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endangered indigenous culture to a sustainable future. It is also in the spirit of peace and unity that we join other local organizations in offering our teaching to youth of all ages for healing, good health, and happiness. Our ceremonies and other gatherings are held in Pinon, Arizona throughout the year in accordance with what is considered proper and traditional protocol.

Sacred Mountains Foundation - Director, Paul Tohlakai

719.256.5113. Thank you.

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Little Shepherd in the Hills Episcopal Church is the oldest spiritual center in Crestone, having a presence since 1885. Services were held in the old schoolhouse and were presided over by a circuit vicar. The current location is a log cabin built in the 1900's donated to the Diocese in 1949. The chapel is dedicated to Lady Julian of Norwich, a 14th Century English mystic.

The Episcopal Church has roots all the way back to Jesus and his followers descending from the Church of England. While maintaining it's Catholic origins, the Church of England moved away from oversight by the Pope during the 16th century. Called the "via media" or the middle way between the Protestant Churches and the Roman Catholic Church, the churches in the Anglican Communion maintain traditions found in both of these branches of Christianity.
The Little Shepherd of the Hills is a mission of the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Salida. Father John Huffman is the vicar and mass is celebrated the first Sunday of each month at noon. The public is welcome. The chapel, located near the downtown crossroads, of Crestone is open for prayer and meditation.

Little Shepherd in the Hills Episcopal Church
719.256.4140 or 719.539.4562
www.mountainregion.org/littleshepherdcrestone.html

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The Tarboche Memorial Park contains a 30 foot flagpole, which is a smaller version of the great 80 foot pole at Tarboche in Tibet at the foot of Mt. Kailash (a major pilgrimage destination in south Asia), and it is considered by Buddhists, Hindus, Bons, and Jains to be the symbolic axis of the universe.

The pathway that encircles the flagpole at the Memorial Park is a modest outdoor museum, containing signs describing some of the tragedies that have befallen Tibetans following the occupation of their county by the Chinese.
Tarboche means "Place of Prayer Flags". When the many flags of the park flutter in the wind, prayers for the peace and well-being of all peoples are sent heavenward.
On the full moon of May-June the pole is taken down, and old flags are replaced with new ones. This year, the raising of the new center pole will occur at 10:30 am on June 14, 2003. The public is invited to participate and to join a pot-luck lunch afterwards. Throughout the year visitors are invited to walk the pathway. The park is located half-way down the hill on Two Tree Road.

The Tarboche Memorial Park - P. O. Box 1112, Crestone, CO 81131
719.256.5037 www.tarboche.org

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The Pundarika Foundation was founded to preserve and support the lineage teachings of the Drukpa Kagyu Buddhist tradition. "Pundarika" represented by the emblem of three lotus blossoms, refers to the continual activity of the Buddha for the benefit of all. Both the name and the emblem signify the three means of Buddha activity through body, speech and mind.

Rinpoche has been active in preserving the Drukpa Kagyu tradition which was destroyed and scattered after 1959 when the Tibetans were forced to flee their homeland. Rinpoche is the abbot of Ngesdon Osel Ling Monastery in the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal, the abbot of two nunneries in Nepal, as well as the abbot of one of the largest nunneries in Tibet. Rinpoche also heads fifty-five monasteries in eastern Tibetan. Ngesdon Osel Ling Monastery is his seat in the East. Crestone is Rinpoche's seat in the West and the Lama House was recently completed where Rinpoche and family are residing here for the next year.
There are five projects planned in the near future in Crestone on the Yeshe Rangsal Retreat Land: 1. A stupa to honor the great Dzogchen Master Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche 2. Retreat Cabins for solitary retreat, 3. A Three Year Retreat Center. 4. A Shrine Hall for teaching and practice purposes and 5. A Shrine to the proctrectress of the Yeshe Rangsal.
The Crestone Retreat Land Project encompasses 60 acres, which will become the seat of reflection and meditation available to Tsoknyi Rinpoche and his students.
Since 1991 Tsoknyi Rinpoche has been teaching in the Dzogchen tradition, and is one of those rare teachers whose lighthearted yet illuminating style appeals to both beginners and advanced practitioners.

Pundarika Foundation - P. O. Box 57, Crestone CO 81131
719-256-5425 - pundarika.org

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Sage House is a Center for Indigenous Teachings and Development located in Crestone, Colorado. Our programs and projects promote awareness and preservation of indigenous culture, history, and traditional ways.

The Sage House vision is:
To work toward common ground among people of all nations;
To provide opportunities for cross-cultural sharing and teaching;
To educate the children and honor the elders;To support the development of spiritual strength in all people;
To empower others to develop the tools they need to follow their own assignments in the world;
To develop and promote programs and projects that focus on healing, inspiration, education, cross-cultural understanding, and reverence for the earth and its inhabitants.

Sage House Center for Indigenous Teachings and Development
P.O. Box 1060 Crestone, CO 81131 - sagehouse.org

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Full Circle Foundation for Conscious Health offers personalized individual and group retreats, trainings, workshops and seminars. We hold monthly Shamanic Journey evenings- usually the 3rd Tuesday of each month in Crestone. Our mission is to integrate International earth-based wisdom with cutting edge technology to support the individual and community as we move into conscious health, which is the sum total of body, mind and spirit alignment. Travel study programs to sacred sites are available.

Local and International outreach programs for research, information sharing and healing exchange are ongoing. The goal is to synthesize all information collected to enhance the Spiritual well-being for the highest good of all.

Full Circle - P.O. Box 477 Crestone, CO 81131
719 256-4923 Naomi Lake, director - Naomi@naomilake.com

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