Dear Friends,

Many of you were part of this years' Thanksgiving Course in Oshkosh, where we had a chance to digest and refocus the direction of our North American Retreat Center Project.

The first and foremost notion that emerged from our discussions with Lama Ole, Caty and the whole Sangha is that, although our big project in Colorado did not get realized by our own decision, the vision of creating a retreat center for North America remains unchanged and intact.

We were also introduced to the possibility of a beautiful new property near Holister and Salinas in California, half way between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Lama Ole wants us to pursue this property, possibly also as a site for larger courses. He has already made a divination which indicated a strong and unusual blessing from the 16th Karmapa. The retreat center team is already working on compiling a new set of criteria by which to evaluate this and any future projects.

So to sum it all up: there are lots of new and exiting activities in the air, and the North American Retreat Center project is alive and kicking!

Your RC Team

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