Tara Mandala offers a variety of retreats, teachings, and training in traditional Buddhist practices and modern transformational methods based on Buddhist principles. There is something for everyone, from the brand new beginner to the seasoned practitioner.
Below you will find upcoming offerings suitable to beginners. You can also read more about different options for beginners here.
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. Each five-week course builds upon the previous while standing alone as a complete teaching, and may be taken individually.
We invite all members of our global community to come to Tara Mandala in Colorado and help us take care of our beautiful retreat center. Offer your skills in a hands-on way and be part of the living legacy of Tara Mandala. Deepen your practice together with others, and enjoy getting to know fellow practitioners in community.
Join Tibet House US for weekend retreats, celebrating the divine feminine through Tara’s many forms. Experience mantra chanting, meditations, and teachings on empowerment and compassion. Offered online and at Tibet House NYC.
Join Megan Mook, Kevin Townley and Lopön Karla Jackson Brewer for an exploration of the role of intuition on the spiritual path. A lively Dharma talk and discussion will be followed by a meditation into the sacred world of the dakinis as we learn to access our innate intuition.
Course Three of “The Heart of Buddhism: A Year Long Buddhist Studies Program.” Discover Mahayana Buddhism’s revolutionary teachings on wisdom and compassion, illuminated through the feminine embodiment of Prajnaparamita, transforming personal awakening into boundless benefit for all beings.
We invite you to join us for a guided tour of our beautiful Retreat Center and Tara Temple. This tour includes information about the history of Tara Mandala. This one-day event also includes a vegetarian buffet lunch, a short period of meditation in one of our shrine rooms, and time for Q&A.
An introduction to the foundational elements of contemplative Buddhist chaplaincy. This retreat is designed for those interested in exploring spiritual care through a Buddhist lens and serves as a curriculum sampler of a three-year contemplative chaplaincy program. The retreat is also for those navigating dying, illness, caregiving in all forms, and the myriad of life transitions.
Join Tibet House US for weekend retreats, celebrating the divine feminine through Tara’s many forms. Experience mantra chanting, meditations, and teachings on empowerment and compassion. Offered online and at Tibet House NYC.
Join Lama Tsultrim Allione and the Encinitas Sangha in welcoming Khandro Dorje Phagmo, an emanation of Vajravarahi. Khandro Dorje Phagmo will offer spontaneous teaching and the Kagö Blessing for healing and protection. This event will be hosted in Solana Beach, California.
We invite you to join us in a residential retreat at Tara Mandala in Colorado as we connect with the luminous compassion of Green Tara. The retreat will include transmission and detailed instructions on the Green Tara practice, as well as time for contemplation and discussion to integrate the teachings into our lives.
Join Tara Mandala on the land as we celebrate the return of the Family Retreat, offered for the first time since 2019.
Course Four of “The Heart of Buddhism: A Year Long Buddhist Studies Program.” Experience the transformative power of Vajrayana Buddhism, the “diamond vehicle,” in which the sacred feminine and householder tradition illuminate a revolutionary path that transforms every experience into an opportunity for awakening.
Drawing from the profound lineage of the Treasury of Secret Vajra Luminosity (Ösel Dorje Sang Dzod), this concise Green Tara practice comes from the Dharma treasures (terma) of Adzom Drukpa, Drodul Pawo Dorje (1842–1924). This immersive retreat, which takes place in Germany, offers a direct path to connecting with Green Tara’s luminous wisdom and fearless compassion.
Buddhism views the enlightened masculine as the capacity to act skillfully and with compassion. Learn the Mandala of the Five Buddhas, a practice that aligns sound, visualization, and meditation, providing an inner map and skillful means to transform challenging emotions into liberated wisdom.
Course Five of “The Heart of Buddhism: A Year Long Buddhist Studies Program.” Dzogchen (the “Great Perfection”) and Mahamudra (the “Great Seal”) are considered the highest teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Discover how these teachings offer a direct path to realizing the mind’s innate clarity, and a training ground for abiding in wakefulness.