Dana Marsh, has spent many years meditating and studying the dharma. It was her great fortune to meet and study with Anam Thubten Rinpoche who embodies profound wisdom and compassion. She was ordained as a Dharma teacher and lineage holder by Anam Thubten Rinpoche. She conveys the Dharma by sharing the non-conceptual Prajnaparamita teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni, pointing directly to the, heart of the matter. Dana encourages and guides others with love, humor, and devotion to the truth, to experience non-conceptual transcendent wisdom for themselves. Her teaching style is easy to relate to and contemporary, she invites everyone to see their own beautiful nature.
She is the Spiritual Director of Heart of the Dharma, Inc. offering retreats, weekly meditation practices, the MERIT Program, and classes.
Dana's ordination and ordination letter
Heart of the Dharma’s practice is based in Tibetan Buddhism. Many Masters in this lineage were trained in the Nyingma sect but received teachings from wisdom holders and enlightened beings in various sects. The lineage itself has been passed purely from Buddha Shakyamuni until today. The realized wisdom of the Lineage Masters was passed to their disciples like nectar poured from one container into another.
You will not find an abundance of rituals in the Heart of the Dharma sangha. Dana has followed Anam Thubten's guidance conducting practices with few rituals. She finds this allows for more people to meet with the Dharma. She conveys the non-conceptual teachings of Prajnaparamita which are experiential, pointing directly to ones’ true nature. It is a path free of sect or dogma.