Diamond Mountain Retreat Center

Mountain House Deep Retreat - Coming Home
2025-10-29 - 2025-11-04 | Diamond Mountain, 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, AZ, AZ, 85605, United States
Plant the teachings in YOUR heart with a deep retreat in Diamond Mountain. Coming Home: Door to the Diamond Way 3.

Join us under the stars!
2025-09-23 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Phoenix) | Diamond Mountain, 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, AZ, AZ, 85605, United States
The Tucson Astronomy Club will be at Diamond Mountain on Tuesday, September 23, at 7:30 PM for a guided Dark Sky viewing. 🌌🔭
Come experience the brilliance of the Milky Way, planets, and constellations in one of Arizona’s most pristine night skies and newest Dark Sky Approved Lodging. This is a free community event — just bring your curiosity and a sense of wonder!
📍 Diamond Mountain Retreat Center
🕢 Tuesday September 23, 7:30 PM
Let’s celebrate the beauty of our desert night sky together. 💫

Creatures of the Night
2025-09-22 - 2025-09-27 | Diamond Mountain, 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, AZ, AZ, 85605, United States
The 3nd Ecological Restoration Summit at Diamond Mountain Retreat Center
This year’s summit volunteers will create habitat for the endangered Mexican long-nosed bat.

Fridays, 4pm: Yoga
2025-08-08 16:00 - 2026-05-29 17:00 | Main Temple, 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, 85605, United States
Unlock Inner Harmony
Join us to embrace the power of a peaceful mind through stretching exercises. Moving your body with the knowledge of ancient classic wisdom, you will not only cultivate physical health but also foster a resilient, sharp, and focused mind. Come to discover a journey where body stretching is the key to mental peace and where the wisdom of the past shapes a powerful present. Your path to a healthier body and a more centred mind starts here – are you ready?
As we navigate larger retreats and programs, the dates and times may change. Reach out to us if you want to join.

Wednesdays, 4pm: Meditation
2025-08-06 16:00 - 2026-05-27 17:00 | Main Temple, 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, 85605, United States
Diamond Mountain is THE place for meditation and retreat. So let’s get meditation going.
TRAIN YOUR MIND – Learn how to focus and make your mind do what you want it to do.
We regard meditation as mind training to be able to have deep realizations which help us progressing on the spiritual path.
Each week, we provide short instructions on how to meditate, how to overcome obstacles, what is needed to have a successful meditation. And we do it! We actually meditate.
Teacher: Ven. Sunam
As we navigate larger retreats and programs, the dates and times may change. Reach out to us if you want to join.

Mondays, 4pm: Asian wisdom word by word. Join us for Xuanzang’s Tower with Geshe Michael Roach
2025-08-04 16:00 - 2026-05-28 17:00 | Online Zoom
We are thrilled to share that Geshe Michael will be teaching live online translation classes weekly for the entire year. Geshe Michael and the Mixed Nuts translation team will explain the essential meaning of ancient classics and how to apply these ideas to our modern lives.
This event is online “only”, you can join using this link: https://xuanzang.live/class
The teaching goes from 4 pm till 6.30 pm. You may stay for as long as you wish.
If you are not at Diamond Mountain, you have the amazing opportunity to watch it online from the comfort of your home.

A New Beginning: THE FIVE HOUSES
2025-04-17 - 2025-04-27 | Diamond Mountain, 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, AZ, AZ, 85605, United States
A Deep Retreat Experience. Diamond Mountain and Asian Classics Institute will be offering a new program in April, to start a new series of teachings with Geshe Michael Roach. We will have teachings that will feature new content within each of the Five Houses. Highlights will include emptiness study and meditations from the Classics. We will have four days of deep, quiet retreat, with an option to extend your stay.

Emptiness Meditations - Retreat I
2025-01-17 - 2025-01-26 | Diamond Mountain, 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, AZ, AZ, 85605, United States
All the great Buddhist masters say that perceiving emptiness directly is the key to realizing our spiritual goals. And the key to that is twofold: developing a clear understanding of what emptiness is empty of, along with developing the ability to meditate single-pointedly.

New Year Retreat 2025
2024-12-29 - 2025-01-03 | Diamond Mountain, 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, AZ, AZ, 85605, United States
Remember the Three Principle Paths? Maybe you do and maybe you don’t. Come join us in a meditation retreat to go deeper into the very foundations of the Buddhist path. We will explore how to integrate and bring alive ideas like the Eight Worldly Thoughts, the four principles of karma/seeds, the benefits of the Wish and how to develop it into our daily lives.

Medicine Buddha & Nagarjuna, October 2024
2024-10-11 12:00 - 2024-10-20 10:00 | Diamond Mountain, 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, AZ, AZ, 85605, United States
The special sauce that makes Medicine Buddha prayers and mantras work is emptiness! We will fire up our understanding of this important Buddhist idea with our ongoing study of Nagarjuna’s Wisdom, possibly the most important text ever written on emptiness.

Slide into Retreat
2024-10-06 12:00 - 2024-10-11 10:00 | Diamond Mountain, 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, AZ, AZ, 85605, United States
Get to know Medicine Buddha and touch the innermost essence with Ven. Gyelse.

