Explore our diverse offerings — from in-person retreats and online programs to day-long dharma events, self-paced courses, and long-term study paths — and discover the next step on your path to awakening.
UPCOMING RETREATS
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Volunteer Work Week
We invite all members of our global community to come to Tara Mandala in Colorado and help us take care of our beautiful retreat center. Offer your skills in a hands-on way and be part of the living legacy of Tara Mandala. Deepen your practice together with others, and enjoy getting to know fellow practitioners in community.
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Spring Open House
We invite you to join us for a guided tour of our beautiful Retreat Center and Tara Temple. This tour includes information about the history of Tara Mandala. This one-day event also includes a vegetarian buffet lunch, a short period of meditation in one of our shrine rooms, and time for Q&A.
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Avalokitesvara Teachings
Join Tara Mandala in welcoming Khandro Dorje Phagmo, an emanation of Vajravarahi. We are honored to host her first visit to the West. Khandro Dorje Phagmo will give Avalokitesvara teachings from her revealed terma.
Khandro Dorje Phagmo
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Green Tara
We invite you to join us in a residential retreat at Tara Mandala in Colorado as we connect with the luminous compassion of Green Tara. The retreat will include transmission and detailed instructions on the Green Tara practice, as well as time for contemplation and discussion to integrate the teachings into our lives.
Tulku Ösel Dorje
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Ritual Arts
Join Chopön Anna Raithel and the Tara Mandala Temple team to prepare for the White Dakini Drubcho. We will arrange the White Dakini mandala and offering shrines, learn the tormas, flower and butterlamps offerings, and prepare for the daily tsogs and concluding fire puja (Tib. Jinseg).
Anna Raithel
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Dzinpa Rangdröl Ngöndro Practice Retreat COLORADO
The Gateway Dragons will gather to deepen their understanding of the preliminary practices. By invitation only.
Lopön Beth Lee-Herbert
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White Dakini Drubchö
The annual Drubchö of the White Dakini practice from Do Khyentse’s Dzinpa Rangdröl (Self-Liberation of Clinging), treasure cycle.
Lama Tsultrim Allione
Tulku Ösel Dorje
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The Ösel Nyingtig Gathering COLORADO
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.
Lama Tsultrim Allione
Tulku Ösel Dorje
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The Magyu Gathering COLORADO
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.
Lama Tsultrim Allione
Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam MDiv
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The Family Retreat
Join Tara Mandala on the land as we celebrate the return of the Family Retreat, offered for the first time since 2019.
Chögé Jenny Terbell
Jennifer Warren
Johnathan Barfield
Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton
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P’howa: Transfer of Consciousness
P’howa transforms death into an opportunity for liberation rather than it being merely a severance from what we have known and loved in life. One form of P’howa supports our own transition; another form allows us to support other persons who are dying.
Chagdud Khadro
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Dudjom Lingpa Nang Jang Teachings
Dungse Jigme Wangdrak Rinpoche will offer the precious empowerment and teachings on Dudjom Lingpa’s Nang Jang, a visionary text on the refinement of perception and a cornerstone of the Dzogchen tradition.
Dungse Jigme Wangdrak Rinpoche