KTTG News
KKR Stupa Pedestal Pour June 24, 2022
Dorje, the stupa builder from AZ began work on the pedestal in Crestone on June 21 under a tent. (Just before he began work there was the circular rainbow above the 16th Karmapa’s Stupa). His work is meticulous and so beautiful. He worked 15+ hours daily to complete the form into which the cement was
Enlightenment Stupa Consecration, Update of May 29, 2022
STUPA OF ENLIGHTENMENT Honoring Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche (1924-2019) UPDATED: May 29, 2022 Dear Friends, We’ve just received more definite news for you. The Consecration will happen in the spring of 2023. Two close family deaths in one of the main workers for the builder are pushing our work back a few months. We will
KKR Stupa Foundation and Pouring Ceremony
Nov 2, 2021
November 2, 2021 The elements were harmonious for pouring the concrete for the KKR Stupa on November 2, 2 PM. The foundation was poured and leveled and covered with special blankets designed to keep concrete pours warm in colder weather. During this time a small group which included Hanne Strong, Barbara (who made the shrine
Oct 2021 Update on the Crestone Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche Stupa
October 17, 2021 Last report we shared that the Sa Lhong (requesting permission from the deities of the land to build our stupa) had taken place (see more about the Sa Lhong). Then beginning October 7, the first day of the 9th lunar month we began to prepare the land for the KKR Stupa. From
June 26: Happy Birthday Karmapa & Sa Lhong for Khenpo Karthar Stupa
You are warmly invited to join a birthday celebration for His Holiness and the Sa Lhong of the land for the Khenpo Karthar stupa, on June 26th at 1 pm at the Tashi Gomang Stupa in Crestone. We will create the traditional fire offering and chant prayers. Birthday cake and tea will be served. Karmapa
Losar Celebration at the Stupa, 2021: Year of the Iron Ox.
Celebrating Losar, the year of the Iron Ox, February 12, 2021
The Dream Flag
Dream Flag (Tibetan namkhyen gyaldar) “In the early summer of 1980, while His Holiness, the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa was visiting Boulder, Colorado, I had the good fortune to be his personal seamstress. One morning he called me into his sitting room at Marpa House and showed me three small coloured pencil sketches of a flag.
2018-2019 Stupa Project
Tashi Delek Dear Friends of Karmapa In 2010 and again in 2018-2019 extensive work was done to the site and many of you helped. The Tashi Gomang Stupa sits high on the side of a mountain at 9,000 feet. The winding, rocky road that takes you there gives no hint to the beauty of the
HH 17th Karmapa Birthday, 2018
Celebrating His Holiness the 17th Karmapa Orgyen Thinley Dorje’s Birthday. Our first public event since building the new retaining wall.
Stupa Upgrade Project
Tashi Delek Dear Friends of Karmapa! Those of you who have been to the Karmapa’s Tashi Gomang Stupa in Crestone, CO, know how precious this monument and pilgrimage site is to the world. You also know how fierce the climate is at our breathtakingly beautiful altitude at 9000 ft. In the order of nature, the
Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche Visits the Stupa
Thrangu Rinpoche brought rain again to Crestone— and about an hour after a major deluge he led a large group in a lovely smoke offering ceremony.
Happy Birthday Karmapa
A small group celebrated HH Karmapa Orgyen Thinley Dorje’s birthday, circumabulating the stupa and chanting the 16th Karmapa’s guru yoga.
