Join us for our Annual Retreat!
Monday, June 23 thru Sunday, June 29

Calling Upon Green Tara, Mother of All the Buddhas:
A Retreat for Removing Obstacles and Strengthening the Heart in Challenging Times

with Lama Palden & Lama Döndrup

In this time of heightened uncertainty and challenge, we gather as a sangha to call upon the swift and fearless activity of Green Tara, the Mother of all the Buddhas. Known for her boundless compassion and unwavering courage, Tara removes fear and anxiety, clears away outer and inner obstacles, and establishes the favorable conditions necessary for both worldly harmony and spiritual awakening.

Throughout the retreat, we will invoke Tara in her principal form and in select manifestations of her 21 emanations—each arising in response to specific difficulties, and each acting with swift compassion to liberate beings from suffering. We will give special focus to those forms of Tara whose enlightened activity addresses the kinds of obstacles we are collectively facing in today’s political and social climate.

Through teachings, intensive practice, and prayer, we will deepen our relationship with Tara and open more fully to her protective and liberating presence. Each day will include Green Tara practice, Riwo Sang Chöd, and Guru Rinpoche practice—clearing karmic and energetic hindrances that obscure our path. In the evenings, we will attune to the vast heart of compassion through Niguma’s Tonglen and practices invoking both Chenrezig and Chagdrukpa, peaceful and wrathful expressions of enlightened compassion.

This retreat is an invitation to strengthen our capacity to remain grounded, open- hearted, and spiritually resilient in the face of adversity. As we draw close to Tara, we come to trust the power of awakened feminine energy to guide us, support us, and act through us for the benefit of all beings. While we turn to Tara as a source of protection and inspiration, Vajrayana practice ultimately reveals that the true refuge lies in our own awakened nature—unfolding through the union of appearance-emptiness and awareness-emptiness.

The retreat container will offer silent meditation, embodied movement through lujong, daily teachings and practices, and the opportunity for individual guidance from the Lamas.

Please Note: Participants should have some familiarity with Buddhism and meditation.

Registration closes Friday, June 13 at 8 PM Pacific.