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Commenced:
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01/10/2012 |
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Submitted:
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01/11/2012 |
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Last updated:
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07/10/2015 |
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Location:
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Chepica near Lolol and Santa Cruz, 6ta Region de Chile, del Libertador Bernardo O´Higgins, CL |
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Website:
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https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mongeal-Mapu-Tierra-para-la-vida-Land-for-life/186121604928250?ref=hl |
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Climate zone:
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Mediterranean |
Restore the land degraded and partly eroded by over-grazing by sheep, horses and goats over 40 years. Build a food forest, increase native forest and build low energy buildings. Later to have PDC courses. All done as an expression of non-ritualistic mindful living/meditation in line with the Buddha's teaching. There will be no Buddha images or Buddhist ritual. Practice of Dhamma (Truth) and Buddhism are not the same thing. Buddhism is a centrally organised religion with dogma and control, like any other religion. Truth belongs to no one person or group.
22ha ~54acres of land has been committed for permaculture design and implementation. The northern half has been donated for a meditation centre teaching the practice of non-ritualistic mindfulness of breathing and as a Permaculture demonstration and education site. The southern half has been put aside for private for-profit development.
The land has three springs and is at an elevation of 630-730m. The land is about 50km from the sea and about 70km from the Andes with and east aspect.
Legal status as a charitable, not for profit organisation is being sought.
This is to be a centre for contemplative living, teaching mindful joyful and simple living; mindfulness of the breath as taught by the Buddha (MN 118) will be the main focus. This teaching covers the Four Foundations of Mindfulness (MN 10), which is taught to be Insight meditation by major Buddhist traditions.
People can come to stay for the application of mindful living as taught by the Buddha, or Permaculture, or both.
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Building huts
superadobe
Here in Chile
more news about Land for Life project
New arrival dates
dates have changed for my and Sergio's arrival in Chile
where people and things are
Diego Urra Gosselin (land donator), Sergio Andrés León Candia (fund raiser) and I are the main people involved.
proposed timetable
this is the proposed timetable with 3hrs for work, study and meditation each day :-)
property design
I have completed the design for this property and uploaded it to google documents. The link is below.
main building plan
this is a picture of the suggested layout of the hall/office/kitchen/bathroom