Taraloka needs YOU!
Give yourself the conditions to change! Have fun! Serve the Dharma!
Taraloka offers a unique context in a vibrant inspiring women’s Buddhist community.
Join us – come for 3 – 9 months, or give us a try for a year or longer.
Open to women and non-binary Going For Refuge Mitras or Triratna Order Members (Who is suitable)?
Right now, we are especially looking for people with interest in:
- Administration (responding to emails and telephone enquiries, managing retreat bookings)
- Maintenance (undertaking simple maintenance jobs, liaising with tradesmen for more complex ones, running work retreats with volunteers)
come for 3 – 9 months
Help us keep the show on the road! No particular skills required – just ability to pitch in and a sense of humour.
What you end up doing depends on who you are and what you enjoy. Cleaning, laundry, gardening, mowing, cooking, and running errands for the retreat are all common day-to-day tasks. Or you may have particular skills that you’d like to offer. We do our best to tailor each person’s role to them, while still meeting the needs of the retreat centre of course.
come for a year or longer
“It was the best year of my life!” – Holly (now ordained as Sagaramaitri)
Step into a 100% Dharma life! Live a deeply satisfying life of meaning, friendship, fun and growth, giving the gift of the Dharma to other women.
Try it out for a year – find out if Taraloka is for you longer-term.
life in a Buddhist residential community
What’s it like?
‘Intense! For the first time in my life I was living with people who shared my values, and ‘met’ me on the basis of my potential. They wanted actual communication – they really wanted to know me deeply. And they wanted to share themselves, and they were working on themselves too.
My whole life became about serving the Dharma and creating conditions for others to practise. I couldn’t believe how much I changed.
Sometimes it’s joyous – like a spontanous singalong while we’re washing up, or dancing impromptu around the kitchen table. Sometimes I’d fall out with someone – which is always painful – but then we’d talk, come to a deeper understanding and fall back in. The whole atmosphere is kind – yet challenging.’
– Ginny (now ordained as Maitrisiddhi)
In practical terms, community life includes daily morning meditation, regular check-ins, shared suppers and weekly community evenings (can be anything! A film, a walk, a game, listening to a talk and discussing it, a ritual…anything!). There’s a Taraloka Mitra study group, GFR group and Chapter. Three or four times a year we have Community days to go deeper with each other, and connect in a relaxed way.