For a calendar of events at our center click here
For a calendar of events at our center click here
Karma Mahasiddha Ling (aka Idyllwild Dharma Center) was founded in 1986 by the Venerable Thrangu Rinpoche. It is located in the San Jacinto Mountains in Southern California. Its practices and focus are based on the teachings of the Karma Kagyu lineage as instructed by our teacher. It is a lay center and has no resident lama or facilities for people to live at the center.We are a non-profit organization whose sole purpose is to provide an environment for practicing Tibetan Buddhist methods of meditation with the intention of awakening the innate compassion and loving-kindness in our hearts and through this process, gain insight into the radiant true nature of our minds.
Karma Mahasiddha Ling is the result of a center started in Idyllwild in the early seventies by His Holiness, the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa. The current center was re-formed in 1986 under the guidance of the Venerable Thrangu Rinpoche. He is one of the most accomplished meditation masters from Tibet and the senior lama of the Karma Kagyu Lineage. We have about twenty regular members with some twenty more who drive up from the cities to practice with us when they are able. It is only through Thrangu Rinpoche's blessings and his unspoken ability to inspire students to strive for enlightenment that the center exists and continues on to this day.
His schedule has him traveling all over the world working with many centers in various countries. For this reason, we are only with him for two to three weeks a year. At that time we host the Mahamudra Retreat with him here in Idyllwild, CA where we follow a daily schedule of teachings and practice. This is a wonderful event that has been precious help in trying to understand the incomprehensibly deep teachings of this ancient unbroken Mahamudra lineage. This event was designed for Americans who are not able to come to his teachings in Nepal due to health and/or economic reasons. The attendance is usually around 100 people plus from all over the country, many of whom are health professionals. All attest to the great benefit these programs have had on both themselves and their health practices. (By the way, we have digitally recorded the teachings from all of the seminars and offer them in audio and transcript form.)
The rest of our year is spent hosting weekly peace meditation practice (click link for details on the actual practice), open to the public, on Sunday mornings at 10:00 a.m. and the Chenrezig Sadhana at 5:00 p.m. (in our large prayer room in Pine Cove, located near Idyllwild), as well as celebrating special days according to the Tibetan calendar, providing personal meditation lessons, doing our own individual practices and creating a support group for like-minded people who deeply appreciate the invaluable rewards that come from resting the mind in its own peaceful calm abiding state.
Please know that we are always available for email correspondence.. If there is anything else we might do to help you, feel free to let us know and if you ever come up to our mountains, do come by and visit the center. Click here for map, here for driving directions..
Karma Mahasiddha Ling
P.O. Box 1441
Idyllwild, CA 92549
Director: Lee Miracle
Stained glass Mani Chakra on Western wall of KML Shrineroom
