Retreats

Retreats

October 2025

Green Tara Empowerment

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.
02 - 05 Oct
Europe

Buddha Mandala: Exploring Sacred Masculinity

Buddhism sees enlightened masculinity as the ability to practice wise compassion. This module of the Mandala Method’s Journey of Transformation, the Mandala of the Five Buddhas, is for those who wish to cultivate a sacred and wise masculinity.
03 - 06 Oct
Europe

Longchenpa’s 7 Mind Trainings

Longchenpa’s synthesis of the Seven Mind Trainings uniquely integrates both the foundational mind trainings of the Buddhist tradition and the profound, non-conceptual practices of Vajrayana Buddhism into a concise series of instructions. These teachings offer an accessible yet profound path for practitioners at all levels.
09 - 12 Oct
Europe

Tröma Drubchö & Continuing Tröma’s Secret Instructions

This year’s Ösel Nyingtig retreat in Germany is offering a deep immersion into Tröma Nagmo‘s Secret Mandala. It is a unique opportunity to deepen your connection with the wisdom of the enlightened feminine, with a strong emphasis on personal practice and private interviews with Tulku Ösel Dorje.
15 - 19 Oct
Europe

Mandala Method: Journey into the Mandala of the Sacred Masculine

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.
17 Oct - 15 Nov
Online

The Great Perfection

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. 
24 Oct - 21 Nov
Online
November 2025

Simhamukha: The Lion-Headed Dakini

Join us for two retreat weekends as we take an immersive journey through the transmission, teachings, and practice of Simhamukha: The Lion-Headed Dakini and Lama Tsultrim’s personal transformation work within the mandala.
07 - 23 Nov
Online

Yeshe Tsogyal Sadhana

Tara Mandala invites you to join the Ösel Nyingtig as we continue to unfurl the excellent path of awakening through the means of accomplishing Yeshe Tsogyal’s Glorious Treasure of Great Bliss. Through this method for Accomplishing White Tsogyal one can become inseparable with Yeshe Tsogyal’s enlightened Body, Speech, and Mind.
14 - 16 Nov
All Day
Online
December 2025

Skymind: Machig Labdrön & Open Awareness

The great 11th century Tibetan yogini Machig Labdrön offers this fundamental instruction: “don’t search…rest in your nature.” Her teaching is a beautiful reminder of our innate wholeness, and a radical invitation to meet totality “as it is.” This profoundly direct instruction invites us on a path of intimacy: to meet ourselves.
12 Dec - 13 Feb
Online
January 2026

Dakini Ngöndro: The Excellent Path of Great Bliss

All are invited to learn the profound Dakini Ngöndro from Orgyen Khakhyab Lingpa Rinpoche’s Ösel Nyingtig terma cycle. This ngӧndro is a collection of practices that condense the Buddhist path into a skillful method for actualizing one’s primordial wisdom and culminate in a practice of Guru Yoga centering on the enlightened feminine. 
17 - 18 Jan
All Day
Online
June 2026

Yab-Yum Mandala: The Sacred Union of the Feminine and Masculine

The Yab-Yum mandala explores a connection that transcends gender identity and allows us to experience non-duality, the divine union of the masculine and feminine that each of us carries within us. This retreat is offered as part of the Mandala Method – Journey of Transformation.
23 - 26 Jun
Europe
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