Ask the Waters to Stay
2024-09-02 - 2024-09-07 | Diamond Mountain, 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, AZ, AZ, 85605, United States
Encouraging the rainwater that falls in arid regions to stay on the land, soak into the earth and benefit the plants, animals, and people that co-habitat there. This five-night residential experience includes healthy vegetarian food, lodging in unique eco cottages, two presentations daily from expert speakers, plus optional yoga and meditation. We encourage you to connect deeply with yourself while immersing in the land and sharing knowledge and caring with the other participants and facilitators.

STEPS ON THE PATH RETREAT
2024-04-12 12:00 - 2024-04-21 10:00 | Diamond Mountain, 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, AZ, AZ, 85605, United States
We are excited to offer the 46th installment of our journey through the Liberation in Our Hands.
Diamond Mountain Retreat Center and Asian Classics Institute are proud to announce the STEPS ON THE PATH RETREAT, April 12-21, 2024 with Geshe Michael Roach at Diamond Mountain Retreat Center in Bowie, Arizona, USA, and ONLINE for all the participants worldwide. Be ready for Retreat in Retreat! We will put special attention on going into mini-deep-retreat during the middle of our time together.
There will be a precourse in March to prepare your mind, body, and to-do list for retreat. Registration is opening soon.

Ride the Tiger Retreat (New Year)
2023-12-27 16:00 - 2024-01-02 10:00 | Diamond Mountain, 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, AZ, AZ, 85605, United States
Experience the practice of Hatha Yoga
with Earle Birney and Lisa Schrempp
SINK YOUR MIND INTO THE QUEST TO BECOME FLUENT
IN THE CAPSULES AND INNER WIND;
A PERSON WHO CONTINUES TO PRACTICE THEIR YOGA IN THIS WAY
TRAVELS TO THE STATE OF ROYAL YOGA ITSELF HYP
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GRAND OPENING OF GOOD NAME STUPA
2023-10-28 15:00 - 16:30 | Diamond Mountain, 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, AZ, AZ, 85605, United States
STUPAS IN THE SILENT DESERT
At the next Medicine Buddha/Nagarjuna Retreat (October 20-29, 2023, at Diamond Mountain Retreat Center in Bowie, Arizona), we are excited to announce that we will have the grand opening ceremony for the first of seven stupas planned for Diamond Mountain’s multi-year Marble Stupa Project! The stupa is named after the first Medicine Buddha, Good Name. Its planning, fundraising, and construction of native Arizona marble took several years and was recently completed. During the upcoming retreat, we will also open the Pilgrimage Path, another exciting feature of the Marble Stupa Project that will connect the seven stupas, planned to have vista-viewing benches and informational stations along the way once it is finished.
The Marble Stupa Project began in 2020, when one of Diamond Mountain’s major donors decided to make their long-time dream a reality. Fundraising started, marble was mined, architects and construction crews were hired. Stupa construction began in 2022.
The stupas will be named after each of the seven Medicine Buddhas: 1) Good Name; 2) Jewel Moon; 3) Finest Gold; 4) Beyond Sadness; 5) Ocean Song; 6) Dharma Sea; and 7) Medicine Buddha himself. We expect the next stupa to be completed by the end of 2023. It will be stupa #7, dedicated to Medicine Buddha. The third stupa is scheduled for 2024. Completion of the rest is dependent on successful fundraising.
The price tag for the project is $10.5 million. Each stupa costs about $1.5 million. Diamond Mountain has already raised $6.3 million, leaving $4.2 million to go. The project director, Venerable Sunam (who doubles as the Executive Director of Diamond Mountain Retreat Center), expects the remaining fundraising to take another three to four years. Stupa construction will proceed as fundraising continues. Four countries have each promised to build one (or more than one!) entire stupa: Taiwan has two, Singapore, Malaysia, and Japan each have one, and the remaining two are being funded by people all around the world.
It was Geshe Michael’s idea to use the beautiful marble that comes from the quarry right over the hill from where Good Name Stupa is located to build all the stupas. Marble, he says, has a good positive vibrational energy and is very suitable for meditation. So our neighbors at the Cochise Marble Company provided the stone.
And how do you design a stupa, anyhow? Ven. Sunam says nobody had any blueprints for such a thing! The architects, Line and Space (lineandspace.com), used an old Tibetan book to get the outline and the spatial dimensions from old descriptions. Line and Space then created the actual design based on these descriptions. Our contractors, Daniel Ward from D.O. Ward’s Custom Builders, Inc., went to work on building once the marble was delivered (after it was mined and sent to Portugal for carving and shaping).
The results of all this work are exciting! We strongly urge you to attend the Medicine Buddha Retreat (click here for more information about the retreat) in person so you can gain the great benefit of attending this important ceremony. Stupas are magical buildings. The Good Name Stupa will confer the proven benefit of timeless wisdom on all who witness its unveiling. It provides a path of hope and healing for many things–not only health, but relationships, communication, the environment, and ailments of all kinds. The Medicine Buddhas made beautiful pledges to heal the world in many ways, and this stupa embodies those promises.

