A Step Towards Peace: Building a Home for the Sangha to Sustain the Dharma is a four-phase building/renovation project to expand Sravasti Abbey's immediate residential accommodations and to lay the groundwork for future growth.
The $1,100,000 project will remodel the existing kitchen, lay the infrastructure for the Abbey's Master Plan, build the first monastic residence, and construct a retreat cabin.
The Monastic Residence is the first building in a detailed Master Plan. Eventually, Sravasti Abbey will grow to include a temple and library, a large guesthouse with kitchen/dining facilities, as many as four monastic residences, and more retreat cabins. We expect the current project to provide sufficient facilities for about five years.
1. Expand Kitchen/Dining Capacity - Completed
The kitchen remodel is complete! Sravasti Abbey's old family-sized kitchen and dining areas were too small to feed all the people who come for retreats and teachings.
Now, the newly remodeled kitchen can
comfortably and efficiently feed 35 people
- provide dining seating for more than 20
2. Build Essential Infrastructure
Sravasti Abbey is located in rural Washington, where building requires creating an access road, bringing in additional power, drilling a well, and creating water and septic systems. By constructing these now, Sravasti Abbey will save thousands of dollars on the next phase of the Master Plan.
The infrastructure work will
- allow access for construction and fire vehicles
- provide water, power, heat, and septic service for the monastic residence
- provide bathrooms for the community room and retreat cabins
3. Build a Monastic Residence: Gotami House
Sravasti Abbey's capacity to house residents and guests is continually strained. Based on the Abbey's present population, Gotami House will be a home for nuns.
Gotami House will
- house up to 16 people
- provide 2 wheelchair accessible rooms
- create space for the resident community to grow
- increase guest capacity in the short term
4. Retreat Cabin with bath/shower rooms
A 500 square foot, two-room retreat cabin will add this space
- provide housing for a guest teacher and attendant
- accommodate 2 private retreatants in separate rooms
- provide a bathroom and shower for the present retreat cabin and community room
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