Wisdom Flame
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Welcome
Welcome
We are meditation practitioners dedicated to awakening bodhichitta, the flame of wisdom and compassion, in ourselves and our world.
Our practice is grounded in embodied ways of knowing, and the wisdom of the land and elements. We live in eastern Canada, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq.
We are connected to Tara Mandala, a Buddhist retreat centre and worldwide sangha under the direction of Lama Tsultrim Allione.
Chögé Susan Lorraine with Lama Tsultrim Allione
Lama Tsultrim visited Nova Scotia and led Feeding Your Demons and Dakini Mandala retreats in 2017 and 2018. Lopöns Charlotte Rotterdam and Pieter Oosthuizen taught Kapala Training in 2018 and 2019, and Tulku Ösel Dorje introduced us to a special Green Tara practice in 2023.
In November 2023, Lama Tsultrim encouraged Susan Lorraine (Szpakowski) to begin sharing some of the Tara Mandala practices with others, conferring the title Chögé, Virtuous Teacher of Dharma.
Join us this fall
Join us this fall
Drop-in meditation. Monday and Friday mornings, 8:00-8:30 am. No cost, all welcome.
Green Tara study group. 5 Tuesday evenings, 7:00-8:30 starting Sept. 15. Includes short meditation, recorded talk by Lama Tsultrim Allione, discussion. No cost.
Feeding Your Demons practice and discussion at the Halifax Shambhala Centre (TBC). 4 Tuesday evenings, 6:30-8:30, starting Nov. 3. By donation to HSC.
Meditating with the Elements practice and community days at Blue Forest Shores (dates TBC). $60/day.
Introduction to the Mandala of the Five Wisdom Dakinis. Details TBC.
Green Tara painting by Emily Crow. Used with permission.
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Connect
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