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Garden of 1,000 Buddhas (Yum Chenmo statue)

Arlee, Montana, United States
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The Garden of One Thousand Buddhas near Arlee, Montana, on the Flathead Reservation, is a public Buddhist garden. At its centre sits a statue of Yum Chenmo, 24 feet tall according to Ewam and 25 feet according to the Flathead Beacon, surrounded by Buddha images in an eight-spoked wheel.
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Garden of 1,000 Buddhas (Yum Chenmo statue)
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Approximate location · 47.162° N, 114.085° W
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In Montana's Jocko Valley, a figure of Yum Chenmo, the Great Mother, sits at the hub of a thousand Buddha statues laid out as an eight-spoked wheel.
Ewam International, the Buddhist organisation that runs the garden, describes it as a public park, botanical garden and Buddhist centre in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, just north of Arlee on the land of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation. The Flathead Beacon reported in 2024 that the garden was founded shortly after the turn of the century by Gochen Tulku Sang-ngag Tenzin Rinpoche, who also founded Ewam International in 1999, and covers 60 acres.
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The Flathead Beacon says visitors are encouraged to walk clockwise around the perimeter of the Dharma wheel. Ewam describes the garden as a sacred place, asks visitors to leave pets at home, and offers guided tours when available from April to October.
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34756 White Coyote Road, Arlee, Montana (Ewam's parking address), on the Flathead Reservation. Ewam says visitors are welcome every day; opening hours vary by season.
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