Dear Relatives, May we rekindle the fire of clear mind and right relationship in these changing times. The Healing Celebration is a practice taught to us by Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo and was from her ancestors, Nellie Ywahoo and Eonah Fisher and Eli Ywahoo. This is a special time on the planet and we can recognize our own inherent wellness. … Read More
Registration Now Open for Spring Peacekeeper 2025 Teachings of the Tsalagi Ywahoo Lineage April 5 – 6, 2025 California event begins Friday evening April 4. Participate online through video streaming provided by ZOOM.us and/or in-person. Pre-registration is required for both in person and online. *See schedule for dates and times of teachings in your selected region Join us this Spring … Read More
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
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). Special Announcement: On Saturday April 5th, Sunray meditation practice on Zoom will be cancelled, due to Spring Peacekeeper Teachings. Please join us when we resume again on Saturday, April 12th. Every Saturday, practice begins … Read More
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
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
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
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