WELCOME TO OUR PEACEFUL SANCTUARY—A visual tour of the Meditation Garden on Still Mountain

After weeks of working to tame the wild gardens from being a lush overgrown jungle after a hard winter, we invite you to tour our Meditation Garden that we have restored to its full glorious beauty…

The Lotus Buddha in blissful meditation surrounded by brilliant Iris blossoms sits in the center of the Meditation Garden on Still Mountain

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STILL MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES SECTION # 198

Stories by Chinmayan about our life in pursuit of simple living, our own spiritual path and our service to the world in a small meditation center in the mountains of Northern California

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Climbing roses just inside the Moon Gate entrance…these roses struggled for years to get established but are now thriving…Every plant in the garden is bursting with vibrant growth this Spring

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Part of the path that flows through the garden…this is the view from just inside the Moon Gate, which is the entry from our front driveway that is used by visitors or folks attending our public programs

The view from just inside the Moon Gate, looking south into the garden…all the paths were designed to be used for a special Tibetan Buddhist walking meditation practice called “Kora” where we walk in a clockwise circle while praying and chanting mantras that open the heart and bring peace, contentment and clarity to our minds.

Every flower and bush is blossoming more than ever…

One of our meditation, meeting or writing spots in the garden…I love meditating and praying here during sunset or on full moon nights…a view to the north side of the garden

My writing studio on the front porch of our Center, where I am writing, editing and working on this magazine and our other coming publications during the warm months surrounded by the garden. I also do hours of singing kirtan and mantras, meditation and prayer here every day.

Still Mountain Climbing Roses that grew from a cutting over many years giving shade and shelter to a buddha meditating in “samadhi”…a state of deep and serene blissful contemplation

A view to the south end of the garden with the flowering Buckeye tree that we brought from the original Still Mountain Retreat and planted here to make a link between the beautiful mountain property we lost and this “new” place that we have transformed from the abandoned ruin it was when we moved here many years ago into the divinely drenched sanctuary it is today.

The view to south end of the garden with the strawberry patch, climbing roses, and our “Secret Pond” covered in flowering honeysuckle vines

Our “Secret Pond” and the happy fish swimming in the sun…this pond has been a self sustaining perfect environment for many generations of fish for nearly thirty years

The view from my writing studio on the front porch when the morning sun infuses all the flowers with a heavenly glow as I begin another day of singing the Mani, praying and writing…

I am astonished and grateful to come out in the early morning into this garden which has evolved over the years to be our sacred sanctuary where we feel the presence of God and the deep inner peace and higher consciousness that our hearts, minds and spirits need to grow and thrive.

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