The Offering Bowl

Give to the Offering Bowl — Tara Mandala's Annual Fund

Tara Mandala is one of a small number of Western centers where the Vajrayana teachings of the sacred feminine, including the Chöd lineage of Machig Labdrön, remain in active transmission. The Offering Bowl is the center's annual giving fund, and gifts to it sustain the operations that make that transmission possible: resident teacher programs, scholarship access, retreat infrastructure, and the ongoing work of making these teachings available in a form practitioners outside Tibet can receive.

Unlike gifts designated for a single program or capital project, an annual contribution to the Offering Bowl gives Tara Mandala the flexibility to meet the year's most pressing needs. That might mean supporting a teacher residency, maintaining the land, or extending access to practitioners who could not otherwise attend. That operational flexibility is not a lesser form of giving. For an organization sustaining living lineage practice across retreat, training, and study programs simultaneously, unrestricted annual support is often what holds the whole together.

Lama Tsultrim Allione founded Tara Mandala in 1994 on the conviction that the wisdom of the sacred feminine in Buddhism, long marginalized even within Tibetan tradition, has a specific and necessary role in contemporary practice. Your annual gift carries that work forward.

What the Offering Bowl Has Funded

Annual gifts have supported the full range of what it takes to run a living dharma center. Recent projects span practice innovation, community infrastructure, and land stewardship.

Practice, Programs, and Teaching

• Funded the first clinical trial for the Feeding Your Demons® practice developed by Lama Tsultrim Allione
• Launched the FYD Certification Program and the Wisdom Rising Online Program
• Developed the Mandala Training Program
• Funded a new resident Tibetan translator to keep teachings accessible in their original language
• Supported Drupön Lama Karma and his wife Drolkar from Bhutan
• Delivered $37,000 in scholarships through the Evada Fund and the Fund for Diversity, Inclusion and Equity

Resident and Staff Community

• Built a new resident cabin and eight tent cabins on platforms for resident housing
• Funded pay increases for long-term staff
• Supported new strategic roles: Business Development, Assistant Spiritual Director, Director of Operations, and Online Programs Manager
• Provided year-round teachings for residents including Cultural Literacy and Diversity training, Umdze and Chöpon training, Lojong, Feeding Your Demons®, and White Dakini Sadhana

Retreat Center Land and Infrastructure

• Upgraded the land's water treatment system, including electricity at the well house
• Completed road grading, gravel, and repair work
• Built the new Ratna Dining Tent
• Added new land vehicles, bedding for Prajna Residence Hall, and updated dining equipment
• Installed new AV equipment and a computer network for storage and archiving
• Launched a new Tara Mandala website with integrated customer accounts and a learning platform
• Seeded the David Petit Sustainability Fund to generate supplemental income over time

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