Work for Yeshe De at Dharma House Join us in Berkeley, California to help manufacture the books and participate in our work-study program, organized in conjunction with the Nyingma Institute. Opportunities are available year-round.
Why get involved ?
- The Yeshe De Project is a dynamic caring work environment
- The atmosphere is open minded, peaceful and energizing
- Work for World Peace and meet great people
- Learn a great variety of meaningful skills
- Apply to your community service hours
- .......and if you stay over lunch you are offered a delicious vegetarian lunc
Who Volunteers
Volunteers of all ages help us to accomplish big goals. Last year we sent almost 1/2 million books to the annual World Peace Ceremony at Bodhgaya, India.
We've received generous and continuous help over the past years from individuals and groups including:
- Berkeley High School Keyclub since 1999
- Hands on Bay Area since 2003
- Building with Books since 2003
- SWIFT since 2003
- Head Royce school since 2002
- Waldorf High School since 2000
- Charity Focus since 2002
- Circel K since 2003, DVC since 2003
- HSSR since 1999
- Cal Corps since 1999
When to help
- We are open Mon-Sat 8-5
- Please call ahead for your first visit 510-845-1710
- Or e-mail. Yeshede@nyingma.org
- You can volunteer from 2 hours to a full day
- And you can come several times a week if you like
- On Saturday you can schedule a group up to 10 person with us from 10-3
- A tour, a video of the World Peace ceremony and a vegetarian lunch are included
Resident Volunteer Program
Yeshe De is a non-profit entirely volunteer operation. All staff members have made a commitment to this work and donate their services as a spiritual practice. In 2005 volunteers will be preparing over 500,000 Tibetan books for distribution at the 2006 World Peace Ceremony. All our books are given free of charge. The work includes collating, cutting, edge dying, assembling and wrapping books in the traditional Tibetan style.
The work of Yeshe De takes place at our facilities in Berkeley and at Ratna Ling, our new rural center in Sonoma County. In Berkeley, housing and vegetarian meals are provided at the Nyingma Institute. At Ratna Ling, Resident Volunteers live and work on site. Both centers provide a variety of opportunities for practice and study.
This program is designed for individuals who have an interest in Buddhist studies and meditation and the application of Buddhist practice in the work environment. A six- month commitment is required, and there is a two-week trial period.
- For more information on part-time volunteering, please call 510-845-1710 or email yeshede@nyingma.org.
- If you are interested in the full-time Resident Volunteer Program, please visit www.nyingma.org or call 510-981-1987