In this photo you can see Kit Carson
and Crestone Peak. The cluster of buildings below is the Shumei
International Institute. The 35 acres of the Vajra Vidya Retreat
Center lie below here and a little to the south. Four 14teeners
nestle the little town of Crestone. As you look out to the West
you see a large plain and underneath is the largest water aquifer
in the United States. The views from this location are mixed
with the magic of the Sangre de Cristo range and the grounded
earth quality of the plains. The area's history is woven with
the movement of many native tribes and has continued to be a
pilgrimage place for the Ute and Arapaho. There are rocks in
the mountains that are formed into meditation type seats and
several medicine wheel formations have been discovered. On the
Vajra Vidya Retreat land, a student of Rinpoche's found two
beautiful and old arrowheads. This Crestone landscape has also
been identified by His Holiness the 16th Karmapa as an auspicious
and sacred location.
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