Recordings of Tsigdon Dzo Dzogchen Wisdom Teachings Part II
With Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche
Open Dates
Online - Zoom
For those who were unable to attend Part II of the Tsigdön Dzö, “Precious Treasury of Genuine Meaning,” one of the “Seven Treasures” of Longchenpa with Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche, we are honored to share this precious opportunity for you to receive the teachings via recording and join us as we…
Oral Transmission Event
With Lama Tsultrim Allione
Open Dates
A Lung is an oral transmission of a practice, and will be offered for our Self-Paced Green Tara, Chöd, Zhitro, Riwo Sangchö courses. Anyone is welcome to receive a Lung as a blessing and connection to a certain practice. If you have already received the Lung, you are welcome to…
Recordings of Part I Tsigdon Dzod Dzogchen Wisdom Teachings
With Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche
Open Dates
Online - Zoom
For those who were unable to attend Part 1 of the Tsigdön Dzöd, “Precious Treasury of Genuine Meaning,” one of the “Seven Treasures” of Longchenpa with Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche, we are honored to share this precious opportunity for you to receive the teachings via recording and join us as we…
Opening the Heart Sutra Self Paced Program
With Lama Tsultrim Allione
Open Dates
Online
Engage with the concise teaching of Prajnaparamita, in this profound conversation between Shariputra and Avalokiteshvara. Through guiding participants line-by-line through the Heart Sutra, you will receive a functional overview of Mahayana philosophy and gain deeper insight into the world of this treasured text.
Machig Labdron and the Nature of Mind Self Paced Program
With Lama Tsultrim Allione
Open Dates
Online
Engage with the powerful teachings of the great Tibetan yogini, Machig Labdrön, on the ‘nature of mind’ as taught by her direct emanation, Lama Tsultrim Allione. Connect to Machig’s pith instructions, the essence of her teaching.
Chod of Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche Self Paced Program
With Lama Tsultrim Allione and Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton
Open Dates
Online
Cut through fear, fixation and clinging, by nurturing not fighting, what disturbs our mind. This Chod practice is empowered through the lineage of the Tibetan Dzogchen master, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu.
Green Tara Self Paced Program
With Lama Tsultrim Allione and Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam MDiv
Open Dates
Online
A great introductory course for understanding ‘deity’ practice in Buddhism. Green Tara sits with one foot in the meditative posture and one foot in the world, thus embodying active compassion and serving as a model for modern day contemplative life.
Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine Self Paced Program
With Lama Tsultrim Allione
Open Dates
Online
Be guided through the development of the feminine in Buddhism, and understand how each of the five Dakini’s key ‘encumbered’ emotions and wisdom qualities are within each of us. By being introduced to the mandala principle and its importance to western and eastern psychology, you will understand the fierce feminine…
Riwo Sangcho Self Paced Program
With Lama Tsultrim Allione and Anna Raithel
Open Dates
Online
A practice to heal the suffering of samsara, through the practice of boundless compassion and abundant offering. Learn the widespread and traditional practice of Riwo Sangchö – “a mountainside smoke offering.”
Zhitro Self Paced Program
With Lama Tsultrim Allione
Open Dates
Online
The simple and accessible practice of Zhitro offers a real way for a practitioner to help the deceased. This practice also helps individuals become familiar with the visions and experiences that may occur during the 49 days following one's own passing.
Audio Digital Download of Messages from the Divine Wrathful Mother
With Sangye Khandro
Open Dates
Audio (MP3) + Transcript (PDF) This talk by Sangye Khandro, from the ‘Voices of Wisdom in Times of Crisis’ symposium, describes the group of beings known as Mamos, and the specific messages they have for us in this time of great change.
Lama Live!
With Lama Tsultrim Allione
Open Dates
Online - Facebook and YouTube
Lama Live! is a livestream event where we can gather together as a community for meditation, prayer, and teachings from Lama Tsultrim Allione and other guest teachers on Sundays at 9am PT.
Feeding Your Demons® – Online Program
With Lama Tsultrim Allione, Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam MDiv and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
Open Dates
Online
Feeding Your Demons® (FYD) is a profoundly effective method for recognizing and transforming the deep-seated patterns, triggers, and neuroses that undermine the quality and enjoyment of our lives. Learn more about the whole program here.
Personal Retreat in Prajna Residence Hall
Open Dates
Tara Mandala Retreat Center
Due to COVID-19 we are not currently holding retreats in Prajña Residence Hall. Please see our retreat cabins for solitary retreat opportunities.
