with Lama Tsultrim Allione

April 9-11, 2010

This retreat will explore the nature of mind. The experience of Prajna, one’s capacity to perceive the ineffable vastness of basic space, is what gives birth to all the Buddhas. Historic Mahayana literature, girded by Tantric subcurrents, associates liberating wisdom with the form of a goddess, Prajna Paramita. She is said to be the mother of all the Buddhas. Because these enlightened beings have issued from the state of wisdom, she is the genetrix. Without this experience of her, they would not become Buddhas. This vast clarity, full of compassion, is the Great Mother, commonly described as vast and open as the sky. Through meditation and relaxed dialogue we will experientially explore this theme.

Lama Tsultrim Allione, M.A., a former Tibetan Buddhist nun, is the author of the classic book Women of Wisdom, and most recently Feeding your Demons: Ancient Wisdom for Resolving Inner Conflict, (2008, Little Brown & Co). Lama Tsultrim has been teaching internationally for more than thirty years and is the founder of Tara Mandala Retreat Center. She is known as a profound and lucid teacher, bringing together psychological and spiritual insights.

DATES / TIMES:
Friday, April 9: 7pm; Saturday, April 10: 9:30am-4pm; Sunday, April 11: 10am-12:30pm

PRICE:
Friday night only: $20 ($15 students); dana welcome*
Weekend: $195-$160 sliding scale; suggested dana offered to Lama Tsultrim $150-$100*

LOCATION: Boulder location, TBA

TO REGISTER:
Contact: Charlotte at 720.472.1956 or czrotterdam@gmail.com.

To register send a check (payable to ‘Boulder Tara Mandala’ ) to Charlotte Rotterdam, 3232 Redstone Lane, Boulder, CO 80305. Checks should be for tuition only; dana* is offered directly to Lama Tsultrim directly following the teachings.

Please pre-register as space is limited.

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Feeding your Demons

May 7-9, 2010

With Pieter Oosthuizen and Charlotte Rotterdam, authorized students of Lama Tsultrim Allione.

Email Charlotte at czrotterdam@gmail.com for more information.