If you can be present, you will be one of the first of many pilgrims, seekers who have likely been touched by trauma, who will come to the stupa seeking healing. The Good Name Stupa is about healing both the place where it is located–a part of America where long ago much pain and harm came to native Americans, the Apache people, who live in the area–and all the people who visit it, this October and for many years to come, from around the world. All these people are seeking healing for the human pain and suffering they are experiencing–physically, mentally, in relationships, from war, and in many other ways.
So there is a very broad scope to the amazing benefits the Good Name Stupa offers. And what better place to find hope and healing than in the silence and quietude of the Arizona desert?
During the Grand Opening Ceremony we will put a specially-made statue of Supari Kīrtita–that’s the Good Name Buddha in Sanskrit–in the stupa.
Here is where the statue of Supari Kīrtita will be placed during the Grand Opening
This will make the stupa complete. There will be a ribbon-cutting for the Pilgrimage Path, a beautiful winding walk that will eventually connect all seven stupas. We will reveal the donor wall, honoring individuals who gave more than $5,000 to the stupa project. We will joyously circumambulate our wonderful new stupa. And we will give attendees a piece of the marble from the stupa construction to take home. So you see there are many great reasons to make this trip!
This fall at Diamond Mountain, you get to see a dream made real. It’s always a blessing to see a stupa, which is the embodiment of emptiness, the Buddha’s holy body, and the teachings rolled into one. And to see the brand-new beginning of a stupa is extra special, as you can imagine. The Good Name Stupa is intimately tied to the teachings we will be receiving simultaneously at the Medicine Buddha Retreat in the temple in the valley below every day.
One amazing secret about the stupa is that it contains a lot of Geshe Michael Roach’s translations–all his Medicine Buddha translations, and the 36 Asian Classics Institute foundational and diamond way teachings, comprising everything you need to know about Buddhism. These works are printed on special paper designed to last 500 years. Our intention is that loading the stupa with Geshe Michael’s translations will preserve and transmit the teachings for the next generation. As our dear friend Ven. Jigme points out, many of the recent finds made by the Asian Legacy Library, for example, have been from desert stupas in Asia! So we hope the Diamond Mountain stupas will join a great ancient tradition and help carry the dharma far into the future. The Good Name Stupa also contains a special version of the Lotus Sutra and other books sent by friends and donors.
Future developments for the Diamond Mountain stupa site include historical markers and stations with information about the history of Diamond Mountain and its surrounding area; contemplation triggers to help meditation at the stupa and along the Pilgrimage Path; a guided walk; meditation places along with suggested meditations; and contemplation and vista-viewing benches. Please check Diamond Mountain’s stupa update site for a historical timeline: https://dev.diamondmountain.org/stupa-updates/
Diamond Mountain has invited Geshe Michael Roach to lead the ceremony, the exact day and time of which is still to be determined.

MEET MEDICINE BUDDHA (ONLINE)
2023-09-06 06:00 - 2023-10-14 08:00 | Online Zoom
Week 1: September 6 & 7
Week 2: September 13 & 14
Week 3: October 4 & 5
Week 4: October 13 & 14
6-8am, Arizona time,

THE MAGIC OF EMPTY MEDITATIONS
2023-04-07 - 2023-04-16 | Diamond Mountain, 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, AZ, AZ, 85605, United States
THE MAGIC OF EMPTY MEDITATIONS
FUELING YOUR COMPASSION
FOR IMPACTFUL TRANSFORMATION
April 7-16, 2023
Live from Diamond Mountain
In-Person and Online
by the Asian Classics Institute

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In this most precious teaching in the Steps on the Path (Lam Rim), we have reached two of the most cherished meditation practices of our tradition, designed to help us develop a deep experience of compassion and love: Exchanging Self and Others, and Tonglen.
These two widely known meditations are the key to smashing our own self-cherishing and selfishness, which is handcuffed to our infinitely worse habit of all: believing that things are themselves.
In this 10-day meditation retreat intensive at Diamond Mountain (and broadcast live in 9 languages!), we will explore the nuances of each of these meditations and bring ourselves to the following question:
If we really understood that our world is a result of how we have treated others in the past, including an understanding that even our meditation practices are a result of how we have treated others in the past, how could we use this key insight into emptiness to provide the fuel for impactful transformation in our world? How do these meditation practices, these internal visualizations, actually provide that fuel and the seeds for change?

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At Diamond Mountain, we will delve in each of these ideas with daily classes taught by Geshe Michael Roach, a master translator and accomplished meditator, as well as daily group meditations and yoga practices with senior teachers. After an intensive morning of practice together, we will head into the retreat valley for personal, silent practice in the afternoons and evenings, to integrate and study the learnings.
We will also have a fire ceremony, dedicated to ridding the world of conflict and strife, to bring about peaceful harmony between peoples, cultures and nations.
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What is Nirvana and how do I get there?
2023-03-17 - 2023-03-19 | Diamond Mountain, 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, AZ, AZ, 85605, United States
What is Nirvana and how do I get there
with Elly van der Pas, Venerable Jigme Palmo

Unfortunately, the weekend retreat needs to be postponed.
At the moment we don't have a new date scheduled.

We will let you know as soon as we have a new date and time.

