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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A new way to live our life. We will go into a 10-day retreat exploration of our mental minefields. Including MODULE 1: ACI Teacher Training.
Immediately following the Lam Rim Retreat, Diamond Mountain offers guests an exclusive opportunity to experience 3 full days of supported solo retreat and enjoy the sweet and magical blessings of self-guided retreat. Take time to relax, rejoice, meditate and contemplate on what you have learned and how you have grown in 10 short days. Allow the...
Do you want to help others & heal the world? The teachings, practices and prayers of the Medicine Buddhas will help enable you to heal yourself and your community. During this 10-day Medicine Buddha retreat you will learn from the ancient and original Tibetan text exclusively translated for this event. The focus will be...
Would you like to go through life in a focused and calm way no matter what happens around you? With a mind trained in meditation, you will be able to focus on what matters, to turn off the noise and concentrate on exactly one thing for as long and as intensely as we want. By...
YouTube Playlist Do you have extra time on your hands, have you always wanted to do a retreat? Grab the bull by the horns, retreat at home! We are offering a series of videos walking you through the steps on how to set up and do a retreat in your own home while you have...
