Tara Mandala’s retreat center in Pagosa Springs, Colorado offers the opportunity to receive teachings and enter into deep retreat whether in a group or in solitude. The majority of group retreats occur in the summer while personal retreat in one of our retreat cabins is available year-round.
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 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.
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.
BY INVITATION ONLY This retreat, for the three advanced cohorts who are practicing Dzogchen from the Dzinpa Rangdröl, will be a practice retreat at Tara Mandala Retreat Center in Colorado. A balance of group practice and individual practice outdoors will allow for a deepening of practice experience.
This September at our retreat center in Colorado, Chakung Jigme Wangdrak Rinpoche will offer the precious empowerment and teachings on Dudjom Lingpa’s Nang Jang, a visionary text on the refinement of perception and a cornerstone of the Dzogchen tradition.
We invite you to join us in Colorado for a profound opportunity to learn the liberating practice of Dentog Chigma Chöd with Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen. According to Lama Tsultrim Allione, this practice from Lama Tsering Wangdu Rinpoche is “at the absolute core of Machig’s lineage.”
Come to Tara Mandala in Colorado, offer your skills in a hands-on way and be part of the living legacy of Tara Mandala, enabling us to continue to be a place of refuge, practice, and learning for practitioners from around the world.