Working Bee
Saturday 24 January
10am - 12pm
Followed by a complimentary lunch
Karma Yoga is the practice of selfless action performed for the benefit of others. The purpose of the action for the performer is to purify the mind.
Every year at Drol Kar, towards the end of January, members and friends of DKBC gather to prepare the gompa and its surrounds for the Centre opening in February.
Tasks usually include cleaning windows, carpets, woodwork, pathways, bricks, bathrooms and the notice board, making any minor repairs and tidying the gompa gardens.
Cleaning materials and implements provided, but you can bring anything you think may be useful.
It’s always a happy, communal occasion; a chance to catch up with people you haven’t seen for 7 weeks or so as you work together or share a cuppa or lunch.
By doing selfless service you purify your heart.
Egotism, hatred, jealousy, ideas of superiority and all the kindred negative qualities will vanish. You will develop humility, pure love, sympathy, tolerance and mercy. The sense of separateness will be annihilated. Selfishness will be eradicated. You will get a broad and liberal outlook on life. You will begin to feel oneness and unity. Eventually you will obtain knowledge of the Self. You will realize one in all and all in one.
