Western Monastic Support

We are privileged to administer a fund to support Adzom Rinpoche's Western
ordained Sangha. The institution of ordained Sangha was established by Shakyamuni Buddha as the primary means for the Dharma to last for a long time. In his system of ordination, some people in the society make their entire lives full-time practice, and the general population supports them. This interdependence benefits not only the monks and nuns and general society, but also the donors.

White Jewel Mountain has embarked on a project to build a retreat center suitable to host teachers and retreat masters from Tibet. The center will include a monastery, hospice services, temple-meditation hall and cremation stupa on our 48 acres of gently sloping pinon-juniper woodland. While we work to establish this monastery,
ordained nuns have already moved to Crestone to participate. They truly are pioneers with hardly any of the support they would find in established Buddhist
cultures.

To help Rinpoche’s monks and nuns become full time practitioners, we have
established that this monastic support fund be used to assist them with retreat,
training, and development of community. Development of community could
include a group living situation or capitalizing a sustainable cottage industry.

So far, we are able to provide free solitary retreat housing for two monastics at
a time. We have enough monthly donations to provide supplies such as candles,
propane, firewood, and water, but not enough for full support including food and
other basic expenses. We invite you to donate to our Western Monastics' Support
Fund whatever amount is feasible for you, as a one-time, monthly, or quarterly tax-
deductible donation.

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