Dorje Gyaltsab Tulku Ösel Dorje
Dorje Gyaltsab Tulku Ösel Dorje was born in Rome, Italy in 1980 to an Italian filmmaker, Costanzo Allione, and Lama Tsultrim Allione. Since birth, he’s been immersed in the Dharma. There were often Tibetan Lamas at home and most vacations were spent at retreat centers with Lamas such as Lopön Tenzin Namdak, Lama Wangdor Rinpoche, and Chögyal Namkhai Norbu with whom he had a particularly strong connection. Chögyal Namkhai Norbu spoke several times of having dreams about him.
At the age of eleven, he attended the Kalachakra Empowerment with HH Dalai Lama in NYC in 1991 and was invited to sit on the stage with his mother and received His Holiness’ blessing. When he was twelve, he received pointing out the nature of mind instructions in the presence of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu from Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche in Kathmandu.
After graduating from college with a degree in microbiology he met his root Guru A.dzom Rinpoche at the age of 21, and a deep desire for practice, study, and solitary retreat was awakened in him. He began to practice seriously by doing a series of long retreats in an isolated cabin on a high ridge at Tara Mandala. He accumulated four years in strict retreat during which he practiced the full preliminary practices of Ngondro five times. He also practiced Lama, Yidam, and Dakini practices from the Ösel Dorje Sang Dzo and Ösel Nyingtig. He practiced Tsalung and the Dzogchen teachings of Rushan, Trekcho and Togal under the guidance of A.dzom Rinpoche and Gochen Tulku Sangngak Rinpoche. Over the last twenty years, his primary practices have been the termas of A.dzom Rinpoche.
After his retreats, he moved to Nepal and began further study of Buddhist philosophy and Tibetan language. While in Asia he undertook and completed a traditional 108 Charnel Ground Chöd pilgrimage in the mountains of Ladakh as a wandering yogi for four months. He also did other remote pilgrimages to sacred places of Guru Rinpoche in Nepal, Ladakh, and India. In 2018 he received a Master’s Degree in Buddhist Studies from Kathmandu University through Rangjung Yeshe Institute.
He was recognized by A.dzom Rinpoche in 2003 as a reincarnation of Yudra Nyingpo who was present in Tibet at the time of Guru Padma Sambhava, King Tritsen Detsen, and Vairocana in the eighth century. To avoid obstacles, his recognition was kept secret for many years and not widely shared. On his birthday in March of 2019, on a full moon, he was formally enthroned by A.dzom Rinpoche and he was given the decree to teach and spread his Guru’s precious Termas and other teachings in the West.
In the summer of 2019, he was enthroned by Lama Tsultrim as Dorje Gyaltsab (Vajra Regent) of Tara Mandala and is now resident Lama at Tara Mandala, as well as being a member of the Board of Trustees and Prajna Council. Tulku Ösel now lives with his wife, Cady, and two sons at Tara Mandala fulfilling his duties as Dorje Gyaltsab. He is continually developing study and practice programs, writing commentaries and he teaches nationally and internationally.
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Upcoming Programs by Dorje Gyaltsab Tulku Ösel Dorje
Green Tara (Retreat in Colorado)
Also With Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam
Green Tara sits with one foot in the meditative posture and one foot extended, embodying active compassion and serving as a model for modern contemplative life. We invite you to join us in a week-long retreat at Tara Mandala in Colorado as we connect with the luminous compassion of Green Tara and our innate, awakened […]
Seasonal Teacher Seminars (By Invitation Only) - Spring Session (online)
Seasonal Teacher Seminars (By Invitation Only) These half-day seminars with Lama Tsultrim Allione (and/or additional presenters) 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 both Senior and Apprentice Teachers. In this session, Dorje Gyaltsab Tulku Ösel Dorje […]
Ösel Nyingtig Cycle - Tröma Nagmo Empowerment and Explanation: The Path of Secret Primordial Wisdom (Retreat in California)
Tara Mandala invites you to learn the profound practice for accomplishing Tröma Nagmo, the Black Wrathful Mother, known as “Secret Primordial Wisdom.” This practice was the first of many Ösel Nyingtig termas revealed at Tara Mandala on the full moon of December 2002, by A.dzom Paylo Rinpoche. Since its revelation, it has been practiced in […]
Ösel Nyingtig: Means for Accomplishing the Guru and Continuing Tröma’s Secret Instructions (Retreat in Colorado)
Also With Lama Tsultrim Allione
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 […]
Taming the Mind: Introduction to Calm Abiding Meditation (Shamatha) (Retreat in Germany)
English with German Translation On a daily basis, our minds run wild and fall victim to afflictive emotions like suffering, depression, laziness, and distractions. At the heart of the Buddhist path, training the mind is essential. The practice of Shamatha, Calm Abiding Meditation, puts special emphasis on developing one-pointed concentration as a means for developing […]
Ösel Nyingtig: Means for Accomplishing the Guru & Continuing Tröma’s Secret Instructions (Retreat in Germany)
English with German and Italian Translation Tulku Ösel is pleased to offer to the Ösel Nyingtig students for the first time this profound teaching from the Ösel 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 […]
Dakini Ngöndro: The Excellent Path of Great Bliss (Retreat in Germany)
English with German Translation Tulku Ösel Dorje 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, […]
Tara Mandala Autumn Month-Long Practice Retreat 2024 (Retreat in Colorado)
Also With Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton, Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Polly Ryan, MA, MFT
***UPDATE: As of April 19, 2024, registration for this program is no longer available. Please visit our calendar to view our upcoming offerings.*** With great excitement, we announce the fruition of a long-held aspiration to offer a month-long practice retreat where we step out of our regular routine and experience the simplicity and beauty of turning inward […]
Dakini Ngöndro: The Excellent Path of Great Bliss (online)
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 […]
Ösel Nyingtig: Means for Accomplishing the Guru and Continuing Tröma’s Secret Instructions (online)
Also With Lama Tsultrim Allione
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 […]