Chandra Easton

DORJE LOPÖN CHANDRA EASTON is a teacher, scholar, practitioner, and translator of Tibetan Buddhism. She is the lead senior Buddhist teacher at Tara Mandala Retreat Center. She studied Buddhism and Tibetan language in Dharamsala, India, and at UCSB’s religious studies department. During her studies, she co-translated with her mentor, B. Alan Wallace, Sublime Dharma: A Compilation of Two Texts on the Great Perfection (Vimala Publishing, 2012). Seeking to bring forth the voice of the empowered feminine in Buddhism, Lopön Chandra regularly leads retreats and classes on Tara for various organizations, develops programs and curricula for Tara Mandala, and teaches nationally and internationally.

"Chandra Easton has not only opened awareness of the diverse aspects and activities of the twenty-one manifestations of the sacred feminine in her brilliant book but brought them into the contemporary context by connecting each with a related woman and her multiple aspects. Though many are aware of Tara as the embodiment of wisdom and compassion in a female form, few know about the twenty-one Taras. This book brings them all alive, making them an accessible and inspiring presence in our lives." —Lama Tsultrim Allione, author of Wisdom Rising and founder of Tara Mandala

"A treasure teaching, a vast and exquisite gift to our stressful lives out of balance. Chandra Easton challenges and encourages us to count our blessings and gives us a tried-and-true means to do so, awakening us to the freedom we enjoy through all our lives and deaths, and guiding us to recognize the countless ‘cool heroines,’ or ‘she-roes,’ the saving women everywhere that never give us up and help activate our own natural goodness no matter what!" —Robert Thurman, professor emeritus, translator, and author