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Taramandala.Org VISION and MISSION 2013 RETREAT SCHEDULE taramandala.org VISION AND MISSION Tara Mandala was established to foster the development of innate wisdom for the benefit of all beings. It is a vibrant international Buddhist Community with practice groups around the world. The hub of the community is the 700-acre retreat center in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Symbolically, the Mandala of Tara, the female Buddha of compassion, is a template of the awakened mind. Experiencing the phenomenal world with an integrated state of compassion is Tara’s Mandala. We offer a complete path of practice, study, and deep retreat in authentic lineages of Buddhism and nurture a full path to ultimate realization focused on the teachings of Machig Labdrön. We provide solo retreat cabins for long term deepening of the practice. Tara Mandala also offers a Living Dharma Volunteer Program, group practices and retreats, and web based teachings. Tara Mandala’s community and practice groups are modeled on the Mandala Principle and Tantric Buddhist ideal of the unity of wisdom and skillful means. Photo: Laurie Pearce Bauer 2 VISION AND MISSION Table of ConTenTs About Lama Tsultrim Allione .................................................................................................6 2013 Retreat Calendar: Lama Tsultrim’s Teaching Tour & Tara Mandala Retreats . 7-9 Gateway Program: Journey into the Heart of Machig’s Lineage ............................. 10-11 Springtime Renewal: Personal Retreat in Prajna Residence Hall ..................................12 Retreat Descriptions ........................................................................................................... 13-30 Local Offerings ................................................................................................................... 31-32 Registration ...............................................................................................................................33 Financial Assistance .................................................................................................................34 Retreat Accommodations .......................................................................................................35 Retreat Cabins ............................................................................................................................36 Community Center and Tara Mandala Store .....................................................................37 Trikaya Tara Temple .................................................................................................................38 Manifesting the Mandala .................................................................................................. 39-41 Living Dharma Volunteer Program ....................................................................................42 Legacy Circle and Sustaining Sangha Membership .........................................................43 A Note oN Dana Most Tara Mandala retreats are completely dana based. Dana is a Pali word which means generosity. The teachers in our programs donate their time in service of the Dharma and only receive what retreatants offer at the end of the retreat. Traditionally, teachings were given freely, so there is no required amount of dana. Tara Mandala charges a retreat fee that covers our food, facilities, staff, and overhead costs. Unless specified, dana is not included in this price. Below the retreat fee, we have listed a suggested dana amount in an effort to give participants an idea of what a traditional offering might be for each retreat; however, no minimum amount is required. Please remember that the precious teachings are priceless, and the offering of dana is an opportunity to practice the paramita of generosity. There will be an opportunity to make dana contributions (cash or checks preferred) at the end of each retreat. 3 The Land of Tara... ABOUT LAMa TsUlTRIM ALLIONE “Lama Tsultrim Allione has had a great devotion toward the teachings of Chöd for a long time. She has been doing a lot of work to preserve and maintain the continuity of the teachings and practice of Chöd and she has a very pure heart motivation in doing this which I deeply rejoice in.” - His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorje Lama Tsultrim Allione, author and international teacher, founded Tara Mandala in 1993. While living in the Himalayas in the 1970s, she was inspired by the vision of creating a retreat center in the West. She was ordained as a Tibetan nun in 1970 by His Holiness the 16th Karmapa at the age of 22. At the age of 26, after four years as a nun, she returned her monastic vows, then married and raised a family of three children. While raising her children she earned a Master’s