Embodying Equity with Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer, M.S.

How can we simultaneously acknowledge, honor, and appreciate difference, while manifesting more space for flourishing of racial equity? Join Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer, M.S. for Tara Mandala’s annual Martin Luther King Day Dharma Talk, One Taste: Embracing Difference, Embodying Equity, on Monday, January 16, 2023. Together we will explore what steps we can take to truly embrace difference and embody equity.

The experience of ‘One Taste’ in Vajrayana Buddhism offers us the potential to cut through dualistic thought, allowing us to rest in equanimity. We can experience the presence of being present. The Tantric view recognizes the luminosity that is present in all beings and all phenomena at every moment. The experience of ‘One Taste’ can increase our development of Bodhicitta, and our expression of compassion in the world.

Can we apply the Buddhist practice of ‘One Taste’ in our daily lives to move us into action when it comes to racial equity? What steps we can take to truly embrace difference and embody equity? Are you curious? Learn more »

In this video, Lopön Karla offers some inspiration for us to embrace our biases. To watch, click on the video.

We are truly grateful for the gift of Lopön Karla’s teachings, revealing how powerful ancient Vajrayana practices are healing medicines for our modern society. This coming February, Karla will once again offer a retreat on Chöd, a core practice in the Tara Mandala community.

Lopön Karla has described Chöd as a “practice for our times”, helping us cut through our beliefs, both individual and societal, and strengthening our generosity, patience, and empathy. To learn more about this upcoming retreat, read below.

Chöd is one of Tibet’s great treasures, and a powerful practice that cultivates compassion, generosity, and fearlessness. This retreat is an opportunity to learn the Chöd practice and melodies as transmitted and taught by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche. Karla will teach about the life and teachings of the great yogini, Machig Labdrön, who established the Chöd practice … Learn more »