Ratna Ling-Vegan Pumpkin Pie
An exceptional vegan pumpkin pie just right for your holiday meal. And they will never know!
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What if our gratitude comes from nothing to everything?
Can we just be grateful to all that is given, independent of the conditions, not depending on external circumstance,
Blissful Date Lemon Bars
This delicious dessert is a crowd pleaser anytime we serve it at the retreat center. If you are a coconut lover, you will love these lemon bars.
Vegan Butternut Squash Curry
Vegan Butternut Squash Curry is the perfect warming fall dish, its creamy and spicy, the perfect comfort food. The sweetness of the butternut goes so well with the spicy red curry.
Morgan’s Roasted Tofu Scramble
We get many requests for recipes at Ratna Ling. The most requested by far is Morgan’s roasted tofu served at Sunday brunch.
The Importance of Self-Care
I recently heard someone say, “You can’t give what you don’t have. You have to allow your cup to be filled so that you can fill the cup of others. If you have nothing left, you can't give anything away.” Read More...
Discover Meditation & Sacred Art
While an art student in Oakland, California, in the 1970s, I stumbled upon the Tibetan Buddhist traditions, as brought to this country by the venerable teacher, Tarthang Tulku, Rinpoche. Read More...
5 things I learned living in Community.
Did you know Ratna Ling Retreat Center is operated entirely by a community of volunteers? Everyone who welcomes you to the property, from the reservation staff, to the kitchen team, ... Read More...
When The World Asks You to Go Inward
What does it mean to go inside oneself? Often there is hesitancy because we don’t fully understand how it works and more importantly, we can’t be sure what we may find there. Read More...
Breathe in Beauty
Guided walking meditations in the coastal redwoods with Christine DeCristofaro. Walking meditation is meditation in action. When we do walking meditation, we are using the physical, mental, and emotional experiences of walking as the basis for developing greater awareness.