This site is a real enchantment! You feel like you get to heaven. Ratna Ling is a Buddhist retreat located in the middle of dozens of hectares of wild forests, far from all urbanity, offering the rental of very comfortable and beautiful chalets, with two large bedrooms, a huge living room, a bathroom with a whirlpool, a terrace, wooden and wood. You're surrounded by redwood, you cross biches, racoons, and even black-footed, you're watching beautiful birds. In calm and in the right air, a ressourçante atmosphere is added. You eat in the common house, in a calm and joyful atmosphere at a time, on the terrace or in a large, warm room, fresh food, varied and absolutely delicious (vegetarian however). Ratna Ling also houses the largest publishing house of Buddhist books in Tibetan. Each year a cargo loaded with sacred works for Calcutta, which are distributed during the great World Peace Ceremony, which gathers Buddhists from the Tibetan lineage from all over Asia and elsewhere.
Ratna Ling is an NGO founded in Berkeley in the 1970 s following the arrival in California of Tarthang Tulku, Spiritual Master and Sanskrit Teacher. Tarthang Tulku is also the founder of the Tibetan Méditation Meditation Centre at Berkeley. Ratna Ling is committed to developing peace and supporting Tibet. Its pension centre, open to all, is not only a haven of peace but also an ideal base for enjoying the Sonoma Bay and discovering the natural parks of this portion of the north coast. An unbeatable price ratio on this area. Most: Tibetan yoga stays are regularly scheduled.
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I will highly recommend this place either you just are looking to relax and feel recharged by the nature or you are on your path to deepen your work on integrating spirituality into your day-to-day life.
Tess
The facility is nestled in the redwoods with deers, wild turkeys, grey foxes roaming around. The cottages are quite spacious and luxurious. The food was amazing, the vegetables and fruits are freshly picked from the garden and I will not forget that warm home-made bread!
I was lucky to have great meditation sessions by George and Linda and kum nye (Tibetan yoga) by Carmen. The instructors are genuine and passionate, the community, including the volunteers are wonderful. While the staff is dedicated, they don't push the religious aspects of the mediation and yoga practices.
The place has a not well-known, but absolutely fascinating history.