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“Nirvana” has become a common word in modern languages, and it seems to mean different things depending on who is using it. Is it a state of perfect happiness? Or does it mean freedom? Does it mean you don’t have any more karma? Or does it mean we disappear into a blissful void?
In this weekend course we will talk about what nirvana really means, from teachings given by Geshe Michael Roach and based on original sutras by Lord Buddha, as well as commentaries by Lama Quicksilver, Master Vasubandhu, and others. We will also learn practices and meditations that will help you to clear the way to your own nirvana.
When: Friday March 17 – Sunday March 19, 2023
Where: Diamond Mountain Retreat Center, Bowie, Arizona and Online
TEACHERS: Jigme Palmo
Language: English
ONSITE: USD 320 – What is included? Housing in a private cottage (including linen and towels) The teachings are for free!
Coming for the first time? Here are a few helpful links to prepare: come prepared, what does off-grid mean, directions
ONLINE: FREE. If you have the ressources please support the production costs with USD 49

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Elly van der Pas, Venerable Jigme Palmo
Certified ACI Senior Teacher
Venerable Jigme Palmo has spent approximately three and a half years in solitary retreats. She has been an executive assistant to Geshe Michael Roach since 1995, and is a senior teacher at Asian Classics Institute (ACI). She recorded and archived almost all Geshe Michael’s teachings from 2004 to 2014, including all his Diamond Mountain University courses, as well as all courses of the Yoga Study Institute (YSI). She is currently working as co-manager of Diamond Cutter Press, which publishes Geshe Michael’s books, as well as those of the Diamond Cutter Classics translators. She is herself a published translator of Tibetan Buddhist material. Jigme Palmo is the President of the Board of Directors of ACI and is a member of the Board of Directors of Diamond Mountain Retreat Center.
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REGISTRATION FEES & ACCOMMODATION CATEGORIES

Retreat Registration fees at Diamond Mountain include housing in a private cottage (including linen and towels). We always provide the teachings for free!
Private Cottages accommodate 1 guest. Kitchen and Bathroom facilities are not shared with anyone else.

COTTAGE INFORMATION

Most of our eco-friendly houses retreat include 12-volt solar electricity, composting toilets and passive solar design which allows them to naturally stay cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. Please check out our houses here.

NEED HELP PREPARING FOR YOUR RETREAT AT DIAMOND MOUNTAIN?

Here are a few helpful links to prepare: come prepared, what does off-grid mean, directions

SAMPLE DAILY SCHEDULE

This is an example schedule, there are variation depending on the day.
Together:

6am meditation
8am-10am: class (2x 45 minutes with a 15 minute break inbetween)
10:30am-11:30: movement
We encourage you to practice the rest of the day what you have learned. A suggested schedule will be provided.

CANCELLATION POLICY

Registration fees are refundable:

25% refundable before February 16, 2023
0% after February 16, 2023

You are welcome to request an exception to this policy.

COVID POLICY

We require every participant to be vaccinated. Otherwise we will perform a test on arrival. You can check on the CDC site which vaccines we accept. Which measures are in place onsite (wearing masks, daily temperature check, distancing, airing will be decided before the retreat as the actual situation demands)

DIAMOND MOUNTAIN RULEBOOK

We would like you to know the rules, the Do’s & Don’ts. Please let us know if you have any questions, we are happy to answer, and if there are any concerns from your side – maybe we find a solution! Let’s talk.

QUESTIONS?

If you still have questions about the retreat or your registration please let us know: sunam@diamondmountain.org

OVERCOME FEAR AND ANXIETY
2023-02-17 - 2023-02-20 | Diamond Mountain, 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, AZ, AZ, 85605, United States
OVERCOME FEAR AND ANXIETY
A good death meditation results in a happy, clear mind
Sarahni Stumpf

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Our physical bodies will inevitably die. We know this but we deny it so effectively that when the time comes we have regrets about our life. By meditating on our death in a proper way, we learn to make every moment of life precious and meaningful by way of our daily life choices. Our state of mind and heart become clear, happy, free of anxiety and fear. And we can better help others overcome their anxieties and fears.
This program includes 8 two hour classes, part theory, investigation and instruction, and part guided meditation. Held over Presidents Day Holiday weekend, Feb 17-20, 2023, we invite you to come to Diamond Mountain for just the program, or to extend your stay to include some personal retreat time in which to explore and practice that you have just learned.
When: Friday February 17 – Monday February 20, 2023
Where: Diamond Mountain Retreat Center, Bowie, Arizona and Online
TEACHERS: Sarahni Stumpf
Language: English
What is included: Housing (including linen and towels), 3 meals/day (dinner “ToGo” to eat in your cottage). The teachings are for free!
What is NOT included: transfer from Airport Tucson to Diamond Mountain. If you need a shuttle please let us know during registration and plan to arrive at Tucson BEFORE 9am on February 17, 2023 and departure NOT EARLIER than 3pm on February 20, 2023. The price for the round-trip is USD 200. If you need a hotel because you arrive a day earlier: we recommend La Quinta Tucson Airport.
COVID: We require every participant to be vaccinated. You can check on the CDC site which vaccines we accept. Which measures are in place onsite (wearing masks, daily temperature check, distancing, airing will be decided before the retreat as the actual situation demands)
Coming for the first time? Here are a few helpful links to prepare: come prepared, what does off-grid mean, directions
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Sarahni Stumpf
Certified ACI Senior Teacher
Sarahni is retired from a career as a Physician Assistant and Acupuncturist. She left her work in medical care to pursue the wisdom through which people can find healing into ultimate happiness. She, with her husband, David, are long time residents of southern Arizona enjoying the great outdoors year-round. They are both well trained in the monastic teachings of Gelukpa Buddhism as well as in the Lam Rim, Stages of the Path to Enlightenment. In 2014 they completed 40 months of isolated meditation retreat with a small group in the northern foothills of the Chiricahua Mountains. They are eager to share what they have learned with others. She can be reached via email: healingstepsgroup@gmail.com
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REGISTRATION FEES & ACCOMMODATION CATEGORIES

