Pema Chöling
Legal name: Sahaloka Monastic Community
Overview
Mission
Residents of Pema Chöling and other monastic sangha in Crestone have worked together to organize dharma events in Crestone, support local centers through service activities, worked on dharma translation and editing projects, and more patio1.jpg Stockists FAQ Privacy Terms of Use. Our Vision In this world, finding an unshakable inner refuge in our basic goodness is essential for truly helping ourselves and others. However, it is the outer refuge of community, and a safe and nurturing environment, which can help us to discover the inner refuge within ourselves. Practicing Buddhists have always relied in each other, lay and monastic sangha side-by-side, in overcoming the obstacles that lay in front of us to attain liberation. A healthy Four-fold Sangha of ordained monks and nuns, and male and female lay practitioners, is like an old growth forest that contains tremendous diversity....
Pema Chöling is a Buddhist vihara and monastic community in Crestone, Colorado, providing lodging and supporting dharma practice and community life. Its vision emphasizes finding an “inner refuge” through a safe, nurturing sangha environment and practicing/sharing the Buddha’s teachings, while modeling ethics, renunciation, compassion, and living simply with environmental awareness. Residents and the wider sangha in Crestone organize dharma events, support local centers through service, and work on Buddhist teaching translation and editing.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 474591219
- IRS 990-N coverage
- 2024–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Crestone, CO, United States
- Phone
- 719-480-5410
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
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Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Postcard: tax year 2024
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- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.