Tara Mandala offers online programming via live and pre-recorded curriculum that give you the opportunity to access dharma teachings, engage in guided practice, experience personal retreat and hands-on learning, while connecting with other participants through easy-to-use online platforms and an engaged community network. When needed, the program description and schedule will inform you in advance if and when a specific online session must be attended live if a direct transmission (Tib. lung) may be given. Access to recordings of all sessions will be available for additional viewing for one year.
In this immersive and transformative program, Lopön Chandra offers a lens through which we can understand and integrate the contemporary context of the 21 Taras through inspiring stories, study, and practice. Students may join this program at any point in the series! The transmission will be given on the last session (Dec. 12)
We invite you to join us for a 4-session journey through the Mandala of the Five Buddhas. This training offers a journey into the Mandala of the Five Buddhas practice developed by Lama Tsultrim Allione to bring emotional transformation into alignment with the spiritual path.
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 the practice. Join us Sunday, July 21, 2024, 9:00am (Pacific Time). Estimated Duration: 60-75 minutes
This weekend program explores the nature of existence on the coarse, subtle, and secret levels, utilizing Vajrayana teachings and meditations offered by Lama Tsultrim Allione, Padmasambhava (Natural Liberation), Francesca Freemantle, (Luminous Emptiness), and various commentaries on The Tibetan Book of the Dead.
Join Lama Tsultrim and the Tara Mandala community as we joyously commemorate our 30-year anniversary. We invite all Sangha Members from around the world to join online Friday & Sunday for the opening and closing of the weekend celebrations held at Tara Mandala.
We are honored to welcome esteemed translator Prof. Miranda Shaw for a special dharma talk in the Christina Monson Memorial Lecture Series. This session draws from Prof. Shaw’s extensive fieldwork in the Kathmandu Valley, focusing on the myriad ways women are regarded and celebrated as living goddesses in Vajrayana settings.
Deepen your training and knowledge of FYD in Level II. Completion of FYD Level I and related prerequisites are required. Level II is offered in both Buddhist and Secular Tracks, and this course is the Buddhist Track.
Deepen your training and knowledge of FYD in Level II. Completion of FYD Level I and related prerequisites are required. Level II is offered in both Buddhist and Secular Tracks, and this course is the Secular Track.
In Kapala Level III, students will go deeper into Machig Labdrön’s teachings and receive a profound new practice of hers. Participants will also expand their FYD journey by working with collective demons, such as societal, cultural, and historical demons, and the demon of ego-clinging.
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. This course is offered in both Buddhist and Secular Tracks, and this course is the Buddhist Track.
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. This course is offered in both Buddhist and Secular Tracks, and this course is the Secular Track.
Chthonic: (Greek): of or relating to Earth, particularly the Underworld. What does the chthonic Earth mean to you? In this weekend retreat, we’ll examine our current ecological crisis, ecopsychology, collective narcissism, and how a reunion with the transpersonal realms of Earth may serve as a pathway towards collective healing.