Becoming Tara

Friday October 20th, 2017 - Sunday October 22nd, 2017

Doors Open Friday: 6:30 pm 
Doors Open Saturday & Sunday: 8:30am

Event begins Friday: 7:00pm 
Event Begins Saturday & Sunday: 9:00am

Event Website: www.samdenling.org

We practice Tārā to become her. This weekend retreat is for immersing ourselves in the blessings and vision of Tārā and to find that Tārā’s pure land right with us in Portland. We sing and imagine in chantable English and Tibetan the poetic simplicity of Adzom Drurkpa’s Tārā practice, from his famous Secret Luminous Vajra Treasury. We call this retreat a Drub-Lam, a path (lam) of accomplishment and becoming (Drub), because we will emphasize practice and deep reflection on our own experience in the process of becoming Tara ourselves.. We become her by meeting her in ourselves, by developing her qualities of trust, ease, and swift compassion, and reflecting on what supports and what obstructs these qualities. All are welcome and can benefit, whether newcomer or long time practitioner.

Presenter: Anne C. Klein - Lama Rigzin Drolma

Anne Carolyn Klein /Rigzin Drolma, is Professor of Religion at Rice University, co-founder of Dawn Mountain Center for Tibetan Buddhism www.dawnmountain.org and a Lama in the Ancient (Nyingma) Tibetan tradition. Her seven books include Heart Essence of the Vast Expanse: A Story of Transmission and Meeting the Great Bliss Queen and, most recently, her translation of Strand of Jewels: My Teachers’ Essential Guidance on Dzogchen by Khetsun Sangpo Rinpoche. She was named a Lama/Dorje Lopon from Adzom Rinpoche in 2010. 

Tickets Non Refundable