Boulder, Colorado
Boulder is the county seat and most populous city of Boulder County and the 11th most populous city in the U.S. state of Colorado. Boulder is located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of 5,430 feet (1,655 m). The city is 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Denver.
The United States Census Bureau estimates that in 2010 the population of the city of Boulder was 97,385 while the population of the Boulder Metropolitan Statistical Area was 294,567.
Boulder is famous for its status as one of the most liberal cities in Colorado, its colorful Western history, being a choice destination for hippies in the late 1960s, and as home of the main campus of the University of Colorado at Boulder the state's largest university.
Boulder has gathered many top rankings in recent years for health, well-being, quality of life, education and art. The partial list below shows some of the nominations.
- Top Brainiest Cities #1 Portfolio.com
- Ten Best Cities for the Next Decade 4th Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine
- Top 25 Destinations in the US #19 TripAdvisor.com
- Top 100 Places to Live #9 RelocateAmerica.com
- Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index #1 USA Today
- Healthiest Town in the US #2 Men's Health
- Best Cities to Raise an Outdoor Kid #1 Backpacker Magazine
- Top 25 Arts Destinations for a small city #8 AmericanStyle magazine
- America's Top 25 Towns to Live Well #1 Forbes.com
- Top Ten Best Midsize Metropolitan Areas #2 Bizjounrals.com
- Most Bicycle Friendly Cities in the World #4 Virgin Vacations website
- Most Educated City in America #1 Forbes magazine
- Top 10 Healthiest Cities to Live and Retire #6 AARP magazine
- Best Green Places to Live in America #5 Country Home magazine
- Top 10 Farmer's Market #6 Eating Well magazine
- Top Triathlon Town #1 Inside Triathlon magazine
- Top 10 Cities for Artists #8 Business Week
- Lesser-Known LGBT Family Friendly Cities #1 Wearegoodkin.com
- America's Foodiest Town #1 Bon Appetit magazine
Buddhist Centers in Boulder, Colorado
There are numerous Buddhist temples and Dhamma centers in Boulder, especially from the Vajrayana school of Buddhism. The U.S. headquarters of the lineage of Shambhala Mountain is located in Boulder. Much of the reason for the success of Dharma in Boulder can be attributed to the famous Vajrayana teacher Chogyam Trungpa choosing this place for his temple and nearby mountain retreat at Shambhala Mountain and the beautiful scenery that is in and around the city of Boulder in the Colorado Rockies. At least 5% of the population is Buddhist.
Insight Colorado
- Terry Ray
- Phone: (303) 444 4228
Boulder Shambhala Center (Dorje Dzong)
- Address: 1345 Spruce Street Boulder CO 80302
- Tradition: Vajrayana, Tibetan, Kagyü lineage
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: http://www.boulder.shambhala.org/index.php
Handful of Leaves Buddhist Meditation
Dharma Ocean Boulder
Colorado Community of Mindful Living
- Address: 6927 Sunshine Canyon Dr., Boulder, CO 80302 and the Order of Interbeing USA
- Tradition: Zen Buddhist Master Thich Nhat Hanh
- Website: http://www.ccml.info/
Marpa House
- 891 12th St, Boulder, CO
- Email: [email protected]
Boulder Zen Center
- Address: Boulder CO
- Tradition: Mahayana, Soto Zen
- Phone: (303) 442-8095
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: http://www.boulderzen.org
Boulder Bodhisattva District SGI USA
- Tradition: Mahayana, Nichiren
- Affiliation: Soka Gakkai International
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: http://www.boulderbodhisattvas.weebly.com
- Main Contact: Janey Harper
- Spiritual Director: Daisaku Ikeda
Boulder Kadampa Meditation Group
- Address: 1904 Pearl Street Boulder CO 80302
- Tradition: Vajrayana, Tibetan, New Kadampa
- Phone: (970) 482 7613
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: http://www.meditationincolorado.org
Chagdud Gompa Orgyan Rigjed Ling Boulder CO
- Address: 256 Spruce Street Boulder CO 80302
- Tradition: Vajrayana, Tibetan, Nyingmapa
- Phone: (303) 443 6460
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: http://www.chagdud.org/
Kunga Tenphel Ling
- Address: 745 Arapahoe Ave Apt 303 Boulder CO 80302
- Tradition: Vajrayana, Tibetan Sakya Tsarpa Rime
- Affiliation: Authorized by His Eminence Chogye Trichen Rinpoche
- Phone: (303) 247 1457
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: http://www.KungaTenphelLing.org
Kwan Um Zen Community of Colorado
- Address: 3255 34th Street #43 Boulder CO 80301
- Tradition: Mahayana, Kwan Um School of Zen (Korean)
- Phone: (303) 440 7419
- Email: [email protected]
Mipham Shedra
- Address: 2297 Grove Circle East Boulder CO 80302
- Tradition: Vajrayana, Non-Sectarian, Educational Institute
- Phone: (303) 449 0319
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: http://www.miphamshedra.org
Nalandabodhi Boulder The Sangha House
- Address: 1200 Aurora Boulder CO 80302
- Tradition: Mahayana, Tibetan, Nyingmapa/Kagyu
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: http://www.nbboulder.org
Naljor Creations Naljor Prison Dharma Service
- Address: P.O. Box 7417 Boulder CO 80306
- Tradition: Mahayana
- Phone: (877) 277 6075
- Email: [email protected]
Ratnashri Sangha
- Address: 3565 Martin Drive Boulder CO 80303
- Tradition: Vajrayana, Tibetan, Drikung Kagyü
- Phone: (303) 5546043
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: http://www.kagyu-medialab.org/ratnashri
Vajrakilaya Centres Boulder
- Address: 4240 E. Aurora Avenue Boulder CO 80303
- Tradition: Vajrayana, Tibetan, Nyingmapa
- Affiliation: Dorje Trawang Ling
Rangjung Yeshe Boulder
- Address: 791 Mountain Meadows Road Boulder CO
- Tradition: Vajrayana, Sakya
- Website: http://www.gomdeusa.org
Rigpa Boulder CO
- Address: CO
- Tradition: Vajrayana, Tibetan, Nyingma (Rigpa)
- Phone: (866) 200 5876
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: http://www.rigpaus.org/
19 Dhamma / Dharma centers in Boulder, Colorado.
City of Dhamma
Boulder is home to 19 Dhamma / Dharma Centers, for a population of 97,385 works out to one Dhamma center for every 5,100 people, a very high ratio of Dhamma centers, compared to the average, in a non-Buddhist country. This ratio may be the highest, most Buddhist of any city in America.
There are also numerous Yoga studios, shops that sell Buddha statues and Thangkas and vegetarian or vegetarian and vegan friendly restaurants located throughout the city of Boulder, Colorado.