Tara Drupchen

Both in person and online

REPEATING SCHEDULE: Daily
START DATE: Thursday, September 17, 2026
END DATE: Sunday, September 20, 2026
TIME: 10:30 am - 6:00 pm
REGION: Seattle, WA
ORGANIZATION: Nalandabodhi
CONTACT PERSON: Laura McRae
EMAIL: laura@nalandabodhi.ca
WEBSITE

Tara Drupchen

September 17-20, 2026

You are cordially invited to join Nalandabodhi for the 11th annual Tara Drupchen September 17–20 at Nalanda West. The drupchen is a powerful opportunity to engage in the practice of Arya Tara, to make aspirations, and to generate merit by supporting the drupchen with the gift of your practice, your service, or your financial generosity.
Registered participants are invited to attend any of the sessions on the schedule.

What is a “Drupchen?”

Drupchen (Tibetan: སྒྲུབ་ཆེན་ ; literally, “great practice [gathering]” or “great accomplishment [gathering]”) is a traditional format for a practice-intensive retreat in the Vajrayana tradition.

Who is Tara?

In addition to being a symbol of our fearless nature of mind, Tara is also a historical figure. She was a devout practitioner and princess who vowed to attain full awakening in a female body, demonstrating that gender is not a barrier to enlightenment.

LINKS

more information about Tara Drupchen
https://nalandabodhi.org/2026/08/27/tara-drupchen-2026/
onsite registration (closes M 9/14)
https://nalandabodhi.org/events/tara-drupchen-2026-onsite/
online registration
https://nalandabodhi.org/events/tara-drupchen-2026/
prayer requests & aspirations
https://nalandabodhi.org/…/tara-drupchen-2026-prayer…/
support & sponsor the practices
https://nalandabodhi.org/…/tara-drupchen-2026…/
If you want to volunteer to support this practice, please contact nbs_volunteer_coordinator@nalandabodhi.org.

SCHEDULE

(tentative & subject to change)

Th, 9/17

10:30a–12:00p Ritual Overview by Mitra Tyler Dewar
2:00–4:15p Tibetan lung (transmission) for “The Ritual of the Five-Deity Tārā and Tārā Maṇḍala”
4:30–6:00p Teaching on Tara by Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen

F, Sa, Su, 9/18–20

8:00a-12:00p Five-Deity Tara Sadhana practice (Tibetan)
1:30-5:30p Five-Deity Tara Sadhana practice (English)
5:45–7:00p Mahakala Puja (Tibetan)

COST: by donation

SOME CITIES CLOSE BY: Bellevue, Everett, Federal Way, Kent, Renton, Seattle, Tacoma