Tara Mandala offers retreats, teachings, and training in traditional Buddhist practices and modern transformational methods based on Buddhist principles. These are offered in a variety of formats including in-person retreats in our retreat center in Colorado and at other locations, online programs, opportunities for personal solitary retreat, extended residential experiences such as our Living Dharma Apprentice Program, as well as self-paced courses and downloadable material for personal study. In addition, Tara Mandala offers long-term practice paths such as: the Feeding Your Demons® Training, the Magyu: The Mother Lineage, the Ösel Nyingtig: Heart Essence of Luminosity, and the Gateway Program. Lama Tsultrim’s events can also be viewed here. If you don’t know where to begin, visit this page.
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In this immersive and transformative program, Lopön Chandra offers a lens through which we can understand and integrate the contemporary context of the 21 Taras through inspiring stories, study, and practice. Students may join this program at any point in the series! The transmission will be given on the last session (Dec. 12)
We invite you to join us for a 4-session journey through the Mandala of the Five Buddhas. This training offers a journey into the Mandala of the Five Buddhas practice developed by Lama Tsultrim Allione to bring emotional transformation into alignment with the spiritual path.
This weekend program explores the nature of existence on the coarse, subtle, and secret levels, utilizing Vajrayana teachings and meditations offered by Lama Tsultrim Allione, Padmasambhava (Natural Liberation), Francesca Freemantle, (Luminous Emptiness), and various commentaries on The Tibetan Book of the Dead.
Join Lama Tsultrim and the Tara Mandala community as we joyously commemorate our 30-year anniversary. We invite all Sangha Members from around the world to join online Friday & Sunday for the opening and closing of the weekend celebrations held at Tara Mandala.
In this special year marking the 30th Anniversary of Tara Mandala, we celebrate the sacred and powerful land that is the home of the Magyu lineage. This is a special time to gather with fellow Magyu sangha members for practice, teachings on the Mandala, and cultivate the beautiful connections of sangha.
Join Lama Tsultrim Allione at the Hollyhock Cortes (BC, Canada) for a transformative retreat on Non-Dual Awareness: An Exploration of Effortless Presence. Students will learn how to identify the non-dual state, resting in their true nature and going beyond effortful meditation to find the freedom of open awareness.
Join Osho Zenju Earthlyn Manuel and Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer for the profound experience of Opening to the Dark Earth™ where we will commune with the land at Tara Mandala, be guided through the eight gateways of darkness, and receive the blessings of the shamanic Tibetan Buddhist practice of Chöd.
We are honored to welcome esteemed translator Prof. Miranda Shaw for a special dharma talk in the Christina Monson Memorial Lecture Series. This session draws from Prof. Shaw’s extensive fieldwork in the Kathmandu Valley, focusing on the myriad ways women are regarded and celebrated as living goddesses in Vajrayana settings.
Deepen your training and knowledge of FYD in Level II. Completion of FYD Level I and related prerequisites are required. Level II is offered in both Buddhist and Secular Tracks, and this course is the Buddhist Track.
This August at our retreat center in Colorado, Dr. Tenzin Yangdon will offer a rare opportunity for students to learn the ‘dakini dance’ of the Khandro Kejang Chöd (Sound of the Dakini’s Laughter) from the Longchen Nyingtig cycle of Jigme Lingpa.
Deepen your training and knowledge of FYD in Level II. Completion of FYD Level I and related prerequisites are required. Level II is offered in both Buddhist and Secular Tracks, and this course is the Secular Track.
Seasonal Teacher Seminars (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 both Senior and Apprentice Teachers.