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…
Longing to Awaken: Buddhist Devotion in Tibetan Poetry and Song – Christina Monson Memorial Lecture Series
With Holly Gayley and Dominique Townsend
September 28, 2024
Online - Zoom
རང་སེམས་སངས་རྒྱས་མ་མཐོང་བར། ། བླ་མ་སངས་རྒྱས་ཟེར་ན་ཡང༌། ། བཅོས་མ་གཞན་གྱི་ལད་མོ་ཙམ། ། དད་པ་དེས་ཀྱང་རྐྱེན་མི་ཐུབ། ། Without seeing one’s own mind as Buddha, even if you say “my guru is a buddha,” such devotion will not withstand difficulties. It’s just a contrived imitation of others. —Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorjé What is devotion in a Buddhist context? Devotion…
The Heart of Buddhism A Year Long Buddhist Studies Program
With Lama Tsultrim Allione, Amelia Hall PhD, Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer MS, Robert Thurman PhD, Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam MDiv, Miranda Shaw PhD, Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton, Tulku Ösel Dorje, Wendy Garling and Erik Pema Kunsang
January 31 - November 21, 2025
Online - Zoom
Welcome to The Heart of Buddhism: A Year Long Buddhist Studies Program. Throughout 2025, we'll explore the history, core teachings, and practices that guide Buddhist practitioners in the Tibetan tradition in waking up to their true nature of innate compassion and wisdom. The Buddhist path offers profound guidance for working…
The Path of Liberation
With Lama Tsultrim Allione, Amelia Hall PhD and Wendy Garling
January 31 - February 28, 2025
Online - Zoom
Course One of the five-course series, The Heart of Buddhism: A Year Long Buddhist Studies Program with Lama Tsultrim Allione and guest teachers. The Buddhist Path The Buddhist path offers profound guidance for working with the individual and collective challenges we face — and transforming suffering into liberation. These teachings show…
Journey into the Union of Sacred Feminine and Masculine
With Lama Tsultrim Allione, Lopön Ellen Booth Church, Chögé Bridget Bailey and Chögé Lisa Erickson
January 31 - March 1, 2025
Online - Zoom
“In Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the pinnacle spiritual experience is described as the union of the feminine, symbolizing wisdom, with the masculine, symbolizing skillful means.” ~ Lama Tsultrim Allione Venture into the Yab Yum Mandala to explore divine union beyond gender identifications, experiencing and integrating the feminine and masculine we…
Feeding Your Demons Level II Buddhist Track Kapala II
With Lama Tsultrim Allione, Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam MDiv and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
February 22 - May 2, 2025
Online
Deepen your training and knowledge of Feeding Your Demons® in Feeding Your Demons® Level II. Learn how to work more extensively with your allies, trace your demons in your body, and map family demons and allies. (Please note: prerequisites required)
Feeding Not Fighting with DHARMA FRIENDS
With Megan Mook, Kevin Townley and Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer MS
February 24, 2025
Tibet House NYC and Online
Dharma Friends is a monthly community gathering hosted by Megan Mook and Kevin Townley at Tibet House, NYC and Online. Each month features a specific Dharma theme with special guests including Buddhist teachers, artists, professors, comedians and musical guests. Join Megan Mook, Kevin Townley, and Lopön Karla Jackson Brewer for an…
Feeding Your Demons Level II Secular Track
With Lama Tsultrim Allione, Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam MDiv and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
March 1 - May 2, 2025
Online
Deepen your training and knowledge of Feeding Your Demons® in Online Level II. Learn how to work more extensively with your allies, trace your demons in your body, and map family demons and allies. (Please note: prerequisites required)
Seasonal Teacher Seminars Winter Session
With Lopön Polly Ryan MA MFT
March 2, 2025
Online - Zoom
These half-day seminars with Lopön Polly Ryan (and additional presenters) are designed to facilitate communication and connection between Lama Tsultrim and her lineage holders and teachers and to provide ongoing training, inspiration, and support for both Senior and Apprentice Teachers. Program Schedule This seminar will be offered via Zoom and…
Tsigdon Dzo Dzogchen Wisdom Teachings Part III
With Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche
March 5 - April 4, 2025
Online - Zoom
Tara Mandala is deeply honored to continue the online teaching series on the Tsigdön Dzö, “Precious Treasury of Genuine Meaning,” one of the “Seven Treasures” of Longchenpa with the Venerable Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche. Tsigdön Dzö is considered one of the clearest, most explicit, and complete explanations of the instructions on…
What the Buddha Taught
With Lama Tsultrim Allione, Amelia Hall PhD and Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer MS
March 21 - April 18, 2025
Online - Zoom
Course Two of the five-course series, The Heart of Buddhism: A Year Long Buddhist Studies Program with Lama Tsultrim Allione and guest teachers. The Buddhist Path The Buddhist path offers profound guidance for working with the individual and collective challenges we face — and transforming suffering into liberation. These teachings show…
Feeding Your Demons Level I Secular Track
With Lama Tsultrim Allione, Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam MDiv and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
March 22 - May 16, 2025
Online
In Feeding Your Demons® Level I, you will learn this potent, life-changing method, creating meaningful transformation in a world that is ripe for profound healing.
