Tara Mandala Online Programs

Tara Mandala Online Programs

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.

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    Extended Studies & Long Term Paths| Retreats | Online
    January 31 - February 28

    The Path of Liberation

    Course One of “The Heart of Buddhism: A Year Long Buddhist Studies Program.” Experience how the Buddha’s own journey offers profound guidance for navigating today’s challenges. The exploration begins with five weekly sessions, each carefully designed to build understanding and practice.

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    Lama Tsultrim Allione
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    Amelia Hall PhD
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    Wendy Garling
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    Extended Studies & Long Term Paths| Retreats | Online
    January 31 - November 21

    The Heart of Buddhism: A Year Long Buddhist Studies Program

    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. Each five-week course builds upon the previous while standing alone as a complete teaching, and may be taken individually.

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    Lama Tsultrim Allione
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    Tulku Ösel Dorje
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    Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton
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    Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam MDiv
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    Miranda Shaw PhD
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    Amelia Hall PhD
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    Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer
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    Wendy Garling
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    Erik Pema Kunsang
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    Robert Thurman PhD
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    Certification Programs| Extended Studies & Long Term Paths| Retreats | Online | Feeding Your Demons| Magyu
    February 22 - May 02

    Feeding Your Demons® Level II (Kapala II)

    Feeding Your Demons® is a revolutionary approach fusing ancient Tibetan wisdom and modern psychology. Deepen your training and knowledge of FYD in Level II. Completion of FYD Level I and related prerequisites are required. FYD Level II is offered in Buddhist (Kapala) and Secular Tracks. Secular Track starts 3/1/25.

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    Lama Tsultrim Allione
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    Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam MDiv
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    Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
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    Dharma Talks & Daylong Retreats| Retreats | Online
    February 24

    Feeding Not Fighting with DHARMA FRIENDS

    A partnership between Tara Mandala and Dharma Friends. Join us for an experiential practice coupled with an intimate discussion on loving all parts of ourselves. This event will feature a guided Feeding Your Demons practice, a highly effective meditation inspired by the Chöd practice and developed by Lama Tsultrim Allione. At Tibet House NYC and Online.

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    Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer
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    Kevin Townley
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    Megan Mook
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    Dharma Talks & Daylong Retreats | Online
    March 02

    Seasonal Teacher Seminars: Winter Session

    These half-day seminars are designed to facilitate communication and connection between Lama Tsultrim and her lineage holders and teachers as well as to provide on-going training, inspiration and support for Lopöns, Chögés, and Apprentice Teachers.

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    Tara Mandala Teachers
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    Lopön Polly Ryan MA MFT
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    Extended Studies & Long Term Paths| Retreats | Online
    March 05 - April 04

    Tsigdön Dzö Dzogchen Wisdom Teachings Part III

    Tara Mandala is deeply honored to announce the continuation of online teachings 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 most precise explanations of the instructions on Dzogchen.

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    Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche
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    Extended Studies & Long Term Paths| Retreats | Online
    March 21 - April 18

    What the Buddha Taught

    Course Two of “The Heart of Buddhism: A Year Long Buddhist Studies Program.” Learn how the Buddha’s insights into suffering and liberation speak directly to our modern experience. Delve into the essence of the Eightfold Path: the Buddha’s step by step instructions for liberating ourselves from suffering. 

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    Lama Tsultrim Allione
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    Amelia Hall PhD
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    Certification Programs| Extended Studies & Long Term Paths| Retreats | Online | Feeding Your Demons| Magyu
    March 22 - May 16

    Feeding Your Demons® Level I (Kapala I)

    Feeding Your Demons® is a revolutionary approach fusing ancient Tibetan wisdom and modern psychology. 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. FYD Level I is offered in Buddhist (Kapala) and Secular Tracks.

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    Lama Tsultrim Allione
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    Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam MDiv
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    Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
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    Dharma Talks & Daylong Retreats| Retreats | Online
    March 24

    Spiritual Allies: Look for the Helpers with DHARMA FRIENDS

    A partnership between Tara Mandala and Dharma Friends. In the final event of our Winter Cycle, Lopön Karla Jackson Brewer will introduce The Ally Practice. In this stand alone practice, participants learn to call in the support of their spiritual allies. The evening will conclude with a soothing sound meditation using a variety of instruments. At Tibet House NYC and Online. 

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    Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer MS
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    Kevin Townley
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    Megan Mook
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    Certification Programs| Extended Studies & Long Term Paths| Retreats | Online | Magyu| Mandala Method
    March 24 - May 16

    Mandala Method: Journey Into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine

    Discover the mandala principle, the fierce feminine of the dakinis, and the five Buddha families. Learn the Mandala of the Five Wisdom Dakinis, a practice that aligns sound, visualization, and meditation, providing an inner map and skillful means to transform challenging emotions into liberated wisdom. 

