Deity Practices
with Lama Rod Owens
Learn more about how to practice with dieties such as Chenrezig, Ma Tara, and Medicine Buddha with Lama Rod. Find out more about each diety practice offering below (or click on the menu above).
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Chenrezig’s Ring of Fire
A Seasonal Offering with Lama Rod
Saturday, February 21st, 2026 from 10-11:30am ET
Offered by Donation
Zoom link provided upon registration in email receipt.
Join us each season for a virtual offering of Chenrezig's Ring of Fire practice with Lama Rod Owens.
In this practice, the Tantric deity known in Tibetan as Chenrezig (Sanskrit: Avalokiteshvara) becomes a representation of our own capacity for boundless love, opening a doorway into that love's energy and wisdom. Over time and through practice, we create a direct experience of our own loving qualities which can become one of the most skillful ways to hold space for difficult emotions as they arise. All are welcome!
Chenrezig Image Credit: Nelson Atkins Museum of Art
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Ma Tara
A Seasonal Offering with Lama Rod
Ma Tara Practice is currently incorporated into the upcoming Sunday Service gatherings.
Through evoking the sacred lineage of Ma Tara, the female Buddha of compassion, we explore the liberating practice of keeping our hearts open in the face of pain, grief, and loss, as well as the joy, beauty, and connection in the world. We will engage in guided ritual and energetic practices that bring us deeper into the energy and healing wisdom of Ma Tara.
More ways to deepen your practice with Ma Tara:
Image Credit: Himalayan Art Resources
Medicine Buddha
A Weekly Gathering with Lama Rod & Fellow Practitioners*
Every Monday from 7-8:30pm EST
Offered for free/by donation
Join Lama Rod and fellow practitioners for guided Medicine Buddha practice to nourish healing, deepen spiritual friendship, and abolish social forces that perpetuate harm for self and others.
*Whenever Lama Rod is away, fellow practitioners volunteer to offer Community-led Medicine Buddha practice.
If this offering supports your liberation, please consider helping to sustain Lama Rod’s teaching and activities in the world by donating here.
Register below to receive the recurring Zoom link for this offering.
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Werk with Lama Rod Winter '26 Offering
Lay Your Burdens Down:
Letting Go and Getting Free Through the Practice of Vajrasattva
Saturday, January 31st from 11am to 3pm EST
Experience the practice of Vajrasattva, a tantric deity expressing the embodiment of primordial clarity, care, and freedom. With ancient roots in the Indo-Tibetan Buddhist tradition, Vajrasattva arises for us to learn how to heal from the past and move boldly into a more liberated future. Learn to harness the power of shedding, releasing, and letting go to reclaim the liberated nature of our own minds.
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About the Teacher
Lama Rod Owens is a Black Buddhist Southern Queen. An international influencer with a Master of Divinity degree in Buddhist Studies from Harvard Divinity School. Author of The New Saints: From Broken Hearts to Spiritual Warriors, Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation through Anger and co-author of Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation, his teachings center on freedom, self-expression, and radical self-care.
A leading voice in a new generation of Buddhist teachers with over 11 years of experience, Lama Rod activates the intersections of his identity to create a platform that’s very natural, engaging, and inclusive. Applauded for his mastery in balancing weighty topics with a sense of lightness, the Queen has been featured by various national and international news outlets.
Highly sought after for talks, retreats, and workshops, his mission is showing you how to heal and free yourself.