Retreat Registration fees include housing (including linen and towels), 3 meals/day. We always provide the teachings for free!
We will provide different housing types. Please choose one for the retreat. Additionally the price includes breakfast, lunch and “take-out” dinner. Starting with Dinner on February 17 and ending with Lunch on February 20.
Private Cottages accommodate 1 guest. Kitchen and Bathroom facilities are not shared with anyone else. Private rooms accommodate 1 guest. Kitchen and Bathroom facilities are shared with your housemate(s). Shared rooms accommodate 2-3 guests and have Twin or Twin XL beds. (If you are 6 feet or taller, we highly recommend requesting a Twin Xtra Long bed)
Private Cottage (accommodate 1 guest. Kitchen and Bathroom facilities are not shared with anyone else)

Private Cottage: PREMIUM USD 597
Private Cottage: DELUXE USD 546
Private Cottage: MODEST USD 465

Private Room ( accommodate 1 guest. Kitchen and Bathroom facilities are shared with your housemate(s))

Private DELUXE Room: USD 402

Shared Room

Shared Room: USD 330

COTTAGE INFORMATION

Most of our eco-friendly houses retreat include 12-volt solar electricity, composting toilets and passive solar design which allows them to naturally stay cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. Please check out our houses here.

NEED HELP PREPARING FOR YOUR RETREAT AT DIAMOND MOUNTAIN?

Here are a few helpful links to prepare: come prepared, what does off-grid mean, directions

SAMPLE DAILY SCHEDULE

This is an example schedule, there are variation depending on the day.
Together:

7am: breakfast
8am-10am: class
10:30am-11:30: movement
12pm: lunch and take-out dinner
1pm-3pm: class
3pm-7pm practice in your cottage, walk, nap, relax and dinner
7pm-9pm: class

CANCELLATION POLICY

Registration fees are refundable:

25% refundable before January 16, 2022
0% after January 16, 2022

You are welcome to request an exception to this policy.

COVID POLICY

We require every participant to be vaccinated. You can check on the CDC site which vaccines we accept. Which measures are in place onsite (wearing masks, daily temperature check, distancing, airing will be decided before the retreat as the actual situation demands)

DIAMOND MOUNTAIN RULEBOOK

We would like you to know the rules, the Do’s & Don’ts. Please let us know if you have any questions, we are happy to answer, and if there are any concerns from your side – maybe we find a solution! Let’s talk.

QUESTIONS?

If you still have questions about the retreat or your registration please let us know: sunam@diamondmountain.org

THE SOURCE OF ALL MY GOOD
2023-01-13 - 2023-01-16 | Diamond Mountain, 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, AZ, AZ, 85605, United States
THE SOURCE OF ALL MY GOOD
With a guided meditation that brings to life each verse
Ven. Sumati (David Stumpf)

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The Source of All My Good by Je Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) is a famous Lam Rim or steps on the path. In 14 verses, the reader learns the practices that create a solid foundation for Dharma practitioners. It is a very powerful introduction to the practice of the Diamond Way. We have the rare opportunity to learn it from a very experienced teacher in this retreat.
With a guided meditation that brings to life each verse so that we may fit the teaching into our daily life.
To use a jigsaw puzzle as an analogy, it is easiest to build the puzzle if you have a picture of what the completed puzzle looks like. The wisdom within the verses of the Source of All My Good are like the pieces of the puzzle while the guided meditation represents the complete picture in an easily remembered form.
Anyone interested in their spiritual path is welcome. New to the Buddha Dharma or already familiar with it, this program will share tools that we can immediately use to direct our lives to greater ease and happiness.
When: Friday January 13 – Monday January 16, 2023
Where: Diamond Mountain Retreat Center, Bowie, Arizona and Online
TEACHERS: Ven. Sumati has taught The Source of All My Good for 16 years and is honored to have the opportunity to give this teaching at the Diamond Mountain Retreat Center
Language: English
What is included: Housing (including linen and towels), 3 meals/day (dinner “ToGo” to eat in your cottage). The teachings are for free!
What is NOT included: transfer from Airport Tucson to Diamond Mountain. If you need a shuttle please let us know during registration and plan to arrive at Tucson BEFORE 9am on January 13, 2023 and departure NOT EARLIER than 3pm on January 16, 2023. The price for the round-trip is USD 200. If you need a hotel because you arrive a day earlier: we recommend La Quinta Tucson Airport.
COVID: We require every participant to be vaccinated. You can check on the CDC site which vaccines we accept. Which measures are in place onsite (wearing masks, daily temperature check, distancing, airing will be decided before the retreat as the actual situation demands)
Coming for the first time? Here are a few helpful links to prepare: come prepared, what does off-grid mean, directions
Sign up for this unique opportunity.
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David Stumpf, Venerable Sumati,
Certified ACI Senior Teacher
David is a retired plant biochemist living with his wife, Sarahni (Susan), in Tucson, Arizona. He has studied and trained in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition since 1995, most intensively with Geshe Michael Roach. He is a certified ACI teacher and has taught internationally since 2006. David and Sarahni helped establish the Diamond Mountain Retreat Center in southeastern Arizona, where he served as operations manager from 2004 to 2010.
From December 2010 to April 2014, he and his lovely wife participated in a three-year, silent, isolated retreat at Diamond Mountain Retreat Center. During the three-year retreat he received a transmission for the practice of White Tara, which is now his main personal practice. During retreat, he wrote a compendium of advices on her practice, which he enjoys sharing with those who feel connected to White Tara. He is currently teaching students in South Africa.
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REGISTRATION FEES & ACCOMMODATION CATEGORIES

