Karmê Chöling

Karmê Chöling is a Shambhala Buddhist meditation retreat center and community in Barnet, Vermont.

[1] The staff there offers meditation programs and retreats in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition to hundreds of students each year.

In 1970, Karmê Chöling was founded in Barnet, Vermont by the Vidyadhara, (literally meaning “awareness holder;” a spiritual leader of Buddhism)[2] Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.

Karmê Chöling is the first teaching seat in North America of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, a 20th-century Buddhist meditation master that was credited with bringing Buddhism to the western world.

[1] Originally a dairy farm, the building was purchased by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s students and was converted under his supervision into a Shambhala Buddhist retreat center.