Our mission at Vairotsana Foundation is to preserve & transmit the spiritual teachings of Vajrayana Buddhism, which flourished in ancient Tibet and were prophesied to be of vital importance and benefit in modern times.
Vairotsana Foundation New Mexico Purpose
To provide a Dharma center in New Mexico with a resident Lama who is qualified to give teachings, empowerments, and continuing guidance for meditation practice.
To be a Dharma center that supports “engaged Buddhist” practice to benefit all sentient beings.
Vairotsana Foundation is a 501(c)(3) religious organization established in 1996 under the spiritual guidance of Tibetan Meditation Master, the Venerable Bhakha Tulku Rinpoche. Vairotsana Foundation has two meditation teachers on staff and is dedicated to preserving the spiritual teachings of the Nyingma tradition of Vajrayana Buddhism through research, translation of ancient Tibetan Buddhist texts, and teaching Vajrayana meditation practices and ritual. We offer spiritual services, prayers, and meditation instruction to those who seek it. The center is supported solely through donations.
Upcoming Retreats
Zuni Mountain Stupa
Consecrated in 2009, this stupa is the vision of the Venerable Bhakha Tulku Rinpoche, under whose guidance it was built by Vairotsana Foundation New Mexico - our Tibetan Buddhist sangha in the Nyingma tradition. Situated on a high mountain meadow on the retreat land known as Ösel Khandro Duwi Ling, The Gathering Place of the Dakinis, it is a quiet place of peace and refuge, a place for meditation, practice, and retreat during the visiting season May through October. Please visit our Events & Retreats Schedule page for information about upcoming meditation retreats with our teachers and community.
The Zuni Mountain Stupa, in the Zuni Mountains of northern New Mexico, is a Tibetan Buddhist temple built in the style of Dudul Chörten, meaning one which “subdues negative forces”. This stupa was built with the intention to help pacify the cycles of ignorance and violence present in the world, and to broadcast beneficial conditions for the establishment of peace and well-being.
A book written recently by Shirley Giser documented the building of the Zuni Mountain Stupa. For more information, please see our page titled, “Building the Zuni Mountain Stupa”!
Come Visit Our Zuni Mountain Stupa!
55 Bad Road
Grants, NM
Take Zuni Canyon Road from Grants (16.5 miles up that to “Bad Road”);
Turn left onto “Bad Road”, and it’s about a half a mile down this road to the Stupa.
Hours
Open Year Round
Please note that there is no staff presence and bathrooms are only available during the summer.
Please also note that the road is very bad in the winter, and it is easy to get stuck! Do not attempt to drive this road during bad weather.
Phone
Mary Lebus: (505) 908-1892