While teaching Choygal Namkai Norbu Rinpoche’s Chöd, Lama Tsultrim develops the five steps of Feeding Your Demons.

Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche begins establishing the lineage of Dzinpa Rangdröl, a terma from Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje, at Tara Mandala. This cycle combines the lineage of Machig Labdrön, Phadampa Sangye, and the practice of Chöd with Dzogchen teachings. It is a complete cycle, beginning with Ngöndro (preparatory practices), and extending through the most advanced Dzogchen teachings. With the establishment of the Dzinpa Rangdröl cycle through the Gateway Program, Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche guides Tara Mandala’s three-year retreatants, Beth Lee-Herbert and poet Jampa Dorje (Richard Denner). 

The (Tsogyel Karmo) White Dakini Drubchen is held for the first time and becomes a regular event.

Bhutanese wood carvers arrive at Tara Mandala and Lama Gyurme becomes the resident artist for Prajna Hall and the Temple.