Letting It Be: Resting in Radical Simplicity (August 2014/Crestone, CO)

Having cleverly deleted the retreat summary notes for Tsoknyi Rinpoche’s first Crestone, CO retreat this year (Letting It Be: Resting in Radical Simplicity) August 8-14, 2014, we thought a series of photo albums might be even better in telling the story of our week together at the Yeshe Rangsal retreat land.  We had approximately 150 retreatants in attendance and eight people took refuge.


Here are the four retreat photo albums–many other people were helping behind the scenes, and we apologize in advance for unintentional omissions, but we could only capture just so many. Please click on the images individually if you like, as some of these smaller thumbnails don’t show the whole picture.


1. Cast of “characters” in the background



Kitchen manager Blake & helper
Doug (background) on A/V
Jules the seating master
Gerardo translating for Rinpoche
Portrait of Rinpoche
Adam and Deb
Julie and Maryanne
Namsel, capably recapping daily Rinpoche's teachings
Anis at end of retreat

2.  Inside and outside the teaching tent



Approaching the tent
Entrance to tent foyer
Inside waiting for Rinpoche's arrival
Our beautiful shrine
Precious objects for Rinpoche to bless
Looking at the back side of the tent from a distance

3.  Retreatants on breaks between teachings and meditation



View from the foyer looking out toward the driveway
Meditating outside the tent on a stone bench
Taking a break
Mindful walking up the driveway toward the tent; people stretching and practicing Qi Gong
Sylvia and friend sunning on a Crestone conglomerate boulder
Walking to the tent for the next teaching or meditation session
Back into the tent

4.  End of retreat ceremonies



Megan, Retreat Manager, giving acknowledgements
Waiting in line to present katas
Rinpoche receiving katas and giving blessings to each participant
The Lamb family after receiving Rinpoche's blessings
Lady Babo happily talking with those waiting in line
A happy retreatant at the end of a wonderful week
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Published on October 17, 2014 14:49
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