Kundung Stupa and Peace Park operate on volunteer power. Every day volunteers open the park in the morning and close it at night. They maintain the grounds and trails, provide professional services like graphic arts and copy writing, manage ongoing projects like the Path to Peace and the “Friends” Program. And some just spend time at the Stupa acting as greeters and guides for the 200+ visitors that come to the park every day.
Giving time and effort to help others feels wonderful. We get to see the immediate impact of our efforts and enjoy the smiles of the people we help and work beside. As a volunteer, you’ll find plenty of those satisfying moments that make volunteering such a spiritual uplift.
If you would like to volunteer with us, or need more information about it, please fill out the form below or call 877.788.7229 and leave a message. Either way one of our volunteers will get back to you promptly!
The Path to Peace was created to give people a way to have a permanent presence at the Amitabha Stupa and Peace Park. Several hundred people have sponsored inscribed bricks that are often dedicated to the memory of loved ones, in gratitude to a friend, to mark a special occasion, to support a cause, and to make intentions and prayers for peace and more.
Sponsoring a brick and joining the Path to Peace family is a wonderful way to support the Amitabha Stupa and Peace Park. Your brick will become a touchstone, a special place of remembering. The bricks are often visited by those who sponsor them.
Expressions of gratitude from visitors to the Amitabha Stupa: “In a time of loss, this place gave me solace.” (Barre, Vermont) “It gives me hope to know this is here. This visit healed my heart.” (Anonymous) “My experience at the Stupa has felt like a homecoming. Emotional, peaceful, empowering.” (Dayville, Connecticut).
Sponsor a Buddha – Create a LegacyYou now have an opportunity to be a part of this miraculous display of compassion. Sponsor one of these beautiful statues of the Buddha Shakyamuni and help to ensure that YTDR can continue to provide a place of peace, refuge, and 24-hour prayer. See a plaque with your personal dedication displayed for years to come creating a legacy for you and your family. “In the Buddhist tradition, it is believed that just seeing the Buddha’s image plants the seed for awakening in one’s mind. Planting that seed starts one on the path to true happiness.”
Sponsor a Buddha for $1,000. This can be a single payment or split into four monthly payments.
Sponsor a Buddha – Create a LegacyYou now have an opportunity to be a part of this miraculous display of compassion. Sponsor one of these beautiful statues of the Buddha Shakyamuni and help to ensure that YTDR can continue to provide a place of peace, refuge, and 24-hour prayer. See a plaque with your personal dedication displayed for years to come creating a legacy for you and your family.
“In the Buddhist tradition, it is believed that just seeing the Buddha’s image plants the seed for awakening in one’s mind. Planting that seed starts one on the path to true happiness.”
Sponsor a Buddha for $1,000. This can be a single payment or split into four monthly payments.
Imagine walking into the prayer room and seeing gold flowing outward in both directions like ocean waves, each sponsored statue representing a commitment to attain enlightenment, to end suffering or to remember a loved one.
As each Buddha statue is sponsored it receives a new coat of gold, a newly painted face, and receives its own plaque with your dedication printed on it to be viewed for years to come.
The 1000 Buddha altar is located in the main prayer room, where prayers have been made continuously 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for over 30 years.
The Buddhas receive the constant blessing of those prayers, as well as the profound blessings of the many teachings and empowerments which take place at YTDR.