Crestone Mountain Zen CenterCrestone Mountain Zen CenterHelp protect Crestone Mountain Zen Center from wildfires—including its buildings and the meaningful objects they hold.
Click a building to see the fundraising progress and choose what you would like to help protect.
In our final stretch a Sangha friend has offered to match every donation until we reach our $90,000 goal. That means every dollar you give will be doubled. Please support us today, and let’s see this through together.
Originally built as a teahouse, this thatch-roofed structure sits in the middle of a beautifully sculpted garden - a perfect place to sit quietly, have lunch, and listen to the trickle of the fountain.
These cozy rooms are in a dormitory style building, equipped with a bed, desk, tea kettle and tea selection, and are fully carpeted.
This house is Baker Roshi's abode. The house sits above the center of the monastery, surrounded by trees, and overlooking the vast San Luis Valley.
This adobe colored building has 5 spacious rooms, with sleeping space on the ground floor and in a loft. Each room includes dressers, a large closet, and a desk.
Our meditation hall, the central location of our practice, built with traditional wood joinery; many priceless statues, practice instruments and other works of art live here.
Hundreds of books, read, worked through, with notes in them. This is meant to be a resource for the future. There are four sections to his library - Please help us preserve one of them!
This white Mahakala is quite special and always noticed by our Tibetan guests. It's a powerful protector and gives a great atmosphere to the Kannon-do.
Vajradhara, crossing bell and vajra. An emanation of Samantabhadra.
In terms of cultural heritage, the Kannon statue, sister to the one in the Hiroshima Peace Park is the single most important piece of art on campus. Visitors come specifically to see this statue. To preserve it is one of the major purposes of this campaign. It's priceless - and we can protect it for less than $25,000. This needs to be done.
This guardian emphasizes the alertness in the sense of hearing. Baker Roshi decided to use it as a guardian, right at the student entrance of the Zendo. It has protected our practice space for more than 30 years.
This guardian emphasizes the alertness in the sense of seeing. Baker Roshi decided to use it as a guardian right at the student entrance of the Zendo. It has protected our practice space for more than 30 years.
It was a gift to a samurai family for a war, in which they helped someone. Jizo Bosatsu is an Orpheus-like figure, so Baker Roshi thinks it was probably given to purify the family of the guilt. It has a very special box made for it. In the box is the description of the samurai family and the gift. It was originally priced at $25,000.
18 Chinese Arhats that Baker Roshi found in a shop in New York. He had always wanted to have The Arhats as part of our visual treasure, because of how they represent lay practice. They represent wild, shamanic lay persons.
This incense burner was given to Baker Roshi by his father Harold. We have been offering incense to Suzuki Roshi every morning, ever since the Meditation Hall was opened.
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A museum piece: Big bronze incense burner with a lion on the legs and on the lid.
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