Dewachen World Peace Sanctuary

Dewachen བདེ་བ་ཅན།
means “Pure Land” in the Tibetan Language.

A mental state free of all afflictions where we touch our true nature.


Dewachen is a
sanctuary to ...

Cultivate Inner Happiness

Retreat in nature and experience the power of meditation
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Apply the Dharma to every day situations

Receive practice instructions from qualified masters

Foster Intercultural Unity


Attend gatherings with indigenous wisdom keepers and expand your worldview

Participate in workshops teaching compassionate leadership skills

Experience holistic healing modalities from around the world

Promote Ecological Regeneration

Learn the principles of regenerative design, permaculture and syntropic farming

Help us build a food forest and organic gardens to nourish each visitor to Dewachen

Be a part of a living, breathing, hands-on ecological model for the future

You are invited to become a founding member of this historic world peace sanctuary 

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Dewachen Roadmap

PHASE 1 - IN pROGRESS
2022-2023

Status: In Progress

  • Purchase 3 hectares of pristine cloud forest
  • Settle Dewachen Team on the land
  • Conduct land assessment and initiate designs
  • Develop springs to reach each level of Dewachen
  • Ecozoic bathrooms and retreat cabins
PHASE 2 - fUNDRAISING
2023-2024

Status: Fundraising

  • Plant food forest and gardens
  • Build Initial Meeting structure to house basic events
  • Rinpoche house for visiting teachers
  • Purchase additional land to allow for expansion
  • Form Drikung Tara Choling Costa Rican association
PHASE 3 - pLANNING
2024-2025

Status: Planning

  • Build Intercultural Peace Shala 
  • Community kitchen and organic food program
  • Stupa of Bodhicitta constructed
  • Retreat Cabins and outdoor showers
  • Host first onsite Dharma workshops
PHASE 4 - pLANNING
2025-2026

Status: Planning

  • Build Lama and staff housing
  • Construction of Historic Buddhist Temple
  • First Rinpoche teachings at Dewachen
  • Amitabha Garden
  • Recording / Art Studio facilities added
PHASE 1 - IN pROGRESS
Raised: $124,000 in 2022
2022-2023

Status: In Progress

  • Purchase 6.7 acres of pristine cloud forest
  • Settle Dewachen Team on the land & first year operations
  • Conduct land assessments and initiate regenerative designs
  • Currently developing springs to reach the food gardens
  • Currently building first retreat cabin and community kitchen
PHASE 2 - fUNDRAISING
GOAL: $300,000 by 2024
2023-2024

Status: Fundraising

  • Purchase adjoining 15 acres to regenerate the cloud forest
  • Build the community space to begin hosting Dharma events
  • Build 5 more silent retreat cabins
  • Expand food forest and organic food gardens
  • Form Drikung Tara Choling Costa Rican association
PHASE 3 - pLANNING
2024-2025

Status: Planning

  • Begin hosting first solitary and group retreats
  • Build Intercultural Peace Shala 
  • Construct the Stupa of Bodhicitta
  • Additional Retreat Cabins
  • Build Rinpoche housing
PHASE 4 - pLANNING
2025-2026

Status: Planning

  • Build Lama and staff housing
  • Construction of Historic Buddhist Temple
  • First Rinpoche teachings at Dewachen
  • Amitabha Garden
  • Recording / Art Studio facilities added

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Next Phase of Dewachen

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