The Temple
Some rooms ask you to fill them. This one asks you to empty out.
The Temple, Sedonya — Sedona, Arizona
Not Silence.
Quiet
Walk in, and the first thing you'll notice is the quiet. Not silence — quiet. The kind that has weight.
Eight walls. A ceiling that pulls your eyes up before you've decided to look. Light moving through the windows in patterns that change with the hour, so the room never quite looks the same twice. Some people feel something here they can't quite name — like the land itself is a little more present, a little easier to hear.
Monks have sat in this room. Sand mandalas have been built here, grain by grain, then swept away. People have prayed here, been blessed here, said goodbye to things here. None of that is on display. But it's still in the room — you can feel it the moment you walk in.
Enter gently. This room has held a lot. Let it hold you the same way.
The room, at rest
A History, Felt
The Temple doesn't display what it has witnessed. But nothing that has happened here has quite left, either.
Set in the Trees
The octagonal Temple, glass-walled and glowing, tucked beneath a canopy of trees by day
Under a Full Moon
The Temple at night, lit from within, the moon rising above the path that leads to its door
Grain by Grain
A close view of a sand mandala mid-creation — lotus petals of colored sand encircling sacred script, built one grain at a time before it's swept away
Bowls, Ready
Singing bowls of every size gathered on the treatment table, a bolster waiting at its center
A Quiet Watch
A seated figure, feathered and still, keeps watch over the bowls and the table below
From Beneath the Eaves
Wooden pillars frame the path home — the Temple glowing at the end of it, a moon rising over the roofline
Guan Yin, on the Moon
A bronze Guan Yin rests on a crescent moon inscribed with sutra, a single flame burning below
No Longer Rented
We no longer rent the Temple out. During retreats, guests are sometimes invited in — for a few quiet minutes, a meditation, a small moment of ceremony. It is never a stop on a tour, and never on display.
All we ask: enter gently. This room has held a lot. Let it hold you the same way.
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About the Room
If you're joining us for a retreat, ask your facilitator about a quiet visit to the Temple. We can't promise it for every group — but we'll always tell you honestly if it's possible.