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The Lama Foundation is a community in the mountains of New Mexico, seventeen miles〔O'Reilly, Sean, James O'Reilly, and Tim O'Reilly. "The Road Within: True Stories of Transformation and the Soul". Travelers' Tales, 2002, p.16. ISBN 1-885211-84-8.〕 north of Taos. ==History== The Lama Foundation was founded in 1967〔Sutton, Robert P. "Modern American Communes: A Dictionary", Greenwood Press, 2005, p. 97. ISBN 0-313-32181-7〕 by Barbara Durkee, Stephen Durkee,〔Banner, pp. 173–4.〕 (now known as Asha Greer or Asha von Briesen and Nooruddeen Durkee), and Jonathan Altman. It began with the purchase of of land adjacent to federal forested land, and continues today as a place for people to visit and live. Construction of the first buildings began in 1968. The following year, the foundation was incorporated as an “educational, religious and scientific” organization. It was one of almost thirty communes established in the region around that time, and one of the most well-known, along with Morningstar East, Reality Construction Company, the Hog Farm, New Buffalo, and The Family. By 1973, the vast majority of these communities had closed, but the Lama Foundation was able to continue because it had more structure and discipline than most others.〔Banner, Lois W. "Finding Fran: History and Memory in the Lives of Two Women", Columbia University Press, 1998, p. 173. ISBN 0-231-11216-5〕〔Oliver, Anna Cypra. "Assembling My Father: A Daughter's Detective Story", Houghton Mifflin Books, 2004, p. 267. ISBN 0-618-34152-8〕 The community has gone through several stages, ranging from the search for spiritual enlightenment to a more recent focus on permaculture and natural building. Ram Dass was a friend of the founders, and he stayed at the Lama Foundation as a guest when he returned to America from India. During his visit, he presented the Durkees with a manuscript he had written, entitled ''From Bindu to Ojas''. The community's residents edited, illustrated, and laid out the text, which ultimately became a huge commercial hit when published under the name ''Be Here Now''.〔Banner, p. 176.〕 Dass also held seminars at the Foundation.〔Banner, p. 177.〕 So did other spiritual leaders, such as Samuel L. Lewis, who was buried there after his death in 1971. In 1974 The Lama Foundation published ''The Yellow Book'', the first book of a silent master yogi Baba Hari Dass, a collection of aphorisms in question/answer format about life topics. Proceeds from the sales of ''Be Here Now'' helped to fund the Lama Foundation in subsequent years, as did other publications, craftwork projects such as prayer flags, and a few government grants.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lama Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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