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ACI’s “Learn to Retreat on Retreat”

Diamond Mountain 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, AZ

A 10-day international retreat intensive with teachings, yoga, stargazing, and 3 days of silent, personal retreat. Hosted by the Asian Classics Institute.

ACI’s “The Art of Appreciation” Retreat

Diamond Mountain 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, AZ

A 10-day international retreat intensive featuring teachings, yoga, dance, three days of silent retreat, and two beautiful weddings! We also celebrated the grand opening of the new Je Tsongkapa Student Center. Hosted by the Asian Classics Institute.

ACI Course 16: The Great Ideas of Buddhism – Part 1 of 3

Diamond Mountain 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, AZ

This course reviewed material from the first five ACI Courses: The Principal Teachings of Buddhism, Buddhist Refuge, Applied Meditation, Proof of Future Lives, and How Karma Works.  Thank you to everyone who attended, it was our pleasure to share these teachings with you!

DMRC hosted ACI’s 10-day “Gift of Liberation Retreat”.

Diamond Mountain 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, AZ

Based on the great Tibetan Classic, A Gift of Liberation: Thrust into the Palm of Our Hand written by Pabonka Rinpoche, this retreat focused on using death meditation to reinvigorate your life and your practice and included the popular 3-day “Retreat within a Retreat”.

DMRC hosted “Master Kamalashila’s commentary on the Diamond Cutter Sutra” Retreat.

Diamond Mountain 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, AZ

The first in a 4 part series based on Master Kamalashila’s commentary on the Diamond Cutter Sutra led by Geshe Michael Roach.  This retreat provided a unique opportunity to delve deeply into rarely taught meditations on emptiness.  The retreat consisted of morning sessions led by Geshe Michael Roach followed by individual practice in your own retreat cabin...

Community Work Weekend

Diamond Mountain 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, AZ

THANK YOU, JOYFUL VOLUNTEERS!! David, we enjoyed working and visiting with you!  John and Joe, thank you for generously offering your time and company! Venerable Gyelse, our Operations Manager, and a small crew of volunteers spent the weekend creating a more robust water supply for 4 of our Retreat Valley cottages.  It was a pleasure...

Modern Mystic Yoga Academy Teacher Training Retreat

Diamond Mountain 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, AZ

Led by Tamara Lee Standard E-RYT 200, founder of Modern Mystic Yoga Academy in Tucson, AZ.  Tamara has been teaching yoga since 2001, including leading yoga teacher trainings and international yoga workshops & retreats.  In 2014, she completed a 3-year meditation retreat in which she was able to develop her own personalized yogic sadhana (spiritual...

DMRC hosted “Master Kamalashila’s commentary on the Diamond Cutter Sutra” Retreat – Part 1.

Diamond Mountain 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, AZ

A review of this incomparable course where we delve into Kamalashila’s rarely taught commentary on the Diamond Cutter Sutra. Interwoven into this teaching is a review of the conducive conditions for meditation, the top 5 problems in meditation and their 8 antidotes and numerous meditations for stillness. This review course will led by a group...

DMRC hosted ACI’s 10-day “Gift of Liberation Retreat”.

Diamond Mountain 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, AZ

Based on the great Tibetan Classic, A Gift of Liberation: Thrust into the Palm of Our Hand written by Pabonka Rinpoche, this retreat focused on using death meditation to reinvigorate your life and your practice and included the popular 3 day “Retreat within a Retreat”.  This 10-day installment finished the portion of the text describing the animal and...

DMRC hosted “Master Kamalashila’s commentary on the Diamond Cutter Sutra” Retreat – Part 2.

Diamond Mountain 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, AZ

Master Kamalashila’s commentary on the Diamond Cutter Sutra part 2, led by Geshe Michael Roach.  The second in a 4 part series based on Master Kamalashila’s commentary on the Diamond Cutter Sutra led by Geshe Michael Roach.  This retreat provided a unique opportunity to delve deeply into rarely taught meditations on emptiness.  The retreat consisted of...

White Tara New Year’s Weekend Teachings and Retreat:

Diamond Mountain 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, AZ

Thank you so much to everyone who attended!  We had such a lovely time studying, meditating, practicing yoga together.  David Stumpf taught several Lam Rim classes over New Years' weekend to prepare us for a lovely 21 Tara Ceremony on New Year's Eve.  After the ceremony, we enjoyed popcorn and sparkling apple cider as we...