Ogyen Gatsal Ling roughly translated means "Padmasambhava's garden of bliss". It is the name given to our home by Tibetan Buddhist Monks from a monastery in India who stayed in the home shortly after it was purchased.

In Buddhism, bliss is experienced through the direct abiding realization of the ultimate nature of reality, often referred to as enlightenment. In order to realize bliss one must cultivate wisdom and compassion, and once the ultimate nature of ones own being is realized, wisdom and compassion is its natural expression. Ogyen Gatsal Ling, the garden of wisdom and compassion, actually resides within you.

We open our home to share our love for the dharma with you. We are not a business or organization, we offer what we can from our professional and spiritual training, our life experience, our mediation and retreat experience and our passion to be of service to the dharma, the ultimate nature of reality.

Jim Rush, Phd 1941-2018Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies with 40 years of teaching experience and over 45 years of meditation experience.Jim taught at Philander Smith College from 1976 - 2018 and at Arkansas Governor's School for 35 summers. He taught Medical Ethics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences for over 25 years. He was a Methodist Minister for over 50 years, and once served churches in Connecticut, New York and Arkansas.Jim studied with Dr. Lawrence LeShan in the art of Spiritual Healing, and Holotropic Breathwork with Stan and Christina Grof.Jim studied with Eastern and Western teachers with emphasis in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism, Buddhist ethics, Tibetan Book of The Dead, Phowa, Medicine Buddha, Dzogchen and the non-dual teachings of Adyashanti.His main Buddhist teachers have been Lama Tharchin Rinpoche, Lama Dechen Yeshe Wangmo, and Anam Thubten Rinpoche.Jims credentials: Phd in Philosophy and Religious Studies, Methodist Minister, Certified Holotropic Breathwork Facilitator. — **Jim Rush, Phd 1941-2018**
Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies with over 40 years of teaching experience and over 45 years of meditation experience.
Jim taught at Philander Smith College from 1976 - 2018 and at Arkansas Governor's School for 35 summers. He taught Medical Ethics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences for over 25 years. He was a Methodist Minister for over 50 years, and once served churches in Connecticut, New York and Arkansas.
Jim studied with Dr. Lawrence LeShan in the art of Spiritual Healing, and Holotropic Breathwork with Stan and Christina Grof.
Jim studied with Eastern and Western teachers with emphasis in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism, Buddhist ethics, Tibetan Book of The Dead, Phowa, Medicine Buddha, Dzogchen and the non-dual teachings of Adyashanti.
His main Buddhist teachers have been Lama Tharchin Rinpoche, Lama Dechen Yeshe Wangmo, and Anam Thubten Rinpoche.
Jims credentials: Phd in Philosophy and Religious Studies, Methodist Minister, Certified Holotropic Breathwork Facilitator.

Kaycie Marler-Rush, LCSWKaycie has over 25 years experience in the mental health field as a psychotherapist, and she has been studying and practicing meditation since 2002.Kaycie's teachings reflect retreat experience and study with Eastern and Western teachers with emphasis in Mahayana Buddhism and Dzogchen. Including study of the Prajnaparamita, Heart Sutra and the 37 Verses of the Practice of the Bodhisattva. Among her many teachers, her most formative guides are Anam Thubten Rinpoche and Adyashanti.During the year 2012 she spent 9 months in retreat in the high desert of New Mexico, in which 6 months were spent in silence in a meditation cave. After that time she spent an additional 5 years devoting herself full-time to her spiritual path, spending time in retreat at home and at retreat centers. She and Jim offered meditation and teachings in their home and led meditation retreats at Petit Jean Mountain until Jim’s passing in 2018.Kaycie offers Contemplative Psychotherapy and Spiritual Mentoring as well as meditation groups.It is through the encouragement of her teacher, that Kaycie began teaching and offering satsang where she gently points others inward to awaken to and embody their True Nature.Kaycie’s credentials: Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Ordained Minister of Spiritual Peacemaking and Reiki Master. — **Kaycie Marler-Rush, LCSW**
Kaycie has over 25 years experience in the mental health field as a psychotherapist, and she has been studying and practicing meditation since 2002.
Kaycie's teachings reflect retreat experience and study with Eastern and Western teachers with emphasis in Mahayana Buddhism and Dzogchen. Including study of the Prajnaparamita, Heart Sutra and the 37 Verses of the Practice of the Bodhisattva. Among her many teachers, her most formative guides are Anam Thubten Rinpoche and Adyashanti.
During the year 2012 she spent 9 months in retreat in the high desert of New Mexico, in which 6 months were spent in silence in a meditation cave. After that time she spent an additional 5 years devoting herself full-time to her spiritual path, spending time in retreat at home and at retreat centers. She and Jim offered meditation and teachings in their home and led meditation retreats at Petit Jean Mountain until Jim’s passing in 2018.
Kaycie offers Contemplative Psychotherapy and Spiritual Mentoring as well as meditation groups.
It is through the encouragement of her teacher, that Kaycie began teaching and offering satsang where she gently points others inward to awaken to and embody their True Nature.
Kaycie’s credentials: Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Ordained Minister of Spiritual Peacemaking and Reiki Master.

Keipo 2009-2022

Keipo, whose name means Happy, was ever curious, full of life, and boundless love for everyone.

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