Retreat Registration fees include housing (including linen and towels), 3 meals/day. We always provide the teachings for free!
We will provide different housing types. Please choose one for the retreat. Additionally the price includes breakfast, lunch and “take-out” dinner. Starting with Dinner on Dec 27 and ending with Lunch on Jan 1.
Private Cottages accommodate 1 guest. Kitchen and Bathroom facilities are not shared with anyone else. Private rooms accommodate 1 guest. Kitchen and Bathroom facilities are shared with your housemate(s). Shared rooms accommodate 2-3 guests and have Twin or Twin XL beds. (If you are 6 feet or taller, we highly recommend requesting a Twin Xtra Long bed)
Private Cottage (accommodate 1 guest. Kitchen and Bathroom facilities are not shared with anyone else)

Private Cottage: PREMIUM USD 597
Private Cottage: DELUXE USD 546
Private Cottage: MODEST USD 465

Private Room ( accommodate 1 guest. Kitchen and Bathroom facilities are shared with your housemate(s))

Private DELUXE Room: USD 402

Shared Room

Shared Room: USD 330

COTTAGE INFORMATION

Most of our eco-friendly houses retreat include 12-volt solar electricity, composting toilets and passive solar design which allows them to naturally stay cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. Please check out our houses here.

NEED HELP PREPARING FOR YOUR RETREAT AT DIAMOND MOUNTAIN?

Here are a few helpful links to prepare: come prepared, what does off-grid mean, directions

SAMPLE DAILY SCHEDULE

This is an example schedule, there are variation depending on the day.
Together:

7am: breakfast
8am-10am: class
10:30am-11:30: movement
12pm: lunch and take-out dinner
1pm-3pm: class
3pm-7pm practice in your cottage, walk, nap, relax and dinner
7pm-9pm: class

CANCELLATION POLICY

Registration fees are refundable:

25% refundable before December 16, 2022
0% after December 16, 2022

You are welcome to request an exception to this policy.

COVID POLICY

We require every participant to be vaccinated. You can check on the CDC site which vaccines we accept. Which measures are in place onsite (wearing masks, daily temperature check, distancing, airing will be decided before the retreat as the actual situation demands)

DIAMOND MOUNTAIN RULEBOOK

We would like you to know the rules, the Do’s & Don’ts. Please let us know if you have any questions, we are happy to answer, and if there are any concerns from your side – maybe we find a solution! Let’s talk.

QUESTIONS?

If you still have questions about the retreat or your registration please let us know: sunam@diamondmountain.org

Generate Hope & Healing for 2023
2022-12-27 - 2023-01-01 | Diamond Mountain, 3209 S Old Fort Bowie Rd., Bowie, AZ, AZ, 85605, United States
Generate Hope & Healing for 2023
RETREAT WITH THE MEDICINE BUDDHA
Includes Empowerment

The teachings, practices and prayers of the Medicine Buddhas will help you to generate hope & healing for 2023. During this 5-day Medicine Buddha retreat you will learn from the ancient and original Tibetan text translated in 2020. The focus will be on applying what you learn for maximum impact so that you can create the karma to benefit all beings. Taking a deep dive and practicing the sadhana, meditation, mantra, and the sutras with integrity will increase the power of the healing.
Diamond Mountain which offers unparalleled conditions for retreat.
When: Tuesday December 27 -Sunday January 1, 2023
Where: Diamond Mountain Retreat Center, Bowie, Arizona and & Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
TEACHERS: Ven. Gyelse and Ven. Sunam
Language: English in Diamond Mountain / Vietnamese in Ho Chi Minh City
Sign up for this unique opportunity so that you can receive the blessing to study the Medicine Buddha teachings, practices & prayers!
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If you have more questions, please click here.

ACI Course 15: What the Buddha Really Meant
2022-08-18 18:00 - 2022-10-03 20:00 | Online Zoom
ACI Course 15: What the Buddha Really Meant
This Course is based upon The Commentary on the True Intention of the Sutras (Dode Gong Drel) and The Sutra Requested by the Arya Named Never- Ending Wisdom (Pakpa Lodru Misepe Shupay Do) by Shakyamuni Buddha, with a commentary from The Essence of Eloquence on the Art of Interpretation (Drange Lekshe Nyingpo) by Je Tsongkapa (1357- 1419).
Topics include:

The importance of evaluating spiritual teachings
how to interpret when spiritual teachings are literal or figurative
how to evaluate apparently conflicting teachings
a summary of the teachings Lord Buddha gave in each of the three Turnings of the Wheel of the Dharma
the goal of each of the three Turnings of the Wheel
an explanation of the ideas held by each of the main schools of Buddhism
ultimate reality (emptiness) according to each of the schools
the three progressively higher understandings of emptiness
the three attributes of reality
a comparison of the Mind- Only School and the Middle- Way School explanations of emptiness and dependent origination
how to use an understanding of emptiness to stop all your suffering
how to stop your aging and death by stopping your ignorance.

