Aloha!

You have just opened a window into the spirited world of Bamboo Mountain Sanctuary. E komo mai! My name is La’akea and I will tell you what I see from where I stand.

Situated on Maui’s fabled north shore on the edge of the Ko’olau Rainforest, in the moku of Hāmākualoa, Bamboo Mountain hosts many roots:

I see numerous variations on a theme in a never-ending story

A state of mind as much as a way of being

It is both the teacher and the teaching

A weaving of cultures and languages and teachings

It wears the face of mystery and the body of mercy

It holds a legacy of lush abundance and storied history

It is rainbows, trade winds and dragon-clouds

The waters of Kane tumbling mauka to makai

It is a circle in a nest of circles

The Medicine Wheel Zendo beneath the ironwoods

The Inipi Lodge and its sacred fire

Our small ohana bound by the practice of respectful non-interference

It is, above all, an invitation as expressed in this oli kahea, a Hawaiian prayer chanted to focus oneself before entering a sacred space.

The Elementals

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ʻO nā kumumea ʻehā o ke ao nei, ʻo ia nō ka honua, ka wai, ke ea, a me ke ahi. The elements of Nature are fourfold: Air (ke ea), Water (ka wai), Earth (ka honua) and Fire (ke ahi). The synergistic interplay of these four elements empowers the world to support life in...

Bearings

Bearings

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Backstory

Backstory

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E uhi ana ka wa i hala i na mea i hala ("Passing time obscures the past") When it comes to the history of a particular piece of land, particularly hallowed ground, there is no better “visitor log” than the names and stories that are inscribed in the earth herself. Its...