Sangcho Self Paced Program
With Lama Tsultrim Allione and Anna Raithel
Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine Self Paced Program
With Lama Tsultrim Allione
Green Tara Self Paced Program
With Lama Tsultrim Allione and Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam
Chod of Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche Self Paced Program
With Lama Tsultrim Allione and Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton
Machig Labdron and the Nature of Mind Self Paced Program
With Lama Tsultrim Allione
Opening the Heart Sutra Self Paced Program
With Lama Tsultrim Allione
Recordings of Part I Tsigdon Dzod Dzogchen Wisdom Teachings
With Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche
For those who were unable to attend Part 1 of the Tsigdön Dzöd, “Precious Treasury of Genuine Meaning,” one of the “Seven Treasures” of Longchenpa with Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche, we are honored to share this precious opportunity for you to receive the teachings via recording and join us as we progress along this multi-part teaching […]
Oral Transmission Event
With Lama Tsultrim Allione
Embodying the Innate Wisdom and Compassion of the 21 Taras
With Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton
Explore the symbolic meaning, power, and purpose of the 21 Taras through teachings, embodied meditation, mantra, and journeys with Tara. In this immersive and transformative program, Dorje Lopön Chandra will offer us a lens through which we can understand and integrate the contemporary context of the Taras through inspiring stories about historic and modern Buddhist […]
Writing Your Spiritual Care Directive - A Buddhist Plan for the Time of Dying (online)
With Rhonda LoPresti
This 8-week online course and interactive group study will be presented from a Tibetan Buddhist perspective, inviting a unique conversation and exploration in planning and training as a practitioner for the time of dying. Using a 10-part comprehensive template, called a Spiritual Care Directive, we will start with creating a Dharma Vision and journey all […]
Longing to Awaken: Buddhist Devotion in Tibetan Poetry and Song - Christina Monson Memorial Lecture Series
With Holly Gayley and Dominique Townsend
རང་སེམས་སངས་རྒྱས་མ་མཐོང་བར། ། བླ་མ་སངས་རྒྱས་ཟེར་ན་ཡང༌། ། བཅོས་མ་གཞན་གྱི་ལད་མོ་ཙམ། ། དད་པ་དེས་ཀྱང་རྐྱེན་མི་ཐུབ། ། Without seeing one’s own mind as Buddha, even if you say “my guru is a buddha,” such devotion will not withstand difficulties. It’s just a contrived imitation of others. —Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorjé What is devotion in a Buddhist context? Devotion is more than the first […]
The Genius of Spontaneity
With Vanessa Kubota
Tara Mandala is honored to welcome Vanessa Kubota for a special talk on the Genius of Spontaneity, a talk in our Christina Monson Memorial Lecture Series. This talk will be offered via the Zoom platform. It will take place on October 26, 2024 from 10:00am-12:00pm MDT. This event will be recorded and all registered participants […]
Tsigdon Dzod Dzogchen Wisdom Teachings Part II
With Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche
Tara Mandala is deeply honored to continue the online teaching series on the Tsigdön Dzöd, “Precious Treasury of Genuine Meaning,” one of the “Seven Treasures” of Longchenpa with the Venerable Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche. Tsigdön Dzöd is considered one of the clearest, most explicit, and complete explanations of the instructions on Dzogchen, particularly Tögal. This unique […]
The Great Wisdom Mother Prajnaparamita Transmission and Nature of Mind Teaching
With Lopön Debra Quayle, MA, LMFT
Prajñāpāramitā, the “perfection of wisdom,” is one of the key philosophies and practices of the Mahāyāna teachings of Buddhism. Prajñāpāramitā is also revered as the female embodiment of wisdom (Skt. prajñā) known as the Great Mother or Yum Chenmo in Tibetan. She is luminous clarity ceaselessly radiating as compassion to all beings. Ultimately, she is […]
Dakini Ngondro from the Osel Nyingtig Cycle
With Dorje Gyaltsab Tulku Ösel Dorje
Tara Mandala invites you to learn the profound Dakini Ngöndro from A.dzom Rinpoche’s Ösel Nyingtig terma cycle. This cycle for accomplishing the Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal was first revealed in Tibet at Yeshe Tsogyal’s birthplace. At that time, Yeshe Tsogyal appeared to A.dzom Rinpoche. Through the interdependence of Lama Tsultrim’s request, this extraordinary preliminary practice was […]
Seasonal Teacher Seminar Autumn Session
With Lopön Polly Ryan, MA, MFT
By Invitation Only These half-day seminars are designed to facilitate communication and connection between Lama Tsultrim and her lineage holders and teachers as well as to provide on-going training, inspiration and support for Lopöns, Chögés and Apprentice Teachers. This seminar will be offered via the Zoom platform. It will take place on Friday, November 15, […]
CNNR Chod Daylong Practice Intensive
With Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer, M.S.
Have you been practicing Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche (CNNR) Chöd and are encountering some challenges? Devoted Chöd practitioner Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer will offer a special opportunity for seasoned and brand new Chöd practitioners to receive support in their practice, ask questions, and receive advice with helpful tips and reinforcement. In the words of a prior […]
Means for Accomplishing the Guru and Continuing Troma Secret Instructions from the Osel Nyingtig Cycle
With Lama Tsultrim Allione and Dorje Gyaltsab Tulku Ösel Dorje
We are pleased to offer to the Ösel Nyingtig students for the first time this profound teaching from the Osel Nyingtig terma Cycle for accomplishing the Guru known as the Secret Thigle. This practice was revealed in Tibet in 2007 by A.dzom Paylo Rinpoche when he met Guru Rinpoche in person in a pure vision […]
Green Tara Daylong Practice Intensive
With Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam
Green Tara sits with one foot in the meditative posture and one foot extended; thus, she embodies active compassion and serves as our model for modern day contemplative life. We invite you to join us for our annual accelerated practice to connect more deeply with the luminous compassion of Green Tara, the Tara Mandala sangha, […]
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Journey into the Union of Sacred Feminine and Masculine
With Lama Tsultrim Allione, Lopön Ellen Booth Church, Chögé Bridget Bailey and Chögé Lisa Erickson
“In Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the pinnacle spiritual experience is described as the union of the feminine, symbolizing wisdom, with the masculine, symbolizing skillful means.” ~ Lama Tsultrim Allione Venture into the Yab Yum Mandala to explore divine union beyond gender identifications, experiencing and integrating the feminine and masculine we each hold within ourselves. The […]