Retreat Cabins
Open Dates
Tara Mandala Retreat Center
The beauty of nature, quietness, and solitude supported me so much in letting the vajra mind shine through. Having time for my practice with no outer worldly pressure helped me to deeply relax into my meditation, creating space. I’m deeply grateful for this precious time on Tara’s Land! -Vera…
Personal Retreat in Prajna Residence Hall
Open Dates
Tara Mandala Retreat Center
We are happy to announce that the Prajña Residence Hall will be open for personal retreats during the above dates pending availability around group retreats.
Khandro Kejang Chöd
With Drubpön Lama Karma
September 26 - October 1, 2019
Tara Mandala Retreat Center
Chöd literally means "cutting", and is a powerful, dramatic practice of cutting through ego-clinging and delusion by visualizing the offering up of one's body to all beings and karmic debtors. It is a powerful method to sever all self-grasping and to usher one into the realization of emptiness.
Open House and Intro to Meditation | September
September 28, 2019
Tara Mandala Retreat Center
Tara Mandala is open to the public several times each year. You are welcome to join us for a guided tour of our beautiful Retreat Center and Tara Temple and an introduction to Buddhist meditation.
Feeding your Demons Weekend Workshop
With Gudrun Binder
October 18 - 20, 2019
Wien, Austria
We tend to fight our demons, but the harder we fight them, the stronger they become. In this weekend you will learn the five steps of Feeding your Demons and will in future have a possibility to meet your demons and to liberate them step by step.
The Practice of Chöd: Teachings of the 11th Century Tibetan Yogini, Machig Labdrön
With Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton
November 6 - 10, 2019
Jardin des Paradis
Come and discover the teachings of one of the greatest female Buddhist masters from Tibet and learn her ancient meditation practice known as “Chöd” (Severance).
Winter Solstice Celebration With the Tara Mandala Community
December 21 - 22, 2019
Tara Mandala Retreat Center
Come celebrate the Winter Solstice 2019 with the Tara Mandala community. Let's join together to center ourselves and begin the holidays by quieting our minds, settling in our bodies, and opening our hearts to the great mystery of the turning of the sun and the darkest night.
Feeding Your Demons Workshop
With Paula van Lammeren
February 15 - 16, 2020
Zutphen, Netherlands
The workshop provides a thorough grounding in this remarkable method for transforming and befriending negative emotions, fears, illness and self defeating patterns; and introduces the radical notion that to heal and transform ourselves we must ‘feed’ not fight our demons.