An empowerment authorizes one to do a practice and provides a profound transmission and blessing that is a supreme method of purification.Green Tara Empowerment with Lama Palden Drolma
Saturday, July 25 | 2 PM Pacific
In Person at Wisdom River Meditation Center
[Zoom access will be available to those who live outside of the Bay Area OR unable to attend in person due to health or other issues]
Tara is awakened awareness manifest in a female form whose primary activity is to remove fear, anxiety, and obstacles. She encompasses 21 forms who have many activities.
Tara is a beloved figure whose countless devotees have invoked her compassionate presence since late 6th century India. She embodies the lineage of feminine wisdom, which is the essential counterpart to the masculine aspect of skillful means. Of the two wings of wisdom and compassion that carry us to awakening,
Tara and the divine feminine are the wing of wisdom of shunyata. She embodies this innate wisdom and unconditional, boundless love as she continuously nurtures and guides all sentient beings.
Prerequisites:
Participants must have taken formal Refuge Vows .
*Fee:
$ 35 (Base)
$ 30 (Sukhasiddhi member)
$ 50 (Generous)
*In addition to registration fees, plan to offer a dana donation to Lama Palden following the empowerment.
Registration Deadline: Friday, July 24 at 12 PM
About Lama Palden Drolma
Lama Palden Drolma is the founder and Senior Lama of Sukhasiddhi Foundation, a Tibetan Buddhist center in the Shangpa and Kagyu lineages. Lama Palden transmits, trains, and mentors students and clients, passing on the teachings and practices that enable one to reach complete awakening. She has a lifelong interest in Comparative Mysticism and Inter-spirituality. Lama Palden also worked for years as a licensed psychotherapist, and in addition to teaching, now does Spiritual Counseling at the intersection of the spirituality and psychology. Her book, Love on Every Breath, is on the practice of Extraordinary Tonglen.