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Tashi Gomang Stupa
P. O. Box 39, Crestone, CO 81131
719.256.4694   -  www.kttg.org
The Tashi Gomang Stupa, consecrated in 1996, is the stupa of many auspicious doors, symbolizing the 84,000 paths taught by the Buddha to reach enlightenment. The Stupa is dedicated to HH The 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, and contains his relics and those of many Buddhist saints.
“ Karmapa” means “He who performs the activity of a Buddha.” Since the 12th century, the Karmapa has held the position of supreme head of the Kagyu Order of Tibetan Buddhism, the lineage known as the “sacred word”. Each Karmapa, before he passes away, leaves behind a letter foretelling the exact circumstances of his next rebirth. The 17th Karmapa was discovered in Tibet in 1992 and presently resides in India.
The shape of the Stupa is an architectural rendering of enlightenment, depicting the Buddha crowned and seated in meditation ona lion’s throne. The crown is the top of the spire, his body the rounded shape (bumpa), his legs the four steps of the terrace and the base of the stupa his throne.
Thousands of stupas have been built around the world to enshrine the relics of great Buddhist teachers and are held to promote peace, prosperity, longevity, good health and harmony. The Stupa is open to the public.

The Sri Aurobindo Learning Center
P. O. Box 88, Crestone, CO 81131
719.256.4917
The Sri Aurobindo Learning Center, founded in 1986 by Seyril Schochen, is a non-profit educational foundation in association with Auroville, the City of Human Unity, in South India. Based on the teachings of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother, the center supports individuals from all walks of life who speak many languages to aspire to an integrated spirituality inclusive of all aspects of life.
Sri Aurobindo was a political activist, Indian Yogi and spiritual master, who advocated the spiritual nature of all reality, which he described as “being, consciousness and bliss” or “sat-chit-ananda”. To him the underlying thrust of the entire phenomenal world is a spiritual evolution in consciousness toward a situation in which all material forms will reveal the indwelling spirit. He did not advocate the withdrawal from the affairs of life. The Mother, his spiritual coworker, founded a many-faceted international community called Auroville.
Headquarters, Savitri House, is where meditation meetings are held, a library is managed and there is a dome for larger educational, scientific, cultural and spiritual gatherings. Call for the weekly program schedule.

Yeshe Khorlo
P. O. Box 87, Crestone, CO 81131
719.256.5224  -  www.yeshekhorlo.org
Yeshe Khorlo is a Buddhist organization founded by Venerable Gangteng Tulku Rinpoche to preserve and practice the Peling tradition of Bhutan. The meditation and retreat center includes the Lhakang (temple) of Bhutanese architecture, which was dedicated in July 2002 and named Choying Dzong or Fortress of Dharmata, four retreat cabins and a small library. The Lhakang is open to the public for visits and twice monthly tsok (feast) celebrations. Please call or visit their website for more information about teaching, practice,
and retreat schedules.

Sanctuary House
(As of 2005, Sanctuary House is no more.
The space is now blessed by Humanity in Unity
humanityinunity.org )

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P. O. Box 332, Crestone, CO 81131
719.256.4420  - 
Sanctuary House, founded by Barbara and William Howell, is a retreat and spiritual healing center, dedicated to meditation, knowledge and prayer. Sanctuary House honors the major religious traditions, as represented by the four shrine rooms, and is dedicated to the authenticity and beauty of the world’s major paths towards Union.
In the center of the courtyard, the Labyrinth, called a dromenon, is an exact duplicate (within 1/8”) of the original labyrinth on the floor of Chartres Cathedral, the principle Marian cathedral of Europe, and is a powerful walking meditation. It symbolizes the spiritual journey that every soul is making. The inherent hope built into the labyrinth of Chartres is that there are no false turns (as in a maze), but that by putting one foot in front of the other
we will arrive at the goal of life.
The mission of Sanctuary House is to provide a place of safety, harmony, knowledge, silence, peace, community and sustainability to anyone who sincerely wishes to grow in the mystical promise and challenge of being human, in the love that unifies by uniting opposites, in the service that gives appropriately and fully, in the wisdom that nourishes the root of life, in the humor and joy that keep the heart open to wonder, and in the truth that compassionately leaves no one out.
Meditation of the Hari Om Tatsat Jai Guru Datta dhun (chant) is offered at 7pm every Monday and Wednesday. Sufi Zikr is held at 7pm on Thursdays. A morning of meditation is offered one Sunday every month. The Labyrinth and Shrine Rooms are open to the public.

The Crestone Baptist Church
P. O. Box 189, Crestone, CO 81131
719.256.4625
The Crestone Baptist Church offers a place of worship for all Christian denominations. Services include joyful praises through song, loving fellowship, dedicated prayer and uplifting worship services that encourage and strengthen the Christian spirit. For youth, the church offers Sunday School lessons, children’s sermons, vacation Bible programs and youth activities.
The Church and the congregation provide a loving fellowship that welcomes everyone in celebration of worshipping Jesus Christ. Sunday School for adults and children begin on Sundays at 10am, followed by the Worship Service at 11am. On Wednesdays, dinner followed by a prayer meeting begins at 6:30pm.
The public is welcome.

Little Shepherd in the Hills Episcopal Church
P. O. Box 1084, Crestone, CO 81131
719.256.4140 or 719.539.4562
www.mountainregion.org/littleshepherdcrestone.html
Little Shepherd in the Hills Episcopal Church is the oldest spiritual center in Crestone, having a presence since 1885 when services were held by a circuit riding priest at the old schoolhouse. The current location is a log cabin built in the 1900’s and given to the Diocese in 1949 as a chapel dedicated to Lady Julian of Norwich, a 14th Century English mystic.
The Episcopal Church descends from the Church of England which has roots all the way back to Jesus and his original followers. The Church of England developed during the 16th century, as it moved away from oversight by the Pope, but did not reject its Catholic origins. 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 an Episcopal mission of the Diocese of Colorado with a priest presiding over Eucharist the first Sunday of each month at 6:30pm throughout the summer. The public is welcome. The chapel is open for prayer and meditation.

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