Land of Calm Abiding, formerly known as Shine (Shee-Nay) Land, is a 485 acre Tibetan Buddhist Hermitage set amidst the hills and mountain streams of the vast Los Padres National Forest on the Central Coast of California. Lama Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche founded this project as a place for his students to gain meditative realizations. When Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche first saw the valley, he remarked that it's lotus bowl shape with the river running through it naturally holds “chi” which makes it an ideal place for meditation. A remote “off-the-grid” settlement, meditators live alone in a handful of cabins where they devote their lives to spiritual practice. Just as we preserve wilderness areas and animal species for the benefit of future generations, the purpose, function and motivation for Land of Calm Abiding is to do that AND to preserve the glorious Mahamudra Lineage of Lama Je Tsong Khapa in the minds of living hermit yogis. However, we are non-sectarian and invite all sincerely praciticing Buddhists who respect the wishes of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, our Mahamudra Master, to come for long term retreats.