TREKCHOD LING RETREAT CENTER - A PURE LAND
OPEN SKY AND LUSH NATURE
Trekchod Ling is an on-going aspirational project for a non-sectarian (Tib. rime) retreat center on a 100+ acre plot of land in the United States, where students of all traditions can build the foundation necessary to relax into the fundamental nature of mind through the Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen. In Rinpoche's own words, "We are here to help you establish a profound experience of the Dharmakaya in your life." The retreat center also would serve as a means to realize Rinpoche's wish to provide an open path to prevent meditative atrophy in any lineage.
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Your support in the form of donations helps us to build necessary infrastructure such as roads and utility extensions for the healthy birth of Trekchod Ling.
PLANS
Overall
We envision Trekchod Ling to host public group retreats up to a month long and longer private retreats, along with public teachings, empowerments, a schedule of guest Rinpoches, and spaces for private events such as weddings and public events like interfaith forums. We will make heavy use of traditional Mongolian yurts to accomplish this goal swiftly and at a low cost. We are building four main sites: Rinpoche's yurt, the meditation yurt, resident yurts (we plan to build housing for 10-20 retreatants).
Building statuses
We currently plan to build two large yurts and two small yurts. One large yurt to be a meditation hall and one for Rinpoche's house, with the two small yurts for retreatants. We plan to add more small yurts once this first phase is complete. We have finished structural designs and manufacturing requests for all the yurts.
Logistics status
We have planned the utility extensions and the contracting required for the yurts and platforms. We have also acquired the supply chains to Mongolia.
Funding status
We expect the project to cost $225,000. Please explore our fundraisers for support opportunities.