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    Lama Tsultrim Allione
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    Chögé Lisa Erickson
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    Chögé Bridget Bailey
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    Dharma Talks & Daylong Retreats | Online
    April 04

    In the Footsteps of Gautami and the First Buddhist Women

    Join us for this unique slideshow presentation through Buddhism’s Motherland where, for the first time after 2,500 years, a small pilgrimage group retraced the footsteps of the first women practitioners, led by Wendy Garling with special guest Venerable Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, featuring long-forgotten sacred sites and stories.

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    Wendy Garling
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    Dharma Talks & Daylong Retreats | Online
    April 05

    Women in the Life of the Buddha

    It’s no secret that women are largely absent in usual stories from the founding of Buddhism. Yet what we normally learn in the West comes from a very narrow portion of the large corpus of ancient Buddhist literature. What more can we learn about women and their participation at the inception of Buddhism? 

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    Wendy Garling
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    Extended Studies & Long Term Paths| Retreats | Online
    May 22 - June 19

    The Awakened Heart

    Course Three of “The Heart of Buddhism: A Year Long Buddhist Studies Program.” Discover Mahayana Buddhism’s revolutionary teachings on wisdom and compassion, illuminated through the feminine embodiment of Prajnaparamita, transforming personal awakening into boundless benefit for all beings. 

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    Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton
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    Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer
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    Robert Thurman PhD
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    Dharma Talks & Daylong Retreats | Online
    May 23

    Seasonal Teacher Seminars: Spring Session

    These half-day seminars are designed to facilitate communication and connection between Lama Tsultrim and her lineage holders and teachers as well as to provide on-going training, inspiration and support for Lopöns, Chögés, and Apprentice Teachers.

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    Tara Mandala Teachers
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    Lopön Polly Ryan MA MFT
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    Extended Studies & Long Term Paths| Retreats | Online | Osel Nyingtig
    July 16 - July 21

    The Ösel Nyingtig Gathering ONLINE

    A gathering of Chöd practitioners from both the Magyu and Ösel Nyingtig lineage streams are coming together for a historic retreat on the land of Tara Mandala in the summer of 2025. Join us in community and immerse yourself in the profound teachings of Machig Labdrön and the powerful, resounding melodies of Chöd.

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    Lama Tsultrim Allione
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    Tulku Ösel Dorje
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    Extended Studies & Long Term Paths| Retreats | Online | Magyu
    July 16 - July 21

    The Magyu Gathering ONLINE

    A gathering of Chöd practitioners from both the Magyu and Ösel Nyingtig lineage streams are coming together for a historic retreat on the land of Tara Mandala in the summer of 2025. Join us in community and immerse yourself in the profound teachings of Machig Labdrön and the powerful, resounding melodies of Chöd.

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    Lama Tsultrim Allione
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    Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam MDiv
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    Extended Studies & Long Term Paths| Retreats | Online
    September 05 - October 03

    Sacred View, Sacred World

    Course Four of “The Heart of Buddhism: A Year Long Buddhist Studies Program.” Experience the transformative power of Vajrayana Buddhism, the “diamond vehicle,” in which the sacred feminine and householder tradition illuminate a revolutionary path that transforms every experience into an opportunity for awakening.

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    Lama Tsultrim Allione
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    Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam MDiv
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    Miranda Shaw PhD
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    Certification Programs| Extended Studies & Long Term Paths| Retreats | Online | Mandala Method
    October 03 - October 05

    Mandala Method: Certification Capstone

    This is a closed retreat only for participants in the Fall 2025 cohort of the Mandala Method Certification Program. 

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    Chögé Lisa Erickson
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    Chögé Bridget Bailey
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    Certification Programs| Extended Studies & Long Term Paths| Retreats | Online | Magyu| Mandala Method
    October 17 - November 07

    Mandala Method: Journey into the Mandala of the Sacred Masculine

    Buddhism views the enlightened masculine as the capacity to act skillfully and with compassion. Learn the Mandala of the Five Buddhas, a practice that aligns sound, visualization, and meditation, providing an inner map and skillful means to transform challenging emotions into liberated wisdom.

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    Chögé Lisa Erickson
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    Chögé Bridget Bailey
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    Extended Studies & Long Term Paths| Retreats | Online
    October 24 - November 21

    The Great Perfection

    Course Five of “The Heart of Buddhism: A Year Long Buddhist Studies Program.” Dzogchen (the “Great Perfection”) and Mahamudra (the “Great Seal”) are considered the highest teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Discover how these teachings offer a direct path to realizing the mind’s innate clarity, and a training ground for abiding in wakefulness. 

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    Lama Tsultrim Allione
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    Tulku Ösel Dorje
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    Erik Pema Kunsang