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Vegetable Gardener- Learn organic vegetable gardening at rural Buddhist center as Assistant Organic
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Learn new skills in gardening and farming, live in a community of like-minded people, eat homegrown vegetarian food, help with cooking and food preservation. JoinOdiyan's new "Work-Study in Action" volunteer program : Includes Buddhist classes, study and practice, mantra and more.
Seeking people passionate about getting their hands in the dirt and learning the arts of growing, cooking and preserving home-grown food. You need to be strong, able to bend, lift up to 50 lbs., be on your knees, engage manual labor for many hours a day. You work with our head gardener gaining experience with vegetables and herbs. .
Benefits:
- Free home-cooked vegetarian meals and beverages
- Free housing in a large room with a balcony, one roommate
- Living allowance of $200 per month/$300 after one year..
- Free WI-FI and domestic phone calls
- Free skill training
- Access to a healthy setting of nature, hiking trails, wide-open spaces, sacred beauty, fresh air, clean water, and nutritious food
- Opportunities for meditation, mantra, Buddhist practices, and classes.
This is a unique opportunity to live within a long-standing Buddhist community. The way of life at Odiyan is a retreat-like environment dedicated to meaningful work. You will also participate in kitchen work, chores and helping with other community projects.
REQUIREMENTS:
You are not deterred by the hard and deeply rewarding work of growing your own food. You are strong, able to do manual work for hours each day, and work with small gardening machines and tools.
Program 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.
For more details and the application, Contact Us now!
How to Apply- Individuals and couples are welcome, couples share a room.
- We cannot accept children or animal companions.
- Minimum age is 21
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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
33755 Tin Barn RoadCazadero, CA 95421
DATE POSTED
February 14, 2024
SKILLS
- Gardening
- Auto Mechanics / Repair
- Carpentry
- Welding
- Woodworking
- Farming
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 21
- Full- time residential volunteer program. Includes room and board, a small living allowance, and opportunities for meditation, mantra, Buddhist practices, and classes. Minimum commitment for this full-time work and learn program is six months.
- All new resident volunteers must be fully vaccinated against Covid.