About DKD

For almost thirty years, practitioners have come to know Dorje Khyung Dzong ("Indestructible Garuda Fortress") as an ideal place for solitary retreat. Secluded on over four hundred acres of piñon and juniper forests in Southern Colorado at an altitude of 8200 feet, DKD provides the quiet and privacy of a solitary retreat for those who seek to deepen their spiritual practice through meditation.

Founded in 1972 by meditation master and scholar ChögyamTrungpa Rinpoche, DKD is now under the direction of Sakyong Mipham Rinpochespiritual leader of Shambhala International. Two senior practitioners function as resident directors. While most of the retreatants who come here are practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism, people from any contemplative tradition who have a well established practice are welcome here.

DKD sits on the slope of Greenhorn Mountain overlooking the HuerfanoValley and the Sangre de Christo Mountains of southern Colorado. In summer, wildflowers decorate the fields. Autumn skies are the bluest blue and create the perfect backdrop for golden aspens and bright red oaks. Snow covered mountains and fresh mountain air make winter retreats popular with many people who return each year to the warmth of a wood fire in their cabin.

The Huerfano Valley remains a very rural area with many privately owned cattle and horse ranches. Bordered on two sides by the San Isabel National Forest, DKD, provides a pristine and tranquil environment that is ideal for meditation Fox and spiritual development. Deer, elk, and other familiar forest dwellers such as foxes, chipmunks, squirrels and many species of birds make their home here along with a few, but rarely seen, black bear.

Dorje Khyung Dzong does not offer any group programs and has no guest facilities. Retreatants must be participants in established spiritual communities and have specific guidelines on retreat from their spiritual teacher or guide. Each of the seven cabins is separated from the others and equipped for a single person with propane range and lights, a bed, a picnic cooler with ice, and a shrine or altar. Every cabin has an outhouse, water pump and a wood burning stove. The cabins do not have electricity or running water. A nearby showerhouse is available for hot showers and long term food storage. For more information, or to schedule your retreat, please contact us.

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