Tara Mandala International

 We are overjoyed to announce that His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Urgyen Trinley, will bestow the Chöd Empowerment of Machig Labdrön from the Rinchen Trengwa and offer two days of teachings on related commentaries by the 3rd Karmapa Rangjung Dorje. This auspicious event will take place October 26-28, 2012 near Dharamsala, India. This is … More →

Kamalashila Institute, Langenfeld, Germany. Chöd: Cutting through Ego-clinging Chöd is a powerful practice for these difficult times, working in a direct way to cut through ego-clinging. Chöd has been called “the totality of all the teachings.” It brings a direct confrontation with self-clinging through the body offering. Chöd offers a method for working with the … More →

Kamalashila Institute, Langenfeld, Germany. Machig Empowerment: Lama Tsultrim will give this rare empowerment from the Rinchen Trengwa, Machig’s most direct historical lineage, written by the 3rd Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje. This is especially auspicious because Lama Tsultrim herself was recognized as an emanation of Machig Labdrön in Tibet at Machig’s main monastery, Zangri Khangmar, by the … More →

Kamalashila Institute, Langenfeld, Germany. Lama Tsultrim will teach on Machig Labdrön’s male and female lineages and Machig’s profound “Opening the Gate to Space” practice. Opening the Gate to Space: This Nature of Mind P’howa practice was given by Machig to her oldest son, Gyalwa Dondrub. It is the heart and life force of the mother lineage … More →

Haus Sonnenstrahl,Kisslegg, Allgau Germany. Kapala Training Level I offers an in-depth exploration into the practice lineage of the 11th century Tibetan yogini, Machig Labdrön, and the related nature of mind teachings of Prajna Paramita, the Great Mother. Inspired by the ancient practice of Chöd, “Feeding Your Demons” is a five-step process created by Lama Tsultrim … More →

Felsentor, Switzerland. This retreat is a continuation of the Kapala Training program. It consists of a deepening of the Prajña Paramita practice, an introduction to Jamgön Kongtrül’s text Transmitting the Meaning of the Mother, and Machig Labdrön’s method for cutting through discursive thoughts with sound. “Feeding Your Demons” work will continue individually and in dyads … More →

Tibet House, Frankfurt, Germany. Prajna Paramita is the Great Mother. She is luminous clarity that is full of compassion; she is a diety, a symbol, and a sutra. Above all, she is the teaching that guides us to the experience of prajna, or wisdom, which is the capacity to perceive the ineffable vastness of basic space. … More →

Including Chod Empowerment with HH 17th Karmapa and P’howa Retreat with Sey Rinpoche, Dzogchen Teachings with Lama Wangdor   As one person on hearing of the pilgrimage said, “This is a trip of a lifetime!” And it is indeed – to go to these sacred places with these sublime teachers, all of who Lama Tsultrim has a … More →