Barnet, Vermont
About
Karmê Chöling
Karmê Chöling is a Buddhist meditation retreat center and residential practice place in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, founded by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1970 and named by the 16th Karmapa in 1974.
Founded in 1970
The practice place
of the Karma Kagyu
Karmê Chöling is a Buddhist land center and residential practice place grounded in the Kagyu, Nyingma, Rimé and Shambhala traditions. Rooted in Buddhist practice, we offer retreat, study, community life and contemplative dialogue, and we continue to serve as a Shambhala center within the international Shambhala community.
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche founded the center in 1970 as Tail of the Tiger, his first land center in North America.
About Karmê Chöling
History, mission
and approach
Mission and values
Space for teachings, practice and community, where innate goodness can be discovered. The mission
In 1974 His Holiness the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa gave it the name it carries: Karmê Chöling, the practice place of the Karma Kagyu.
The land
The land
Karmê Chöling sits on 500 acres of meadow, forest and garden in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, land that was home to the Abenaki people long before it was a dairy farm.
It holds six meditation halls, seven cabins in the woods for solitary retreat, and a one-acre organic garden that feeds the kitchen.
A household organized around meditation.
Come and practice
Programs run through the year, from a first meditation instruction to long retreats. You can also come for a personal retreat on your own schedule, and the visit pages help you plan it.