Volunteering experience in the Buddhist Monastery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: at least 2 weeks

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  • Description

    Description

    Experience the monastery life with volunteering in the Buddhist Monastery. Growth your inner cultivation in the peaceful and quiet life in the monastery.

    We are welcome everyone from 18-65 years old to join our morning chanting, formal meals, meditation and calligraphy. Our monks, nuns, volunteers, and students are very friendly and helpful – even if they cannot speak much English.This is an active monastery, the home of a spiritual community committed to a celibate lifestyle. Volunteers are expected to act appropriately and modestly while living with the community and comply with the rules of the monastery.

    We currently not provide any documents for Visa application. It is workawayers' respondsibility to obtain the correct visa for any country you intend visiting. Thanks.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Charity Work
    Language practice
    Gardening
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
    Help with Computers/ Internet
  • UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN goals
    No poverty
    Zero hunger
    Good health and well-being
    Quality education
    Gender equality
    Clean water and sanitation
    Affordable and clean energy
    Decent work and economic growth
    Industries, innovation and infrastructure
    Reduce inequality
    Sustainable cities and communities
    Responsible consumption and production
    Climate action
    Life below water
    Life on land
    Peace, justice and strong institutions
    Partnerships for the goals
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    - Experience a formal meal with mindfulness
    - Live a structured lifestyle
    - Practice your Mandarin
    - Stay in a peaceful and quiet area
    - Easily accessible from Kaohsiung and Tainan
    - Experience life at a modern Buddhist monastery (interact with monks and nuns and other people living here)

  • Help

    Help

    We prefer for minimum stay of 2 weeks. This allows volunteers to familiar with the environment and daily life of monastery. Volunteers prefered to arrive on 1st and 3rd Monday every month, between 2pm to 5pm.

    Volunteering opportunities include:
    Housekeeping, Gardening, & Maintenance: pruning, sweeping, cleaning rooms. If you have the special ability would like to offer, dont hesitate to tell us. Thanks.

    Elementary level Mandarin is convenient but not necessary.

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent
    Chinese (Mandarin): Fluent

    This host offers a language exchange
    This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
    You can contact them directly for more information.

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    We offer full board (male and female dormitory accommodation with 4 persons shared room and 3 vegetarian meals) for free.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    Getting to the Monastery:

    Public Transport:
    *From Kaohsiung International Airport, take the Red Line of the Kaohsiung MRT to Zuoying High Speed Railway Station.
    *From Zuoying High Speed Railway Station, take the HaFo Express (哈佛快線)
    *From the bus station in front of Kaohsiung Railway Station, take the direct Kaohsiung Bus 8010 (8010高雄客運)
    *From Fengshan Train Station, take the Dashu Bus (大樹祈福線)
    *From the Jiuqutang Railway Station, take a Kaohsiung Bus or taxi.
    *Summary of non-shuttle bus routes: Kaohsiung Bus routes 8009, 8010 and 8050/ Dashu Bus (大樹祈福線)

    Driving Directions:
    *Southbound: National Hwy1 → National Hwy 8 (East bound) → National Hwy 3 (North bound) →National Hwy 10 (East bound) → Qishan/Dashu Interchange (turn right) → Provincial Hwy 21 → The Monastery.
    *Northbound: National → National Hwy 10 (East bound) → Qishan/Dashu Interchange (turn right) → Provincial Hwy 21 → The Monastery.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

  • ...

    Hours expected

    5 hours/day, 5 days/week

Host ref number: 179668196148

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