Feeding Your Demons Level I Buddhist Track Kapala I
With Lama Tsultrim Allione, Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam MDiv and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
March 22 - May 16, 2025
Online
In Feeding Your Demons® Level I, you will learn this potent, life-changing method, creating meaningful transformation in a world that is ripe for profound healing.
Mandala Method Journey Into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine
With Lama Tsultrim Allione, Chögé Lisa Erickson and Chögé Bridget Bailey
March 24 - May 16, 2025
Online - Zoom
“The mandala is a template or blueprint of wholeness. It has a center and four directions. Associated with each direction is a color, an element, an obstructed pattern and a wisdom. It is a way to understand yourself and also your world.” – Lama Tsultrim Allione We invite you to…
Spiritual Allies Look for the Helpers with DHARMA FRIENDS
With Megan Mook, Kevin Townley and Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer MS
March 24, 2025
Tibet House NYC and Online
Dharma Friends is a monthly community gathering hosted by Megan Mook and Kevin Townley at Tibet House, NYC and Online. Each month features a specific Dharma theme with special guests including Buddhist teachers, artists, professors, comedians and musical guests. In the final event of our Winter Cycle, Lopön Karla Jackson Brewer…
The Awakened Heart
With Lama Tsultrim Allione, Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton and Robert Thurman PhD
May 22 - June 19, 2025
Online - Zoom
Course Three of the five-course series, The Heart of Buddhism: A Year Long Buddhist Studies Program with Lama Tsultrim Allione and guest teachers. The Buddhist Path The Buddhist path offers profound guidance for working with the individual and collective challenges we face — and transforming suffering into liberation. These teachings show…
Seasonal Teacher Seminars Spring Session
With Lopön Polly Ryan MA MFT
May 23, 2025
Online - Zoom
These half-day seminars with Lopön Polly Ryan (and additional presenters) are designed to facilitate communication and connection between Lama Tsultrim and her lineage holders and teachers and to provide ongoing training, inspiration, and support for both Senior and Apprentice Teachers. Program Schedule This seminar will be offered via Zoom and…
Dzogchen: The Three Statements that Strike the Crucial Point
With Lama Tsultrim Allione
August 8 - 13, 2025
Hollyhock on Cortes Island, British Columbia
The Three Statements were the final teaching of Garab Dorje, after he passed away and when he appeared in the rainbow body to his close disciple Manjusrimitra. We all have an awakened presence within us that can never be stained or tainted, but it can be hidden, like clouds covering…
Sacred View Sacred World
With Lama Tsultrim Allione, Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam MDiv and Miranda Shaw PhD
September 5 - October 3, 2025
Online - Zoom
Course Four of the five-course series, The Heart of Buddhism: A Year Long Buddhist Studies Program with Lama Tsultrim Allione and guest teachers. The Buddhist Path The Buddhist path offers profound guidance for working with the individual and collective challenges we face — and transforming suffering into liberation. These teachings show…
Mandala Method Certification Capstone
With Chögé Lisa Erickson and Chögé Bridget Bailey
October 3 - 5, 2025
Online - Zoom
***Registration for this retreat is restricted.*** Please only register if you are part of the Fall 2025 cohort of the Mandala Method Certification Program. This Capstone retreat is the culminating program for this cohort. Participants should have completed all required partner practices of: Guided Journey with Dakini Guided Journey with…
Mandala Method Journey into the Mandala of the Sacred Masculine
With Chögé Lisa Erickson and Chögé Bridget Bailey
October 17 - November 7, 2025
Online - Zoom
“The mandala is a template or blueprint of wholeness. It has a center and four directions. Associated with each direction is a color, an element, an obstructed pattern and a wisdom. It is a way to understand yourself and also your world.” – Lama Tsultrim Allione The Mandala of the…
The Great Perfection
With Lama Tsultrim Allione, Tulku Ösel Dorje and Erik Pema Kunsang
October 24 - November 21, 2025
Online - Zoom
Course Five of the five-course series, The Heart of Buddhism: A Year Long Buddhist Studies Program with Lama Tsultrim Allione and guest teachers. The Buddhist Path The Buddhist path offers profound guidance for working with the individual and collective challenges we face — and transforming suffering into liberation. These teachings show…