The local community gathered on Feb. 18, 2026 at the Peace Village Stupa inLincoln, Vermont to celebrate Losar, the Tibetan New Year by lighting butterlamps and offering prayers. The photos are of the Stupa after lighting the lamps. Losar 2026, the Tibetan New Year (2153) welcomes the year of Fire Horse beginning on February 18, 2026. This rare auspicious year … Read More
Dancing Forms Arises Witnessing its own expansion, the Mystery put forth a sound-and so began anew the Sacred Dance. Our star world home responded to the song and called the sweet waters, who traveling through space, rested on our Holy Earth. Angelic pairs came to the blessed Arbor, and thus began the dance of exploration- a dance of myriad potentials. … Read More
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
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
Dear Friends, We hope this letter finds you well as we transition into Fall. We would like to invite each one of you who are familiar with, and already actively connected with the online and in person offerings of our Sunray Meditation Society and Peace Village, to please consider volunteering to form a new Events Planning Committee/Circle. This way Sunray … Read More
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
I have visited this mountain many times in all seasons. I will try to learn its indigenous name. Its steep slopes, rocks, trees, flowers and trails draw me like a magnet. I sense that its granite clarity unfurls a benign energy over the surrounding country. I wonder how many other people, now and in earlier times, have felt the … Read More
As we know, on this level of existence, the life of human beings, the life of humanity, the life of animals, plants and the entire planet is in constant change and transformation. The dewdrops of each dawn are both new and at the same time connected to the water vapor of the preceding nights and days … and ultimately, they … Read More
Sunray Meditation Society’s Inspirational Messages Series In this Issue: Applying Remedies & Choosing What is Wisdom and Lifeforce-Enhancing A Video Message from Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo Blessings of Seeds Stay in Your Seat by Rev. Bev Hunter Message from the Mamos from Mamo Guney Maku Community Collective Planning Tai Chi for Rehabilitative Health 7-Part Series from Dr. Paul Lam Resources for Our Young People … Read More
Message from the Mamos of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, received on April 6, 2020 “Don’t say no, they didn’t tell us. We Mamos from the Heart of the World, which is also the Heart of the Universe, from our sacred house, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, we greet all our little brothers of all races in the world, … Read More