Category Archives: Building updates

The last few weeks in Matarranya have seen the Shrine Room shoot up from its foundations where the vajra we planted lies within a metre of concrete. Vijayasri and Isla cleared the pathway between the retreat centre and the shrine … Continue reading →

July in Matarranya has been hot and work outside has been put off in favour of mortaring walls and scrubbing beams inside. The community house is really starting to show the results of the hard work put in by volunteers … Continue reading →

The retreat centre has a roof! Amazing the difference a roof can make, transforming a building site into a viable building, with outdoors and indoors. And it has guttering! I never dreamed how excited I could get about guttering, but … Continue reading →

The builders have been working on the retreat centre for 5 weeks now and the speed with which the building is changing is astounding. Vijayasri and I have moved on from our reaction on viewing our future retreat centre of … Continue reading →

This month the project moves into a whole new phase, as the builders have started work on the Retreat Centre! The old house, which has been standing empty since the 1960’s, full of old tools and clothes, pans and bottles, … Continue reading →

Vijayasri and Vajrananda (our builder) have spent the winter months in a chilly flat in Penarroya, the nearest village to our property. They have been visited with up to 3 or 4 volunteers at a time who have been helping … Continue reading →