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We are a small community and registered charity of Buddhist practitioners living in a meditation centre in the rural landscape in Ireland. We have many different volunteers helping us at our meditation centre, not all of whom are Buddhists, as we are open for anyone from any background wanting to come and learn more about our way of life.
We have three ordained people at our Centre, which includes a Tibetan Buddhist Lama (monk) originally from Tibet, the Venerable Panchen Ötrul Rinpoche, who is the Spiritual Director of the Centre. His Holiness the Dalai Lama is the patron of our Centre. We have many lay practitioners and people of other faiths who come and help us here.
The work we do at the Centre not only helps run the Centre, but it also helps us raise funds for Venerable Rinpoche's different overseas charities in Mongolia and India.
We have daily meditation practices which are open to everyone to attend. We have a library with many different books from different traditions in Buddhism.
People come here to spend time in the peaceful atmosphere here. We encourage anyone if they would like to help out during their stay here to please do so. We are a vegetarian centre and we have a vegetable garden here which helps supply our kitchen. We have different volunteers cooking for the community in the kitchen, helping in the gardens and with general housework.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
All travellers and visitors to our Centre are welcome to join in our daily Tibetan Buddhist meditation practices. There are three practices throughout the day, one in the morning, one in the afternoon, and one in the evening. We also have a Meditation for Beginners session every Monday, and a Mindfulness and Awareness Meditation session every Wednesday.
As we are a community we live, work and eat together. We are unique in Ireland in that we are so fortunate to have a Tibetan Lama living with us here.
We are also part of other volunteering schemes and as such we get many different people from other countries and backgrounds living and helping at our Centre. People often come to spend time with us and participate in helping out during their stay. Such interactions provide travellers with the opportunity of having a multicultural experience in a Tibetan Buddhist Centre.
Help
As we are a small community of volunteers living and helping together we always require help with running of the Centre. We have different volunteers coming to help out all the time and some guests who come also take part in helping us out and eating meals with us. We all share meals together. Our week is run on a rota, which we all have a meeting together once a week in which our duties for the week are arranged. Duties include general housekeeping and gardening.
Languages spoken
Tibetan: Fluent
English: Fluent
Accommodation
We have dormitory accommodation, separate male and female.
Vegetarian meals are provided for all volunteers. Breakfast is served at 8.30am. Lunch, which is the main meal of the day, is served at 1pm. The evening meal is served at 6pm. Meals are provided on volunteers days off also. The community dines together.
What else ...
We are situated beside the UNESCO Marble Arch Caves Global Geopark and the Cuilcagh Mountains. These are ideal for helpers who like to go hiking.
Our Centre is in the countryside which is ideal for helpers who would like a gentle walk around on their days off.
There are many monolithic and megalithic sites and tombs in the area.
The local village has a restored workhouse from the famine times in Ireland.
A member of our community is a trained tour guide who can provide information to those looking for things to do and places to see in the area.
There are a few buses that go to nearby towns everyday, which links up with buses to the capital city of Dublin. Bus timetables are available at our Centre.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
5 hours, per day 5 days per week
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This camp is so peaceful, the perfect place for a retreat and sceneries are amazing and work (mainly housekeeping) is well explained. You know exactly what you should do.
Best words to describe this place are : nature, respect, organization.
I hope to come back again one day
Best wishes
I felt held, nurtured and valued. The work is easy and clear.
It felt like I received so much, like being on a retreat. Having the opportunity to attend morning and evening puja, and mid- day meditations was so beautiful.
Thank you to everyone there that holds the space to bring Peace to Earth in such a special way.
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During that time she proved to be a logical, practical problem solver.
She was a team player with a good sense of humour.
She was excellent to train in new workaways and kept things in perspective.
She was a calming influence, well organised and made excellent suggestions.
We wish her every success… read more
The work was easy, most of it was inside - house-keeping and cleaning.
Right now, there… read more
It was my first experience as a workawayer outside of my home country, France.
Everyone their is a volonteer and we work all at the same time, and we eat always together !
I had got a lot of very intresting exchange with the two monks, the other workawayer and even sometimes the guests !
Everyone is kind and sharing love and… read more
He used his initiative and went above and beyond his remit to get the job done.
We appreciated his motivation and he was very independent.
He always fulfilled his task lightheartedly and with a great sense of humour.
I spent 3 weeks there as main cook. The kitchen is very big, with any sort of spice and all what you need to cook delicious vegetarian food. Because of covid the centre was not accepting guests and it was easy to feed the 'regulars'. I can just imagine how exciting it must be when 20 or 35 people are there for lunch(yes… read more
The surrounding area is beautiful and you can take a nice walk around the lake on your day off.
You have the chance to ask Rinpoche, a highly regarded Tibetan Lama, questions regarding Buddhism which is an… read more
