Welcome to Sunray

We are an international spiritual organization dedicated to world peace and reconciliation.
Our Peace Village is a sanctuary inspired by the Cherokee Peace Villages.

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Spring Peacekeeper Teachings 2025

Save the Date for Spring Peacekeeper Teachings April 5 – 6, 2025 Pacific Coast also meets Friday evening Apr 4 Participate online through video streaming provided by ZOOM.us and/or Participate in-person (pre-registration is required) *See schedule for dates and times of teachings in your selected region Join us this Spring Peacekeeper session, where we will explore the theme: Interconnection through … Read More

New Moon Fire Celebration of Bone Moon and Losar

New Moon Fire Celebration of Bone Moon and Losar Sunday March 2, 9:00 A.M. EST SUNRAY PEACE VILLAGE, LINCOLN, VT ALL ARE WELCOME Dear Friends of Sunray near and far, You are invited to Sunray Meditation Society for the New Moon Fire at the Peace Village. We start with the Stick Dance to clear the space, then the Fires are lit. All … Read More

Boston Sunray Meditation Circle

Dear Relatives, We are grateful for the opportunity to practice together. All are invited to our Boston Sunray Meditation practice across the ZOOM platform (instructions follow). Every Tuesday, practice begins at 7pm Eastern Time – with three rounds of the dance, then a concise basic practice, approximately 50 minutes total. The Sunray Basic Meditation, Diamond Body Practice, Medicine Wheel Mandala, Dance of … Read More

Sunray Saturday Practice

Dear Relatives, We are grateful for the opportunity to practice together. All are invited to our Sunray Saturday Morning practice across the ZOOM platform (instructions follow). Every Saturday, practice begins at 7am Pacific Time – which is 10am Eastern Time at the Peace Village – with three rounds of the dance, then a concise basic practice, approximately 65 minutes total. The Sunray Basic Meditation, … Read More

Mirror Wisdom Reflections

Saturday, May 31st, 2025 10am – 12:30pm, 3pm – 5pm Sunray Peace Village and online via Zoom Mirror Wisdom Reflections Just as the sky reflects on a clear lake, our thoughts and emotions become what we see, the environment we live in. A teaching about insubstantiality is a teaching that sees a mirror as an opportunity to recognize our natural, luminous state. By asking, … Read More

Reflections from the Peace Pole

Dear Sunray community, We are in the harvesting moment and I wish to thank all of you who have participated in and contributed towards this year’s Elders and Youth Gathering occurring the last weekend in July 2024. At the 40th Gathering, I was deeply touched by the resonance of communities around the world and the leaders who came to share with us prayer and … Read More

Smoke offerings at the Peace Stupa, Sunray Peace Village

The Tibetan Community of Burlington VT and Sunray Meditation Community joined in prayer, smoke offerings, practices and feast by the Peace Stupa on Saturday June 22, 2024. As an auspicious day of Zamling Chisang Day, which means Universal Prayer and Purification Day, the Tibetans go to the mountain tops to burn incense and prayers flags. Several monks and the Tibetan … Read More

The Sunray Peace Village Peace Stupa

Built by Drikung Kagyu monks from India and Sunray community members in 2001, the Peace Stupa is a Buddhist reliquary statue that represents the Mind of Enlightenment. This sacred peaceful place for prayer and contemplation was envisioned by Venerable Khandro Dhyani Ywahoo and the Ywahoo Lineage. (see note) The Peace Stupa is a Stupa of Reconciliation and is one of … Read More

Return of an Ancient Tradition: The Sunray Peace Village Clan Pole

by Reinhard Reitzenstein During the Vermont Sunray Peace Village Clan Pole dedication ceremonies, a Deer Clan elder declared this the first clan pole erected on Cherokee land in roughly 150 years. A perusal of articles by early visitors to North/South Carolina and Georgia areas reveals that clan poles could be found near the entry to Native villages. In the 1800’s … Read More