Crestone Mountain Zen Center

Ein Ort, den wir gemeinsam schützen

Hilf mit, das Crestone Mountain Zen Center vor Waldbränden zu schützen – mit seinen Gebäuden und den besonderen Dingen, die darin ihren Platz haben.

Klicke auf ein Gebäude, entdecke den aktuellen Spendenstand und wähle, was Du schützen möchtest.

Auf der Zielgeraden hat ein Mitglied unserer Sangha einen „Matching Grant“ zugesagt: Jede Spende wird verdoppelt, bis wir unser Spendenziel von 90.000 US-Dollar erreicht haben. Dein Beitrag wirkt damit doppelt. Unterstütze uns dabei, diesen letzten Schritt gemeinsam zu gehen.

This redesigned house has a deck with a view like no other and truly feels like a home. It hosts two bedrooms, a large bathroom, and a tatami covered loft.
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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.

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A quaint little abode, rustic but uniquely suited for a solo retreat, with a small deck and hobbit perfect sleeping area.
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These cozy rooms are in a dormitory style building, equipped with a bed, desk, tea kettle and tea selection, and are fully carpeted.

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A perfect cabin for an individual or couple, with a full soaking tub, great view, and all amenities needed.
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Our newest retreat cabin, light and spacious, with a kitchenette and a spectacular view of the valley.
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The Timberframe house is a two story home slightly above the monastery campus. It has an open and airy feeling, with floor to ceiling windows and a welcoming front porch.
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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.

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The Dome is a geomantic structure - a special piece of architecture in its own right! However, in this project, the Dome will serve as our safest place on campus: Our shelter in place. With one big sprinkler system on the building, we can make sure that our residents and guests will be safe in the case of a fire. Also, we can protect this building.
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One of the original buildings on the grounds of the monastery, a magnificent house built of stone. Rooms and walls are full of Buddhist art and artifacts. The ceiling of the central room hosts huge logs of trees from our own San Juan Mountains.
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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.

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A second building on campus built with traditional Japanese joinery, with tatami floors and beautiful wood tables and cabinets.
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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.

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There are 15 beds in the Guest House - 3 per room. Help us save one bed - or one entire room!
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The hallway holds 5 major paintings: Pieces by Mike Dixon and Edward Avadisian
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A beautiful bronze Kuan-yin on a wooden table - the first thing in the morning many practitioners have gotten to see.
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Most of you know Hoto-an as the place where you meet the teacher. Preserve the student's seat - and the teacher's seat.
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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!

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Suzuki Roshi's robes, Robes and Okesa that were passed to Suzuki Roshi's teacher from his teacher, a bowl that has been passed from teacher to disciple through generations, a 17th century Manjushri scroll that was given to the Center by a donor. Old notebooks from both Baker Roshi and Suzuki Roshi.
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The altar is where many of the most precious lineage artifacts live: Suzuki Roshi’s ashes, lineage papers, Vairochana Buddha, and many valuable Buddhist artefacts.
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Save one seat for a meal!
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A heart for the administration of the Center: The office holds 3 work spaces. Help us save one!
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The Atrium is our main communal space - a room with Noguchi lamps, skylight and a Nepalese Buddha. It's the most comfortable space in the monastery, where many minds and hearts have found refuge.
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The Kitchen is the heart of our communal life. For the purpose of this campaign, we have divided the kitchen into its cabinets & drawers. If you've been cooked for at CMZC, you may want to help us in our effort to preserve the kitchen? There are about 20 different cabinets & drawers. Save one!
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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.

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This large painting was created specifically for Crestone Mountain Zen Center by the famous artist Mayumi Oda. It shows a white Tara, supporting the female aspect of Zen practice - and she painted Crestone Mountain in the background. Today, it would be worth a good $40,000. We can protect it for less than $5000.
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Vajradhara, crossing bell and vajra. An emanation of Samantabhadra.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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This beautiful figure shows Bodhidharma with one shoe in his hand - according to Zen lore. He is coming from India to China to bring the practice of Shikantaza sitting.
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A golden Shakyamuni Buddha is from Thailand. It was a gift for the inauguration of our Meditation hall and it has been supporting our practice for more than 30 years.
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One person - One Seat - One Location to change a life. Please preserve each place, so generations of practitioners can realize the Wisdom and Compassion of the Buddha.
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In the Zendo closets: About 50 pieces of ceremonial equipment that were partly passed on from Suzuki Roshi, and partly acquired by Baker Roshi during his years in Japan. This equipment is what makes our meditation center a Buddhist center. With your donation you can save one of the pieces!
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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.

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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.

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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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Hand-drawn map of Crestone Mountain Zen Center
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