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Tibetan Buddhist Retreat Center







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“Vajrapani
has all the conditions necessary for the perfect retreat center
where practitioners can gain realizations.” -
Venerable Ribur Rinpoche

Vajrapani Institute for
Wisdom Culture
Vajrapani Institute for Wisdom Culture is a California Tibetan
Buddhist retreat center located in the Santa Cruz Mountains in
Boulder Creek, California, USA. The Institute is set in 70 acres
of spectacular redwood forest. Being quiet and remote, but also
relatively close to major cities and airports, Vajrapani is an
ideal setting for solitary private meditation retreat, group
retreats, and conferences. Vajrapani is an extremely blessed
setting and has been visited over the years by many Holy Beings
including a visit by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 1989. As a
result of this, we provide a rare and sacred space for spiritual
healing and growth. We appeal to a wide spectrum of visitors:
people who participate in facility rentals, practice in our
private retreat cabins, and take part in our courses and group
retreats.

Vajrapani Institute is a
California Tibetan Buddhist Retreat Center, founded in 1977 by Lama
Thubten Yeshe, his heart disciple, Lama Thubten Zopa
Rinpoche, and a group of extremely dedicated students.
The Institute is affiliated with the (FPMT) Foundation for the
Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition, a world-wide
organization of over 130 retreat centers, teaching centers,
monasteries, nunneries, hospices, schools, and publishing
houses. Through our work within the organization, we are
committed to creating a harmonious environment and helping all
beings develop their full potential of infinite wisdom and
compassion. We
follow the Gelugpa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, as founded by
Lama Tsong Khapa (1357-1419). Our Tibetan Buddhist courses,
workshops, group retreats, and daily prayers are led by a
variety of Tibetan and non-Tibetan teachers. Our Dharma programs
cover the entire range of the sutra and tantra teachings of the
Buddha as taught in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. They include
meditation, lam-rim (the graduated path to enlightenment),
socially engaged Buddhism, deity practice, death and dying, and
special events such as tantric initiations. Our facilities are
available for solitary private meditation retreat, group
retreats, and conferences. Traditional for Tibetan Buddhist
retreat centers, our land is situated in the ford of two creeks.
It borders a state park with accessible hiking trails. All
buildings and facilities have been built and are maintained in
an environmentally-conscious manner by residents and community
members, some of whom have lived here for more than 20 years. We
generate our own power through a solar and hydroelectric system.

The Foundation for the
Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition is an international,
non-profit organization, founded in 1975 by Lama Thubten Yeshe
(1935-84), a Tibetan Buddhist monk. The Foundation is devoted to
the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values
worldwide through teaching, meditation, and community service.
We provide integrated education through which people's minds and
hearts can be transformed into their highest potential for the
benefit of others, inspired by an attitude of universal
responsibility. We are committed to creating harmonious
environments and helping all beings develop their full potential
of infinite wisdom and compassion. Our organization is based on
the Buddhist tradition of Lama Tsong Khapa of Tibet as taught to
us by our founder Lama
Thubten Yeshe and spiritual director Lama
Zopa Rinpoche.

Vajrapani Institute is
affiliated with the FPMT. For more details visit the FPMT web site.
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