Create Bronze Sculpture at Buddhist Retreat Center
ReportLocation: San Francisco, California, USA
Odiyan Retreat Center, a 1000 acre spiritual and ecological preserve in northern California is seeking hardy, strong resident volunteers for an extensive Sacred Art project making Buddhist statues.
You will participate in detailed wax sculpture repair, mold making, bronze casting, statue breakout, sanding and polishing.
You will engage a challenging and rewarding work-retreat program where work is the vehicle for your inner development!
You Receive:
• Housing with one roommate, vegetarian meals, and a living allowance of $150 per month.
• Skill training in wide range of trades and traditional arts.
• Classes on the development of mind and spirit: Tibetan yoga, Skillful Means, meditation and more!
• Opportunity to engage in a wholesome lifestyle of self-sufficiency, meaningful work, inner development, and taking responsibility.
• Healthy setting of nature, wide-open spaces, sacred beauty, fresh air, clean water, and nutritious food.
You Give: Your time and energy.
At Odiyan everyone does everything! Part of your work time will also include working in the kitchen, working in the gardens or helping maintain the Temples, land and animals.
LOCATION: Odiyan is a spiritual and ecological sanctuary high on a ridge overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Northern California. Modeled after Tibet's first monastery—a three-dimensional mandala, Odiyan models a way of life that integrates work with a path of self-exploration.
THE ESSENTIALS
Applicants must be healthy and without significant mental or physical health issues. Must be able to lift, bend while working, have good manual dexterity and multilimb coordination while using hand tools such as grinders, polishers, and sand blasters.
Previous experience is preferred, but not required. You must be eager for a hard working wholesome lifestyle of service.
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 inner and outer levels. Couples are welcome (although Odiyan cannot accept children or animal companions).
How To Apply
Please send your resume and photo to [email protected] Or call our office 510-981-1987 Or go to our website to find out more about Odiyan and to download an application.https://odiyan.org/volunteer/
