Detailed Overview of Lama Foundation, p.3

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The facilities are very rustic, with most summer participants tenting, offering an opportunity to deeply commune with Mother Earth. During the summer one may experience: thunderstorms and rainbows, shooting stars, coyote song and hawk song, the wind in the pine trees, and a very wide feeling of stillness. The beauty of the mountain perch, the panorama of its vista over the Rio Grande plateau, the feeling one is brushing the sky – all this quickens the spirit and bathes the heart in peace.

In1970 Ram Dass engaged in collaboration with Lama to produce the book “Be Here Now”, and later served as a trustee for several years as well as hosting many summer retreats. Over the years, many have served Lama as teachers, guides, trustees and elders. Along with Ram Dass, they include Murshid Samuel Lewis of the Chisti order of Sufis who is buried at Lama, Stephen Levine, Jack Kornfield, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Father Thomas Keating, Robert Bly, Baba Hari Dass, Natalie Goldberg, Bhante Gunaratana, Rabbi Zalman Schachter and Joshu Sasaki Roshi. Close ties exist with elders from the nearby Taos Pueblo.

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