Who: Sarahni
Where: Offered via zoom
When: Monday and Thursday evenings 6-8 pm Arizona time August 18 to October 3, 2022
Tickets: free,
Register: Let Sarahni know that you want to join. Click here.
Sarahni is retired from a career as a Physician Assistant and Acupuncturist. She left her work in medical care to pursue the wisdom through which people can find healing into ultimate happiness. She, with her husband, David, are long time residents of southern Arizona enjoying the great outdoors year-round. They are both well trained in the monastic teachings of Gelukpa Buddhism as well as in the Lam Rim, Stages of the Path to Enlightenment. In 2014 they completed 40 months of isolated meditation retreat with a small group in the northern foothills of the Chiricahua Mountains, at Diamond Mountain Retreat Center. Sarahni has been sharing the Asian Classics Institute’s course series since 2002. With the availability of on-line classes in 2014, she has been able to extend access to this powerful training to many.

The 6 Flavors of Emptiness
2022-04-28 18:00 - 2022-05-23 20:00 | Online Zoom
The 6 Flavors of Emptiness
This meditation practice focuses on understanding ultimate reality (emptiness) on a more advanced level. Mahamudra is meditation on the ultimate nature of one’s own mind. We learn to meditate on the emptiness of things and oneself, examining them on six different levels, each one leading to a more sophisticated understanding which we use to look at our own mind and it’s nature. Meditating on the ultimate nature of one’s own mind is an important part of a larger practice that leads to the direct perception of ultimate reality. The direct experience of ultimate reality is a key meditative realization that assures very quick enlightenment. This program will be a combination of teachings and guided meditation.
Who: Sarahni
Where: Offered via zoom
When: Monday and Thursday evenings, 6-8pm MST, April 28 to May 23.
Tickets: free,
Register: Let Sarahni know that you want to join. Click here.
Sarahni is retired from a career as a Physician Assistant and Acupuncturist. She left her work in medical care to pursue the wisdom through which people can find healing into ultimate happiness. She, with her husband, David, are long time residents of southern Arizona enjoying the great outdoors year-round. They are both well trained in the monastic teachings of Gelukpa Buddhism as well as in the Lam Rim, Stages of the Path to Enlightenment. In 2014 they completed 40 months of isolated meditation retreat with a small group in the northern foothills of the Chiricahua Mountains, at Diamond Mountain Retreat Center. Sarahni has been sharing the Asian Classics Institute’s course series since 2002. With the availability of on-line classes in 2014, she has been able to extend access to this powerful training to many.

LAM RIM: ACCELERATE YOUR COMPASSION (by ACI)
2022-04-03 - 2022-04-10 | Live-streamed from Diamond Mountain
LAM RIM: ACCELERATE YOUR COMPASSION (by ACI)
Exchanging Self and Others
April 3 – April 10, 2022
Live-streamed from Diamond Mountain
More Information on the ACI Website

How we can Help the Situation in Europe - Part V (Live-Broadcast with Geshe Michael Roach)
2022-03-22 09:00 - 10:00 | Youtube Livestream
Live-Broadcast with Geshe Michael Roach – Part V
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
WHEN:
9:00 am Arizona
1o:00 am Guadalajara
17:00 Berlin
18:00 Kyiv, Bucharest, Sofia
19:00 Moskau
WHO: Geshe Michael Roach
WHERE: Youtube live stream (English), Youtube live stream (Russian), Youtube live stream (German)

How we can Help the Situation in Europe - Part IV (Live-Broadcast with Geshe Michael Roach)
2022-03-15 09:00 - 10:00 | Youtube Livestream
Live-Broadcast with Geshe Michael Roach – Part IV
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
WHEN:
9:00 am Arizona
1o:00 am Guadalajara
17:00 Berlin
18:00 Kyiv, Bucharest, Sofia
19:00 Moskau
WHO: Geshe Michael Roach
WHERE: Youtube live stream (English), Youtube live stream (Russian), Youtube live stream (German)

How we can Help the Situation in Europe - Part II (Live-Broadcast with Geshe Michael Roach)
2022-03-02 09:15 - 10:15 | Youtube Livestream
Live-Broadcast with Geshe Michael Roach – Part II
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
WHEN:
9:15 am Arizona
11:15 am Guadalajara
17:15 Berlin
18:15 Kyiv, Bucharest, Sofia
19:15 Moskau
WHO: Geshe Michael Roach
WHERE: Youtube live stream

