Month-Long Three Yana Retreat
with Tsultrim Allione

August 6 - September 1, 2007

A month-long retreat gives a unique opportunity to go deeper and offers great benefit to the committed practitioner. This retreat offers a base of study and practice that will create a firm foundation for the Vajrayana practitioner aimed toward Dzog Chen practice. Following the historical development of Buddhism, this retreat will cover the three important tenets of Buddhist training: discipline, meditative concentration and wisdom. Participants will be introduced to the Nine Vehicles (Yanas) of Tibetan Buddhism and receive guidance in the related meditative practices.

Each session will follow the tradition of Noble Silence taught by the Buddha with the exception of discussions during Dharma talks and a voluntary oral exam at the end of each session. Concentrated continuous meditation, silence and functional talking rapidly ripen one's practice and have a deep effect on one's being. Each day will include meditation, talks, study and a work period. Regular individual meditation instruction will also be available.

The month-long is essential for those who wish to study with Tsultrim in more depth. The retreat is divided into three sessions and should be attended sequentially. Participants who cannot attend the entire retreat may attend individual sessions; permission from Tsultrim is required to attend the second or third sessions separately.

Session 1: August 6 - 14, 2007
Sutrayana: Life and Teachings of the Buddha

Open to those who can attend only one session.During this session we will trace the life and teachings of the historical Buddha, and simultaneously practice the techniques taught by the Buddha - sitting and walking meditation. We will also briefly examine the philosophical schools that developed at the time of the Buddha.

Course Price per session: $520 - $720
Sangha Member Price per session (15%/10%): $442/$468

Course Price for entire retreat: $1500 - $2100
Sangha Member Price for entire retreat (15%/10%): $1275/ $1350
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Tsultrim Allione, M.A. is one of the first American women ordained as a Tibetan nun in 1970 by the 16th Karmapa. She is author of Women of Wisdom, a groundbreaking book on the lives of great female Tibetan Buddhist practitioners, as well as articles and various audio programs on the sacred feminine and other Buddhist topics. After four years as a nun, Tsultrim returned her monastic vows, married, and had three children. She has continued to practice, study and teach for the last thirty years, earning a degree in Buddhist Studies/Women's Studies from Antioch University. Inspired by the vision of a Western retreat center while living in the Himalayas and the need to create a place for the reemergence of the sacred feminine, Tsultrim founded Tara Mandala in 1993 where she is now the resident teacher. She is author of Sounds True audio programs 'Cutting Through Fear' and 'The Mandala of the Enlightened Feminine' and is currently writing a book with the working title 'Feeding Your Demons: Wisdom for Challenging Times' to be published by Time Warner, Little Brown in 2007.