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ORGANIZATION: Odiyan Buddhist Country Center
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Be a Resident volunteer at a spectacular rural Buddhist center on the north California coast, three hours north of San Francisco. Seeking volunteers who can begin any time after February 17, 2020. This is a live-in volunteer program where you live and work at the Buddhist center.
Learn new skills, live in a community of like-minded people, eat home grown vegetarian food, help out with construction, gardening and cooking. You can take advantage of classes on Buddhism and yoga, participate in meditation and chanting and live in one of the most beautiful Buddhist centers in the world.
The minimum commitment for this opportunity to live and work at Odiyan Buddhist center is six months. You will work in temple construction, metal work and gardening. You need to be strong and physically able to do manual work - some of it quite heavy -all day. Includes lifting, bending, being on your knees repeatedly, using power hand tools and small machines Also a lot of walking every day.
Living and working at Odiyan includes:
- Free home-cooked vegetarian meals and beverages
- Free housing in a large room with balcony
- Free WI-FI and domestic phone calls
- Free skill training in a wide range of trades and traditional arts
- Access to a healthy setting of nature, hiking trails, swimming, wide-open spaces, sacred beauty, fresh air, clean water, and nutritious food
- Free Classes on Development of Mind & Spirit: Tibetan yoga, Skillful Means, Buddhist study and more.
- Living allowance: $150 per month.
Our current major projects for 2020 are installing 3000 etched gold plaques around the Main Temple, producing Buddhist statues at our foundry and renovating a small temple. No experience in this type of work is required. We will train you, but you must be handy with tools and in good physical shape.
You will have the opportunity to learn: Construction and mental work, electric and motor hand tools and small machines, welding, painting, concrete work, plus all the steps and skills for creating life-size bronze statuary.
You will also participate in vegetable gardening, landscaping, temple and building maintenance of all kinds, vegetarian cooking (don’t worry - we will teach you), preserving and baking.
Although Odiyan has its foundations in Tibetan Buddhism, no religious affiliation is required to join the team. The ideal volunteer is open-minded, self-reflective and ready to engage deeply on both internally and with the work.
REQUIREMENTS:
- You must be strong, physically able for manual work for hours each day, including lifting, bending, kneeling
- Minimum commitment is six months. We prefer nine months.
- Couples welcome to apply.
- We cannot accept children or animal companions.
- We are a smoke and drug-free community.
If you have a passion for the physically active lifestyle, self-knowledge and giving to a greater vision, Odiyan may be the place for you! The community life, classes, and on-going work projects are directed to the benefit of yourself and all humanity.
About Odiyan Retreat Center: Founded in 1975 by Venerable Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche, Odiyan is a Tibetan Buddhist center located on a 1000-acre spiritual and ecological preserve in rural Northern California, 100 miles north of San Francisco. Perched on a ridge overlooking rolling hills and the Pacific Ocean, Odiyan is modeled after Tibet's first Buddhist center-a three-dimensional Mandala.
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About Odiyan Buddhist Country Center
Location:
Tin Barn Road, Cazadero, CA 95421, US
Mission Statement
Odiyan's mission is establishing a home for the Dharma(Buddhist teachings) in the West and to support Buddhist centers and practitioners in Asia. Live-in volunteers support this purpose integrating creative and challenging work with a path of self-exploration that develops inner potential.
Description
Living at Odiyan is an opportunity to work for preserving enlightened knowledge for our world, and fostering harmony for oneself, our planet and all beings. Founded in 1975 by Tibetan Buddhist Lama Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche, Odiyan Country Center is located on a 1000-acre spiritual and ecological preserve in rural Northern California, north of San Francisco. Odiyan is open to those who wish to offer their time and energy in service through our Resident Volunteer Work-Study program: 2024Work-Study in Action begins February, 2024 with entry dates available until May 2024.
Program length: Preference is given to applicants who commit for the full duration of 8 months. The minimum commitment is 6 months.
Although Odiyan has its foundations in Tibetan Buddhism, no religious affiliation is required to join the team. The ideal volunteer is open-minded, self-reflective and ready to engage deeply on both internally and with the work. Couples are welcome.
All residents receive vegetarian meals, housing, living allowance $200per month,($300 after one year), classes on Tibetan yoga, Buddhism, mantra, plus training in a wide variety of practical skills, trades and sacred arts.
Applicants need to be in good physical shape and able to engage manual work for hours during the day, This includes repeated lifting up to 40lbs, bending, kneeling, standing, walking, use of hand power tools and small machinery.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Tin Barn RoadCAZADERO, CA 95421
DATE POSTED
February 28, 2020
SKILLS
- Animal Care / Handling
- Welding
- Gardening
- Construction
- Landscaping
- Farming
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 23
- Resident volunteer 6 months minimum commitment. We cannot accommodate shorter stays.
- US citizen, US green card or Canadian citizen. Physically strong, able to handle tools and small machinery.