degree in Buddhist Studies and Women’s Studies from Antioch University. She is the author of Women of Wisdom, a groundbreaking book on the lives of great Tibetan women practitioners. Lama Tsultrim also authored the recently published Feeding Your Demons: Ancient Wisdom for Resolving Inner Conflict. This National Bestseller presents Lama Tsultrim’s pioneering technique based on Chöd using five steps to nurture the parts of ourselves against which we usually fight. Numerous audio programs, DVDs, and magazine articles have been created about her life and work. For many years, she has focused on the teachings from the lineage of Machig Labdrön, the 11th century Tibetan yogini who founded the Chöd lineage. In 2007 while traveling in Tibet, she was recognized as an emanation of Machig Labdrön by the resident lama at Machig Labdrön‘s monastery, Zangri Khamar. In 2009 Lama Tsultrim Allione was selected by an esteemed committee of scholars and practitioners to receive the international Outstanding Woman in Buddhism Award given in Bangkok, Thailand. Her teaching inspiration comes from her sublime Tibetan teachers and her experience as a Western woman. 6 2013 TOURS AND Retreats spring 2013 laMa March 17 TsUltrim allIone Prajna Paramita Talk United StaTes Tour 10am-11:30am Tibet House, New York City, NY Register at tibethouse.us MoUnTaIn StaTes M assachusetts C olorado March 17 – 22 March 7 Feeding Your Demons™ : Machig Labdrön and the Nature of Mind Kapala Training, Level I Virya Room, Paramita Campus, Naropa Kripalu Center, Stockbridge, MA University, Boulder, CO at 7pm Register at kripalu.org Register at the door www.taramandala.org for more info March 22-24 Chöd Retreat March 8 – 10 Kripalu Center, Stockbridge, MA Feeding Your Demons™ Daylong Register at kripalu.org Shambhala Mt. Center Red Feather Lakes, CO WesT CoasT Register at shambhalamountain.org C alifornia easT CoasT March 28 N ew Y ork Machig Labdrön and the Nature of Mind Orgyen Dorje Den, Alameda, CA March 15 Register at orgyendorjeden.org Feeding Your Demons™ Evening Talk Tibet House, New York City, NY March 29 – 31 Register at tibethouse.us Green Tara Teachings Orgyen Dorje Den, Alameda, CA March 16 Register at orgyendorjeden.org Feeding Your Demons™ Daylong Tibet House, New York City, NY April 2 – 4 Register at tibethouse.us Chöd, Three Evening Sessions Orgyen Dorje Den, Alameda, CA March 16 Register at orgyendorjeden.org A Film Screening of “When the Iron Bird Flies” April 6 Rubin Museum, New York, NY Feeding Your Demons™ Daylong Benefit Exact time: Spirit Rock Meditation Center TBA on www.taramandala.org Woodacre, CA Register at www.spiritrock.org 7 Washington May 30 – June 6 Sutrayana: The Life April 10 and Teachings of the Buddha ........... 17 Feeding Your Demons™ Daylong with Lama Tsultrim Allione assisted by Pieter with Shiva Rae Oosthuizen & Charlotte Rotterdam Location TBD, Los Angeles, CA www.taramandala.org for more info June 9 – 16 Mahayana: Vast View April 11 and Awakened Heart ......................... 18 with Lama Tsultrim Allione assisted by Debra Machig Labdrön and the Nature of Mind Quayle Travis Nalanda West, Seattle, WA Register at www.nalandawest.org June 19 – 26 Vajrayana: The Sacred World ............ 18 April 12 – 14 with Lama Tsultrim Allione and others Retreat: Machig Labdrön and the Nature of Mind June 29 – July 5 Whidbey Island, WA Dzinpa Rangdröl Ngöndro ................ 19 For registration, email Patricia at with Lama Tsultrim Allione and Khenpo Ugyen [email protected] Wangchuk For information, email Shanti at [email protected] July 8 – 14 Feeding Your Demons™: Kapala Training Level III ................... 20 SummeR 2013 TaRa with Lama Tsultrim Allione Mandala RetreaTs July 16 – 20 March 1 – May 3 Kind Awareness: Vipassana Retreat . 21 with Noah Levine Spring Renewal: Personal Retreats ... 12 with support from Lama Tsultrim Allione and Debra Quayle Travis July 22 – 28 Family Retreat: Mandala Principle .. 22 May 19 – 23 with Lama Tsultrim Allione, Sparky Shooting Star, Mary Flowers, and David Laufer Tibetan Yoga (Yantra) & Vajra Dance 13 with Fabio Andrico and Adriana Dal Borgo August 5 – 16 May 24 – 26 White Dakini Drubchen .................... 24 with Sang-ngag Rinpoche and Lama Dzogchen Retreat .............................. 14 Tsultrim Allione with Chögyal Namkhai Norbu August 21 – 25 May 30 – June 5 Chöd ................................................... 25 Feeding Your Demons™: with Lama Tsultrim Allione assisted by Chandra Kapala Training Level I ..................... 15 Easton and Karla Jackson-Brewer with Lama Tsultrim Allione August 28 – Sept 1 May 30 – June 26 Chöd Fest ........................................... 26 Three Yana Retreat ............................. 16 with Lama Tsultrim Allione and Khenpo Ugyen with Lama Tsultrim Allione and others
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