Visiting the Ashram. Map & Directions to the Ashram (use these directions as mapquest and yahoo are often very incorrect).
Day Time Visit to the Ashram We welcome visitors to the Ashram and Temple of the Divine Mother (also known as the Lakshmi Temple) every day during daylight hours. You may join us for ceremonies, meditate or pray in the temple, join in the karma yoga, visit our Maha Lakshmi Gift Shop, or join us for a meal around 12:30pm. If you are a group, advanced notice is advisable particularly if you would like a tour or a meal. Many people bring offerings to the temple. Nada Hermitage. Our society has become over-crowded, over-protected, and over-civilized.
No one can live a fully human life without some experience of the wilderness. In the Judeo-Christian tradition, the desert, the mountain, the forest and other solitary places are used synonymously to refer to the basic wilderness experience. Nada Hermitage offers a unique environment for a wilderness retreat. We are located at an altitude of 8000 feet at the base of the majestic Sangre de Christo Mountains, overlooking the expansive desert of the San Luis Valley.
Vajra Vidya Retreat Center - Retreat Information. Vajra Vidya Retreat Center was built under a sacred mountain between the Karmapa Tashi Gomang stupa and the Tulku Urgyen stupa in Crestone, Colorado.
It was founded by the Venerable Thrangu Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist master, with the intent of having the Center for intensive practice, initially for short periods and ultimately for the traditional Three Year Retreat. The Center began its first Three Year Retreat on February 25, 2013, the first full moon of the Tibetan New Year. The Retreat will conclude in early summer of 2016, and the Center is not available for other retreatants until that time. Vajra Vidya Retreat Center remains open to the local community or visitors but only for individual practice and meditation in the shrine room between the hours of 7:45 am and 9:00 am.