How we can Help the Situation in Europe (Live-Broadcast with Geshe Michael Roach)
2022-02-25 09:00 - 10:00 | Online Zoom
Live-Broadcast with Geshe Michael Roach
Friday, February 25, 2022
WHEN:
9 am Arizona
11 am Guadalajara
17:00 Berlin
18:00 Kyiv
19:00 Moskau
WHO: Geshe Michael Roach
WHERE: Join via zoom or Youtube live stream
To our brothers & sisters
in the Ukraine and in Russia
February 24, 2022
Our dearest brothers & sisters:
We have heard this morning of the heart-breaking news of the killing and injury of groups of people by others, in your countries. It brings us terrible sadness, especially when we recognize that there is no country, and no one of us individually, who is free inside of us from the same kind of violence.
We pledge to all of you brothers & sisters that for the next year, daily, we will add—into our daily meditations—prayers and contemplations about where this violence comes from, and how to stop it by changing ourselves: by reading and re-reading the explanations from our lineage which are attached to this letter, and trying to follow them hour by hour in our own lives.
We also pledge, as the directors in charge of the 12 Worldview organizations, that we will provide to you brothers & sisters any spiritual or physical needs that you may personally have during these difficult times. Please please let us know about anything we can do, financially or spiritually or emotionally or otherwise, to provide for the needs of you and your loved ones, and we will do our very best. You can contact any one of us, and we will share and respond with the rest.
This we pledge,
Seiji Arao, executive vice-president
DCI Global &
The Sedona College of International Management
John Brady, executive director,
The Asian Legacy Library
Nick Lashaw, director
The Diamond Cutter Classics
Tim Lowenhaupt, executive director
The Asian Classics Institute
Hector Marcel, Stephen McManus, & Rachel Webb, directors
Three Jewels New York
Brigitte Mayer, director
Diamond Mountain Retreat Center
Anatole & Aisha Nguyen, directors
Green Stretch Pen
Connie O’Brien, director
Yoga Studies Institute
Jamie Plante, director
The Knowledge Base
Rosa van Grieken, director
Diamond Cutter Jewels
Elly van der Pas, director
The Diamond Cutter Press
Geshe Michael Roach, founder
Worldview Organizations
to our dear Ukraine & Russia friends

ACI Course 04: WHERE DO WE GO NEXT?
2022-02-22 06:00 - 2022-03-22 08:00 | Online Zoom
ACI Course 04: WHERE DO WE GO NEXT?
This 10 class series will come to these answers through an exploration of such topics as:

what makes a perception accurate,
who can have an accurate perception,
how to perceive things beyond our direct senses,
how compassion is developed,
how a mind of omniscience could even be possible,
and finally a logical exercise for everyone to meditate on: the existence of past and future lives.

Who: TimothyLowenhaupt, ACI Executive Director
Where: Offered via zoom
When: Tuesdays and Fridays, February 22 – March 22,, 2022, Arizona time

Class 1: Tuesday, February 22, 6:00am
Class 2: Friday , February 25, 7:00pm
Class 3: Tuesday, March 1, 6:00am
Class 4: Friday , March 4 , 7:00pm
Class 5: Tuesday, March 5, 6:00am
Class 6: Friday ,March 8, 6:00am
Class 7: Tuesday, March 11, 7:00pm
Class 8: Friday , March 12, 6:00am
Class 9: Tuesday, March 15, 6:00am
Class 10: Friday, March18, 7:00pm
Review Class: Tuesday,March 22, 6:00am

Tickets: free,
Zoom link for all classes: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85852096673?pwd=[REDACTED]
ACI Study Platform: https://en.asianclassicsinstitute.org/shop
Join telegram group: https://t.me/+j38SS6zRaV0wNTgx
For any questions, write to the ACI account in Telegram http://t.me/asianclassicsinstitute

The Diamond & the Mountain – by Ven. Jigme
2022-01-08 06:00 - 07:00 | Online Zoom
The Diamond & the Mountain
Join us on Jan 8, 2022 to listen to her story and the story on Diamond Mountain!
Who: Ven. Jigme Palmo
Where: Live stream https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85722326669
When: Saturday, January 8, 6 am Arizona, 7 am Guadalajara, 2 pm Berlin, 4 pm Moscow, 9 pm Singapore
Tickets: free
Join Live Stream

In 2002, a modern group of pioneers came to Diamond Mountain in search of inner treasures: a clear, disciplined mind and an open heart. Their dream was to give anyone who sought a balanced, meaningful life the opportunity to explore their possibilities in the ideal setting, with all the guidance they need. After 15 years the initial vision has actualized. The founders created a place both comfortable and peaceful, remote but accessible, where people from all walks of life can be fully supported in their quest for insight. Ven. Jigme Palmo was one of the earliest Sangha members and also a founder of Diamond Mountain. At the age of ten, the indefatigable Ven. Jigme transferred from public school to a Catholic school because she wanted to study religious philosophy in a deeper way. Later she received her masters’ degree in East-West Psychology from the Institute of Integral Studies and completed all Asian Classics Institute and Diamond Way courses at Diamond Mountain. Over the years she has taught Asian Classics Institute (ACI) course, eleven total courses at Diamond Mountain on the Diamond Cutter and Heart Sutras, plus two courses on how to do retreat.
In the last three decades she has completed more than 3 ½ years total of silent solitary retreat, including one for 10 months and one for 8 months, as well as more than 15 four to six-week retreats. Ven. Jigme has always loved the wildness of the area and the animals that come to see you, especially when in deep retreat. Her global network of students can be found in Mexico, Ireland, Argentina, Canada, the USA and online.
