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Live, Work & LEARN at Buddhist Retreat Center: Gardening, construction, cooking and more!
ReportLocation: 100 miles north of San Francisco, California, usa
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING: Do you love variety in your work, being outdoors, learning practical skills and big projects that challenge you?
Your work at Odiyan will include beautifying and maintaining extensive gardens, huge Temples and multitudinous varieties of sacred art. You will work out on the land and in the shop. You will assist making Buddhist statues in the foundry, help develop the sacred architecture, care for animals, cook vegetarian food and help with food preservation in our gigantic kitchen. At Odiyan everyone does everything!
The Odiyan way of life integrates creative and challenging work with a path of self-exploration that opens up your inner potential.
For over 40 years, thousands of volunteers from all over the world have been contributing their time and energy to the gardens, temples and sacred art of Odiyan Buddhist Retreat Center.
PERKS: At Odiyan you will enjoy:
• 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.
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.
ESSENTIAL INFO:
Odiyan is currently seeking volunteers who can participate for a minimum of six months. Must be healthy and fit, able to lift 40 - 50 lbs, perform strenuous physical labor at times; bend while working, have good manual dexterity (hand, hand with arm, two hands) and multilimb coordination while using hand tools or small machines.
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).
Previous experience is preferred, but not required. You must be eager for a hard working wholesome lifestyle of service.
We also have interest in those with computer, writing, art and design skills.
Apply now for Cooking, Construction, Gardening, Landscaping and Sacred Art Production positions!
HOW TO APPLY
Please send your statement of interest, resume or CV and a photo to [email protected]
Or call our office 510-98101987 to have details and an application emailed to you.
Or go to our web site to find out more about Odiyan and to download an application.
