Ratna Ling Retreat Center

Our Mission

Ratna Ling Retreat Center’s mission is to offer education, healing, and spirituality to integrate into everyday life.  Guided by the Tibetan Buddhist traditions, we aim to share what is best, most beautiful, and most meaningful in this precious human existence.

Our Vision

Our name, “Ratna Ling” means “Land of Treasures”.  It is Rinpoche’s vision that the precious jewels of the teachings he brought to our country from a land far away, will touch hearts, open minds, and reveal the deep peace within that can be felt while staying in a place of gentle, natural beauty, supported by a spiritual community.

Our Purpose

Our purpose is to serve humanity by leading others toward wholeness and wellness on the path of Enlightenment. Our resident volunteers practice so that they may become guardians, protectors, and examples of this sacred wholeness and wellness.

Our Beliefs

• We follow the path of awakening brought to the United States by Tarthang Tulku, one of the first Tibetan Lamas to come to this country in 1960.

• We value every human being without exclusion.

• We treat each human being (and all other beings) with care, compassion, respect, and honor their dignity.

• We seek to help every human being find their innate goodness and take advantage of the precious opportunity afforded by their human life.

• We celebrate the accomplishments of others.

• We improve our lives by study, practice and work.

• We use the opportunity of working for the benefit of ourselves and others as practice; to see our patterns, habits, and misconceptions about ourselves as a path to obtain freedom.

• We learn to work with our thoughts and behavior to free ourselves from attachment, hatred and ignorance.

• We follow a path of generosity, ethical behavior, effort, patience, meditation, and wisdom.

• It is through the development of heart and mind, in an environment of external and emotional safety that people find true peace, inner safety and joy.