Resolving Fears, Attachments, and Inner Conflicts
With Lama Tsultrim Allione and Menpa Phuntsog Wangmo

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This week on the Shang Shung School of Tibetan Medicine Webinar Series, we discuss powerful tools and insights from the traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan Medicine and specifically, the famous practice of Chöd meditation. Our special guest Lama Tsultrim Allione shares her amazing experience and special connection to the Dharma Teachings and the practice of Chöd meditation. Our guest Menpa Phuntsog Wangmo shares profound insights from the tradition of Tibetan Medicine, as well as her Tibetan heritage and lifetime of experience with the Buddhist Dharma. We will explore the nature and the resolution of our deepest fears, attachments, and inner conflicts.

Lama Tsultrim Allione

Lama Tsultrim Allione is a celebrated, bestselling author and Buddhist teacher.
She is the founder and spiritual director of Tara Mandala, an international Buddhist community based in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Lama Tsultrim is a recognized Tibetan Buddhist Lama, and holder of the lineage of Chöd meditation. In 2009, Lama Tsultrim received the International Outstanding Women in Buddhism Award given in Bangkok, Thailand.

Lama Tsultrim received teachings from many great Lamas and Buddhist Masters, throughout her decades of work with the Tibetan Buddhist Dharma. Her teachers include the 16th Karmapa, Rigpai Dorje, her heart teacher Apho Rinpoche, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, and many more. Lama Tsultrim Allione was ordained by the 16th Karmapa, Rigpai Dorje, in 1970, and given the name “Karma Tsultrim Chödron”. She was the first American to be ordained by H.H. Karmapa.

Lineage of Chöd Meditation

Lama Tsultrim has a special connection to the practice of Chöd, the famous method of meditation, developed by the 11th century great yogini, Machig Labdrön. She first learned the Chöd practice from Gegyen Khyentse in 1972. Lama Tsultrim practiced Chöd for many years with the great Dzogchen Master, Chogyal Namkhai Norbu. In 2007, Lama Tsultrim was recognized as an emanation of Machig Labdrön by the resident Lama of Zangri Khangmar, Machig Labdrön’s monastery in Tibet. In 2008, she received the title of ‘Lama’ from Lama Tsering Wangdu, who holds the lineage of Machig Labdrön from Tingri Langkhor, the seat of Phadampa Sangye in Tibet, and is abbot of the Shelkar Chode monastery in Kathmandu, which is dedicated to Machig Labdrön’s lineage. Lama Wangdu recognized Lama Tsultrim Allione as an emination of the great yogini Machig Labdrön.

The Tara Mandala Center

In 1993, Lama Tsultrim and her husband David first discovered the beautiful 700 acres of rolling hills, flowering meadows, and forests that would become Tara Mandala. In 1994, they moved to the land and began to hold retreats, build retreat cabins and host visiting teachers. In 1999, the first stupa on the land was consecrated by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche. Tara Mandala is now an extraordinary retreat center, hosting many students, teachers, and guests.

Publications

Women of Wisdom (Snow Lion 2000)
This book explores and celebrates the spiritual potential of all women, as exemplified by the lives of six Tibetan female mystics. These stories of great women who have achieved full illumination, overcoming cultural prejudices and a host of other problems which male practitioners do not encounter, offer a wealth of inspiration to everyone on the spiritual path.

Feeding Your Demons: Ancient Wisdom for Resolving Inner Conflict (Little Brown 2008)
Inspired by the principles of Chod practice, this book connects the wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism with the western concept of the psyche, addressing major cultural issues and the roots of our suffering.

Wisdom Rising: Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine (Enliven Books 2018)
In Wisdom Rising, Lama Tsultrim Allione shares from a deep trove of personal experience, decades of sacred knowledge, working with mandala meditations and rituals. This book explores an ancient yet accessible path, embodying the fierce, enlightened power of the sacred feminine. This spiritual journey develops the ability to shift emotional challenges into empowerment.

Menpa Phuntsog Wangmo

Menpa Phuntsog Wangmo is a practitioner of Traditional Tibetan Medicine, with over 30 years of experience in clinical practice as well as teaching.
She received her advanced degree from the Lhasa University School of Traditional Medicine

Menpa Wangmo is the Director of the Shang Shung Institute School of Tibetan Medicine. She teaches Tibetan Medicine around the world, developing programs and teaching students in the USA, Spain, Italy, Russia, and many places.

Menpa Phuntsog Wangmo is the Co-Founder of the American Tibetan Medical Association, ATMA, Tibetan Medicine professional organization.

Moderator:

Adam Okerblom, DAOM
Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
Practitioner and Teacher of Tibetan Medicine