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Enlightenment Stupa Consecration, August 4-8, 2023 – UPCOMING!
STUPA OF ENLIGHTENMENT Honoring Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche (1924-2019) We are delighted to announce know that the Khenpo Karthar Stupa consecration ceremonies will begin August 4, 2023, and will last four or five days. Everyone is invited! Photos of the new stupa’s ornamental details will be posted in our News Section when foundry work and
Wedding at Tashi Gomang Stupa 2010
Wedding Cynthia Wallace and James Clarke were married in the late afternoon in front of the Stupa. Zoe officiated. The couple wrote their vows and included in their ceremony their dear friends as witnesses. The ceremony was very beautiful–many tears and smiles, song and music. October 9, 2010 Wedding at the stupa
Brief Review of 2010
In early March we were blessed with a visit from Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, his nephew and attendant Lama Karma Drodul, and Ani Karuna Lodron. Rinpoche gave a teaching at Vajra Vidya, performed an animal blessing there for many pets and gave a wonderful teaching up at the Stupa. His visit brought about a renaissance for
Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso on Crestone (July 23, 2002 )
Crestone is a place where at your back you have the Rocky Mountains, and in front of you there is an incredibly expansive view. It’s a place where the earth is clean, the water is clean and the air is clean. So it’s a wonderfully beautiful and secluded place, an ideal place to practice the
A Young Person on Retreat
A few years before being introduced to Vajrayana, while traveling in the Southwest I made a visit to the Tashi Gomang stupa. At the time I didn’t know much about stupas or the Karmapa. Yet I was moved by the presence I felt and spent some time in quiet reflection. When I left I made
The Dream Flag
New visitors to the Tashi Gomang Stupa are often curious about the blue and yellow flag that flies above the site, and what it signifies. Known as the ‘Dream Flag,’ it’s the result of a vision the 16th Karmapa had in a dream during the summer of 1980 on a visit to Colorado – the
KKR Stupa: Pouring the Throne and Steps
On Thursday, September 15th we poured the throne and 3 steps of Rinpoche’s stupa. The cement truck gets up the mountain and then the conveyor stops working! The driver gets on the phone with home base and talks to the mechanics. Yogi Jack who is attending the fire for the Sang says that once he
KKR Stupa Pedestal Pour June 24, 2022
Dorje, the stupa builder from AZ began work on the pedestal in Crestone on June 21 under a tent. (Just before he began work there was the circular rainbow above the 16th Karmapa’s Stupa). His work is meticulous and so beautiful. He worked 15+ hours daily to complete the form into which the cement was
KKR Stupa Foundation and Pouring Ceremony
Nov 2, 2021
November 2, 2021 The elements were harmonious for pouring the concrete for the KKR Stupa on November 2, 2 PM. The foundation was poured and leveled and covered with special blankets designed to keep concrete pours warm in colder weather. During this time a small group which included Hanne Strong, Barbara (who made the shrine
Oct 2021 Update on the Crestone Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche Stupa
October 17, 2021 Last report we shared that the Sa Lhong (requesting permission from the deities of the land to build our stupa) had taken place (see more about the Sa Lhong). Then beginning October 7, the first day of the 9th lunar month we began to prepare the land for the KKR Stupa. From
June 26: Happy Birthday Karmapa & Sa Lhong for Khenpo Karthar Stupa
You are warmly invited to join a birthday celebration for His Holiness and the Sa Lhong of the land for the Khenpo Karthar stupa, on June 26th at 1 pm at the Tashi Gomang Stupa in Crestone. We will create the traditional fire offering and chant prayers. Birthday cake and tea will be served. Karmapa
Losar Celebration at the Stupa, 2021: Year of the Iron Ox.
Celebrating Losar, the year of the Iron Ox, February 12, 2021
