Accommodations
Accommodations in summer months are in comfortable, but unheated, dormitories or platform tents. (See fees for more information). Most housing is a short walk from the central dining, bath house and practice facilities. If you have health problems or special needs which would make this kind of dorm living difficult, please let us know well in advance, as alternatives are limited. All accommodations are shared with one other person. (New Dorms to right.) Click here to scroll through a panorama of the center (large file, wait for download).
No accommodation includes any linen service and retreatants must bring their own towels and sheets. Please see the recommended packing list, here, for more details.
Important note: The Health Department Prohibits Personal Tents
The Department of Health has limited the number of temporary residents permitted on the land and may penalize the center if this is not adhered to strictly. As a result, personal tents are *not permitted on the land.*
Additionally, the high cost of construction of the retreat center limits the center's ability to provide a discount to those who wish to use their own tents. Please speak with Lama Tsewang Norbu for more information.
Built in 1999, the "Old Dorm" is the most economical of the accomodations, having the lowest rate. It is also the quietest, placed farthest from the dining hall and temple. The rooms have a single window facing the state park forest and doors opening with a direct view of the lawn with its grape trellis and the temple. Each room is provided with two twin-sized beds and two dressers.
Built in 2000, the North Dorm was once known as the "New Dorm." The rooms have two twin beds, a dresser and/or closet. These rooms are well-ventilated but can tend to be chillier.
Completed in 2007 in time for the tenth year anniversary of the Retreat Center, the South Dorms are a two-story building that include cool stone tile flooring in the hallways, large screened windows and ceiling fans and plush carpeting in the rooms.
Platform tent users will be provided one mattress per roommate. The tents are roomy and tall. At this point, because of the number of retreatants who would like to participate and the limitations imposed on the retreat center by the Department of Health, the monks will require two persons per tent. Please indicate if you would not like to attend the retreat because of the mandatory roommate policy.