KTTG News
New Dharma Practice Calendar
Losar-la Tashi Delegs! Happy New Year of the Water Snake! Many Dharma practitioners practice certain rituals on certain days to make use of the astrological forces of the sun-moon cycle to enhance that particular ritual. The Tibetan calendar was designed with this in mind, and many of us practice Guru Rinpoche feast on the 10th
KTTG celebrates Earth Summit & HHK’s 27th birthday
On June 20, 2012 we honored the Earth in a special celebration connecting us to the Earth Summit + 20 in Rio today. Â At dawn a treasure vase was buried at the Quartz Crystal, followed by a Sang at Chammaling. Â The special prayers and intention for the healing of this earth culminated at the Stupa
How to get to the Stupa
The Tranquil Way route to the stupa, which was the primary access during summer months, has now been permanently closed. The only access now is via Dreamway. Simple directions: From County Road T, just before it makes a sharp left to go into the town of Crestone, make a right on Camino Baca Grande into
Zoe’s Composition of an Earth Sadhana
Zoe wrote an Earth Sadhana for Earth Day, April 22, 2011. It has since been recited a few times, in a few ways. For instance in June, 2011 we combined energies with Universal Dances for Peace and danced the three parts of the sadhana with the mantras to Green Tara, Chenrezig and Medicine Buddha (see
Karmapa’s 2011 Birthday Celebration
More than 40 people from all faiths came to help celebrate HH Karmapa’s birthday on a hot bright June day at the Tashi Gomang Stupa. We chanted the liturgy Zoe had written using the Green Tara, Chenrezig and Medicine Buddha mantras. Then the group danced and sang each of these mantras with special melodies and
Earth Day, 2011
A small but intrepid group braved a sandstorm with 30+mph winds and ¼ mile visibility to chant Lama Zoe’s Earth Sadhana up at the stupa. Just after the ceremony was over, a squall came in and blessed us with snow pellets, then the wind died down, the sky cleared, the sun came out and you could
Zoe’s Earth Sadhana
This Sadhana is made available for personal or group use. EARTH SADHANA Om Ah Hung. We sing our prayer to the Earth our home today. I take refuge in this very moment with all of you seen and unseen who care about the Earth today____(fill in the day and date)_________________. I take refuge in the
Losar March 5
A large crowd of 50 or more people gathers for a Tibetan New Year’s Day ceremony, March 5.
Sang Ceremony
After the sang ceremony, people circumambulate the stupa.
Losar 2011
More than a dozen practitioners chanted Lama Zoe’s Earth Sadhana in honor of Earth Day. It was a beautiful day.
Repair work on Tashi Gomang Stupa 2010
The stucco workers from Taos arrived early Monday morning, 8 of them. They immediately jumped all over the Stupa and began work. Meanwhile the sandblasters finished up their work. Ron, had an accident that later required 9 stitches. The sandblasting crew took lots of the accumulated sand off of the driveways and put two truck
Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche Visit
Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche visits the stupa As part of his North American Tour, Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche blessed the Tashi Gomang Stupa today. The stucco workers took a break and watched in the parking lot as Rinpoche’s entourage of 6 or 7 cars and a number of other participants came up the road and circumambulated the stupa. More