Latest Updates and Events at the Garden
*Help us Build a Welcoming Center!*
View our 30-day, $8,000 campaign and make a contribution!
*Webcast Teachings with Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche*
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*July 2012 Month-Long 1,000 Stupa Consecration and Karma Yoga Retreat*
Attend the retreat, donate items for the Stupas, or sponsor a Stupa. Find out how to participate in this amazing event.
About the Garden
The Garden of One Thousand Buddhas in western Montana’s Jocko Valley, just north of Arlee, is being created through the visionary guidance of Gochen Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche, an incarnate Tibetan Buddhist lama. Nestled in a peaceful valley in the land of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, the Garden of One Thousand Buddhas aligns positive properties of the physical world in a sacred architectural arrangement based on the eight-spoked Dharma wheel. This symbol evokes the turning or awakening of the enlightened qualities of altruism and wisdom.
The purpose of the Garden is to bring about positive transformation within those who visit, in response to the negativity that abounds in the world today. One thousand hand-cast Buddha statues will be arrayed around the central figure of Yum Chenmo, or the Great Mother, the manifestation of the perfection of wisdom. One thousand stupas, representations of the enlightened mind, will line the outer circle. Each will enshrine an image of the female deity, Tara. Elegantly adorned with native trees and flowers, it is hoped that the Garden of One Thousand Buddhas will instill lasting impressions of peacefulness and compassion. If you find this vision inspiring, please take your time enjoying what this site has to offer, and consider how you might benefit from helping to bring such a vision into reality.
The Garden of One Thousand Buddhas was featured in the Nov. 1, 2010
New York Times! CLICK HERE.
The Garden of One Thousand Buddhas on PBS on June 17, 2011 Watch video here or click here for more on PBS.com.
