Organizations Filed Purposes:
Vajrapani Institute for Wisdom Culture supports the transformation of spiritual teachings into experience through contemplative retreat. As a spiritual community serving the needs of retreaters in all traditions, we are nurtured by the energy of our Tibetan Buddhist founder Lama Thubten Yeshe and our spiritual director Lama Zopa Rinpoche, by our teachers and holy objects, and by the stillness of the California redwood forest. Vajrapani Institute for Wisdom Culture is affiliated with the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition and is dedicated to preserving Lama Tsong Khapa's rich living tradition of wisdom and compassion.
Vajrapani Institute for Wisdom Culture supports the transformation of spiritual teachings into experience through contemplative retreat.
In 2019, Vajrapani Institute hosted a total of 29 group retreats: 20 retreats were held with the teachers of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) and 9 retreats were from groups of different spiritual traditions. Of the FPMT retreats, the 20 retreats themes covered mindfulness, mind training, compassion cultivation, concentration, stages of the path to enlightenment, nature of mind, cultivating emotional balance, Buddhist tantra, and Mahamudra. We also held Youth programs for families and young adults as well as our annual community open house day.Of the 9 retreats from groups of different traditions, we hosted multiple mindfulness-based meditation groups, meditation retreats in the non-dual tradition, and a Buddhist 12-Step group.We also hosted individuals in our seven private retreat cabins for a total of 926 people nights (the equivalent of 132 individuals doing a week-long private retreat). This number is similar to last year, but still lower than our average.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Heidi Oehler | Executive Dir. | 40 | $41,011 |
| Catherine Graham | Program Coord | 2 | $11,248 |
| Diana Weddigen | Treasurer | 2 | $0 |
| Cheryl Gipson | Secretary | 2 | $0 |
| George Galt | Chairman | 2 | $0 |
| Beth Dart | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Don Isaacson | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
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