Outer Tara Retreat
Level: Intermediate
Three-day Outer Tara Retreat (Chokling Tersar)
Led by Drubla Ani Pema Khandro and Ani Phüntsok Sangmo
This three-day Outer Tara retreat offers you a joyful and powerful opportunity to connect deeply with the practice of Noble Tara – the embodiment of swift compassion, protection and the removal of obstacles. Together we will practice the Outer Tara sadhana of the Two Accumulations from the Chokling Tersar tradition, prized for their clarity, simplicity and effectiveness.
The joint Tara practice, especially mantra recitation and the praise of the 21 Taras, is considered to be particularly healing. Many great masters regularly ask the nuns of Nagi Gompa for Tara prayers and appreciate the purity, devotion and heartfelt quality of their practice.
The retreat is clearly structured and includes practice and guidance, making it suitable for both experienced practitioners and newcomers meeting Tara for the first time.
The leaders of the retreat
Drubla Ani Pema Khandro was ordained in 1986 at the age of 25. She completed the traditional three-year retreat and currently works as one of the vajra masters (Dorje Lopön) of the Nagi Gompa nunnery.
Lama Ani Phüntsok Sangmo has also completed the traditional three-year retreat and is an experienced practitioner at Nagi Gompa Nunnery.
Nagi Gompa nunnery:
Nagi Gompa was the residence and retreat of the late Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. Under his guidance, the nuns there developed a strong tradition of meditation and Vajrayana practice, including the Sangtik Phurba practice. Their practice is so highly regarded that even high-ranking Tibetan Buddhist masters regularly request prayers from the nuns, such as Tara practices.
Practicing a sadhana with nuns from a living, authentic transmission means experiencing practice as a living teaching: Melodies that have arisen from realization and have been passed down through generations work beyond words and concepts and open up a space in which blessing, letting go and the condensed essence of the practice can unfold naturally.
Level: Intermediate
Suggested Donation
350€Drubla Ani Pema Khandro and Ani Phüntsok Sangmo
Drupla Ani Pema Khandro was ordained in 1986, at the age of 25. She completed the traditional three-year retreat and currently serves as one of the Vajra Masters (Dorje Lopön) of Nagi Gompa Nunnery.
Lama Ani Phüntsok Sangmo has also completed the traditional three-year retreat and is a senior practitioner at Nagi Gompa Nunnery.
Nagi Gompa Nunnery: Nagi Gompa was the residence and retreat place of late Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. Under his guidance the nuns cultivated a strong tradition of meditation and Vajrayana practice such as the Outer Tara sadhana. Their practice is held in such high regard that some senior Tibetan Buddhist masters have regularly requested Tara prayers from the nuns.
