Smoky Mountain Buddhist Retreat Center

I'm living in the beautiful and majestic Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, living and working at the Buddhist teaching center, Milarepa Osel Cho Dzong. This mountain site is part of the Lotus Light Contemplative Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. The center hosts world renowned Buddhist Teachers, such as Lama Willa, and offer both retreats, teachings and long-term stays.

I've been working and living here since early December, helping clean out the teaching yurt for a spring opening, landscaping and gardening work, house managing and helping guests-mostly traveling hikers, who come stay at our Airbnb.