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There is no cost for attending this event. Please consider offering dana to the teachers and/or making a donation to Tara Mandala if you are able.

Date & Time Details: July 9, 2021 10am-12pm Mountain Time

Location: Online - Zoom

Suggested Dana Range: $20-$60

The prices above do not include teacher offerings or dana. To learn more about dana and suggested dana ranges, please click here.

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Ösel Nyingtig: Dakini Ngöndro Accomplishment Ceremony – VIRTUAL RETREAT

With Lama Tsultrim Allione and Dorje Gyaltsab Tulku Ösel Dorje

July 9, 2021

Tara Mandala invites all practitioners who maintained their Dakini Ngöndro daily practice since July 9, 2020 to this special Accomplishment Ceremony with Lama Tsultrim Allione and Tulku Ösel Dorje as an opportunity to gather as a community to recognize and honor the effort of completing this year-long commitment.

This ceremony will take place at the scheduled time listed below virtually via the Zoom online platform.

Friday, July 9:
10:00am -12:00pm: Dakini Ngöndro Accomplishment Ceremony 

Listed times are in Mountain Time. Please use this link to see how this daily schedule translates into your timezone.

What to Expect?

  • Bring Dakini Ngöndro text, mala, tsog preparations.

Who Can Attend?

  • This ceremony is open only to practitioners who maintained their Dakini Ngöndro daily practice commitment since July 9, 2020.
  • Those who kept the commitment but are not continuing further on the Ösel Nyingtig path are still welcome to attend.

Is There a Fee to Attend?
No. This Accomplishment Ceremony, just like our Refuge and other special Ceremonies, is offered for free. 

Offering dana to the teacher: The practice of offering dana, which means “generosity,” is the traditional offering the student makes to the teacher as a symbol of appreciation, gratitude, and reciprocity for receiving the precious teachings. Information on offering dana to the teacher will be provided during the ceremony. To learn more about dana and suggested dana ranges, please click here. 

We also encourage participants to consider making an offering to Tara Mandala if they are able. During registration you will have the opportunity to make a contribution to our Annual Fund, which will allow Tara Mandala to continue to operate, be a repository for wisdom literature, a center for translation, a beacon for the feminine in Buddhism, and an active dharma center that provides refuge for deep practice and transformation.

Teachers

Lama Tsultrim Allione
Lama Tsultrim Allione is the bestselling author of Women of Wisdom (1984), Feeding Your Demons (2008), and Wisdom Rising Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine (2018). Lama Tsultrim is the founder of Tara Mandala, a 700-acre retreat center with the three-story temple and library  dedicated to the divine…
Learn more about Lama Tsultrim Allione
Dorje Gyaltsab Tulku Ösel Dorje
Dorje Gyaltsab Tulku Ösel Dorje was born in Rome, Italy in 1980 to an Italian filmmaker, Costanzo Allione, and Lama Tsultrim Allione.  Since birth, he’s been immersed in the Dharma. There were often Tibetan Lamas at home and most vacations were spent at retreat centers with Lamas such as Lopön…
Learn more about Dorje Gyaltsab Tulku Ösel Dorje

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Pagosa Springs, CO 81147
Phone: 970.731.3711 Web: taramandala.org

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