Volunteer opportunity

Volunteer opportunity

Oue Buddhist meditation and education centre is 45 minutes from the Yangon airport. The purpose of our Centre is to provide a solitude and mindfulness place for people who wish to stay quietly and practice meditation. Once in a while, we will give free education to the children and nuns.

We welcome people to join us in gardening, cleaning and helping around. We have a large variety of Dhamma and meditation books that will be suitable for people who want to do self-exploration and meditation. We welcome those who want to life beneficially and quiet life, or those who want to do own meditation retreat.

There will two meditation sittings with chanting in the morning 4.30 am to 6.30am, and night time 6.30 to 9.00 pm. Basic Buddhism and meditation discussion is at 6.30pm. Morning and night are meditation practice with meditation guidance help from our chief nuns.

Duty is from 8.00 am to 10.00am, and 3.30pm to 5.30pm. Duty time is about 4 or 5 hours, Duties include
1. Cleaning the building, toilets and bathroom.
2. Gardening,
3. Teaching English
4. Book editing and transcription if you are good in English.
5, Rubbish throwing and general help.
6. Taking care of dogs.
6. Drawing and painting.

For vegetarian, vegetarian food will be provided. and Accommodation and 3 meals will be given.

Conditions for volunteers to come to our centre.
1. Interested in meditation AND Buddhism. If you are only interested in meditation, then do not write to us.
2. Are willing to do volunteering jobs and practice meditation.
3. Willing to stay for at least TWO weeks.
4. We prefer non-smoker and non-drinking volunteers. You should abstain from smoking or drinking during the two weeks staying with us.

5. All volunteers must keep five main morality/precepts in our centre.
a. Do not kill or harm sentient beings.
b. Do not steal, or taking things not given.
c. No sexual activities.
d. No false speech including telling lies, slandering, harsh speech and gossiping.
e. No intoxicant such as cigarette, drugs, alcohol, wine, beer.

6. We prefer volunteers to "dress down" and have quiet behaviour, not to use perfume or make-up , and no singing and dancing as you are in a meditation centre, not a party or backpacker hostel.

If you can fulfill the above conditions, please write to us at aggacara2013@gmail.com.
Thank you.


The advantage of volunteering with us is the volunteers can really experience Burmese and Buddhist culture. You will also gain a lot from your own meditation and reading books.

We will teach you Basic Theravada Buddhism (Dhamma) and also meditations such as Insight meditation and loving-kindness meditation. You will have lots of time for self-exploration and be able to meditate on your own psychological phenomena.
Here, volunteers will do physical help to cultivate strong physical body, and meditation to cultivate strong and compassionate mind. Volunteers will learn lots of positive Buddhist values such as respect, humbleness, gratitude, loving-kindness, cooperation, reducing ego and also harmony living with others.