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  • – $45 - $60 Program Price - No one turned away for lack of funds

Date & Time Details: Wednesdays 9 am - 10.30 am Pacific Standard Time

Location: Online Course

Contact: Michelle Gould
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Niguma, Lady of Illusion Book Study

With Lama Sarah Harding and Lopön Polly Ryan, MA, MFT

February 6 - 28, 2019

Please join Lama Sarah Harding, Polly Ryan and the Tara Mandala Northern Sierra Sangha in the exploration of the life and times of Niguma. Niguma, Lady of Illusion, translated with an introduction by Sarah Harding, provides a rare glimpse into feminine Buddhist history by bringing “to the forefront the life and teachings of a mysterious eleventh-century Kashmiri woman who became the source of a major Tibetan Buddhist practice lineage. The circumstances of her life and extraordinary qualities ascribed to her are analyzed in the greater context of spiritual biography and Buddhist doctrine. More than a historical presentation, Niguma’s story raises the question of women as real spiritual leaders versus male images of feminine principle and other related contemporary issues.” (Shambhala Press)

This Book Study series begins on Wednesday, February 6, 2019, from 9 – 10:30 am Pacific Time and will be held four consecutive Wednesdays through Wednesday, February 27. All sessions will be on-line only via Zoom. Lama Sarah Harding will join us for every session as lead teacher.

Registration is required.

Teachers

Lama Sarah Harding
Sarah Harding has been studying and practicing Buddhism since 1974, and has been teaching and translating since completing a three-year retreat in 1980 under the guidance of Kyabjé Kalu Rinpoché. She was associate professor at Naropa University for twenty-five years in Boulder, Colorado, where she currently resides, and has been…
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Lopön Polly Ryan, MA, MFT
Lopön Polly Ryan, MA, MFT, is a Tara Mandala senior teacher and has been a devoted student of Lama Tsultrim Allione since 1992. She has also studied with Lama Alan Wallace for over three decades. Under the tutelage of Lama Alan Wallace, she has studied Shamatha, The Four Applications of Mindfulness,…
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