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<H1>Clear Sky Meditation and Study Center</H1>
<B>Clear Sky</B> is a breathtaking meditation and study center consisting of 310 wooded acres at the foot of the Canadian Rockies, with a magnificent view of Bull Mountain. The three-storey, 5 bedroom, 5 bathroom, 5,000 sq.-foot main building is beautiful and comfortable.
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Clear Sky is a non-profit, charitable organization created to nurture universal teachings of awakening. Focusing on Buddhadharma and Western Mystical Teachings, the center is dedicated to providing an environment for practice and study. Clear Sky serves to motivate and inspire students from around the world, now and for generations to come.
<H2>Background</H2>
In 2004, with enthusiastic support from <A HREF="http://www.dharma-japan.org/" TARGET="_blank">Dharma Japan</A> and around the globe, Achariya Doug Duncan Sensei established The Clear Sky Meditation & Study Center in western Canada. The center aims to nurture universal teachings of awakening now and for generations to come, focusing on Buddhadharma and Western Mystical Teachings.
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Located outside Cranbrook, British Columbia, Clear Sky serves as a base for universal teachings of liberation, and also provides a beautiful and peaceful refuge for like-minded practitioners of varying traditions to engage in retreats in a supportive setting. In addition to serving as the central teaching and retreat facility for Doug Duncan Sensei and his students in western North America, Clear Sky welcomes other teachers and groups to teach and lead retreats here.
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Based on the ancient mystery teaching of "as above, so below," the Clear Sky community endeavors to develop personal inner peace and harmony, paralleled with efforts to reflect these values in the center's natural surroundings. Projects are underway to restore the native habitat and develop ways for this erstswhile cattle ranch to coexist in balance with the area's abundant wildlife, which are under increasing pressure from human development.
<H2>The Center</H2>
Clear Sky consists of 310 acres at the foot of Bull Mountain in the Kootenay Valley of the Canadian Rockies. Most of the property is wooded with second-growth trees, punctuated by lovely meadows. The three-storey, 5,000 square-foot main building is very well designed and solidly built. It features a meditation room, 5 spacious bedrooms (multiple occupancy) and 5 bathrooms, a communal room, dining room, office and well-equipped kitchen. Plans are underway to build a separate temple / meditation hall.<BR><BR>
The land is a 40-minute drive outside Cranbrook, British Columbia (pop. 19,327), and the towns of Kimberley and Fernie are also nearby. The center is located in south eastern British Columbia. It borders Alberta to the west and Idaho/Montana to the south. Cranbrook has an airport with several daily flights arriving from/departing to Calgary and Vancouver.
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