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March 17, 2010
• Dzinpa Rangdrol: Self Liberation of Clinging, with Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche and Lama Tsultrim
• Lama Tsultrim teaching Kapala Training Level I at Shambhala Mountain Center
• Lama Tsultrim teaching Prajna Paramita in Boulder
• Upcoming Teleteaching with Lama Tsultrim March 28
• New Audio Online: Lama Tsultrim offering a Poem at the White Dakini Drub Chen, 2009
• Feeding Your Demons Daylong in Truckee, CA
• Dakini Mandala Daylong in Truckee, CA
Dzinpa Rangdröl: "Self Liberation of Clinging"
Tara Mandala, Pagosa Springs, CO
April 17th to 25th, 2010
with Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche and Lama Tsultrim Allione
The Dzinpa Rangdröl, a terma cycle focused around the Great Mother and Machig Labdrön from Do Kyentse, is being offered at Tara Mandala for the first time in the West. This retreat will have three concurrent streams: Ngondro, White Dakini, and Tsa Lung.
The Great Mother Prajña Paramita & Sky-like Mind
Boulder, CO
April 9 - 11, 2010
with Lama Tsultrim Allione
This retreat will explore the nature of mind. The experience of prajña, the capacity to perceive the ineffable vastness of basic space, is what gives birth to all the Buddhas. This vast clarity, full of compassion, is the Great Mother. Through meditation and relaxed dialogue we will explore this theme experientially.
Feeding Your Demons Weekend Retreat
Shambhala Mountain Center, Fed Feathers Lake, CO
April 2 - 4, 2010
with Lama Tsultrim Allione
Within the ancient teachings of Tibetan Buddhism lies a method for facing—and dissolving—our fears, illnesses, and emotional stumbling blocks. In this retreat, we will explore a practical application of this revolutionary, loving approach developed by the legendary Tibetan yogini, Machig Labdrön, almost a thousand years ago. You will learn an experiential five-step process to help you meet and release what the Tibetans call “demons” — the longings, fears, obsessions, illnesses, and attachments that we battle every day. We will explore how our inner and outer demons can be seen, nurtured, and transformed into allies and, through this process, foster compassion and love in place of animosity and fear.
Kapala Training Level I
Shambhala Mountain Center, Fed Feathers Lake, CO
April 4 - 9, 2010
with Lama Tsultrim Allione
Deeply explore the practice lineage of eleventh-century Tibetan yogini Machig Labdrön and the related Mahayana teachings of prajña paramita, or “the great mother”—our own true nature. Ideal for individuals wishing to work deeply with their “demons” through contemplative practice, this retreat offers a simple yet profound five-step method based on Machig Labdrön’s understanding that it is through nurturing—not fighting—our inner demons that we finally overcome them. In this way, we go beyond dualistic struggles, engaging our addictions, illnesses, fears, difficult relationships, self-hatred, and collective ills with compassion and wisdom. We will particularly focus on open-eyed sky-gazingprajña paramita practice, mixing awareness with space; licensed health professionals will learn to apply this work to their professional practices. Whatever you’re struggling with, this therapeutic process will transform your relationship with your demons and end the fight once and for all.
Upcoming Teleteaching with Lama Tsultrim on March 28, 2010
Tara Mandala is pleased to offer a Teleteaching on Sunday, March 28th, with Lama Tsultrim. Teleteachings are a way for our global Sangha to connect and feel closer between retreats.
The Teleteachings are very low-tech process that anyone with a phone can participate in. You may also listen to it on Skype, if you’d like (although there is NO video feed). Participants (US and International) will call in using the long-distance carrier of their choice. You will simply dial the number and enter the conference call code, which you will be sent after you RSVP. This is a live call.
During the call, Lama Tsultrim will speak to your questions received the week before. The topic of the Teleteachings will be determined by the questions that participants send in beforehand. Please e-mail your questions or topics when you RSVP (see below). Please know that Lama Tsultrim will do her best to respond to all questions, but it may not always be possible. However, she often weaves several responses together during the Teleteachings and will do her best to respond to all questions. Please include any practice-related questions you might have.
Date: Sunday, March 28, 2010
noon Mountain Daylight Savings Time
To calculate your local time, please see:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html
How to Participate:
Email Julia at teleteachings@taramandala.org by Thursday, March 25, to RSVP yes. Julia will email you back with a confirmation and instructions on how to participate by the end of our workday on Friday, March 26.
Please include any practice-related questions you might have or topics you would like Lama Tsultrim to address. We ask that you refrain from asking questions about practices that require transmission (like Chöd or Prajna Paramita) since not everyone on the call will have had these transmissions.
Cost
These teachings are free. However, if you would like to make an offering, you can do so on our website. You can also call (970) 731-3711, x105, and speak to Jayceejoy. If you would like to support this and other work and be part of Tara Mandala Sustaining Sangha, you can call Jayceejoy at the above number or you may visit our sustaining sangha webpage: http://www.taramandala.org/Sustaining_Sangha.htm.
Recordings of the Teleteachings
We will make an audio recording (MP3) of the Teleteaching available for download from our website within a week of the Teleteaching. You will find the audio files on our website under the “Free Audio Teachings” link.
New Audio: Lama Tsultrim Allione offering a poem at the White Dakini Drub Chen
Recorded Live: August 2009
Length: 7:13
Size: 6.7 mb
File Type: MP3
Feeding Your Demons Daylong Retreat
For Goodness Sake, Truckee, CA
April 3, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
with Polly Ryan, MFT, and Debra Travis, MFT
Based on the work of Lama Tsultrim Allione, this workshop teaches the practice and application of feeding your demons. This is an approach to life’s difficulties, both inner and outer, that is based on compassion rather than fear, on engagement rather than attack.Polly Ryan, MFT and Debra Quayle Travis, MFT are both Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and have both been certified by Lama Tsultrim Allione as Feeding Your Demons Therapists.
The Mandala of the Enlightened Feminine
For Goodness Sake, Truckee, CA
May 22, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
with Ellen Booth Church
The Mandala of the Enlightened Feminine creates a sacred geography within the psyche, which uses embodiment as a means for transformation. The Mandala has as its basic structure, a center and four directions, which are represented by the five 'dakinis': five energies, directions, colors, seed syllables, emotions, psychological types, and most importantly five wisdoms.
We will experience through meditation with colors, sound, the elements, and wisdom dakinis, how to use our human emotions of anger, pride, craving, ambition, and dullness as the seeds for transformation.