Joining a Seva Group

No one serving Dhamma should feel superior or inferior to others. Whatever the task assigned, one should accept it happily as an opportunity to serve for the benefit of many, to bring a smile to faces that were tearful, to foster peace where before there was none. - S. N. Goenka

Joining a seva group includes, taking active part in planning respective tasks and executing them along with fellow old students for smooth functioning of the center. At present, Dhamma Vatika has the following groups:

Housekeeping and Course Management Group

This group looks after cleaning of the rooms, procurement of housekeeping material, staffing items required for the next 10-day course like soap, toothbrushes, first aid box etc. and zero day registration. Members of this group generally come to the Center over week ends for seva. Some even stay at the Center for all 3 days between the courses and take advantage of the available time to establish in the Vipassana by meditating and serving simultaneously. They make sure that when students for the next course arrive, they can complete their course in peaceful and serene atmosphere.  To join this group, please send email to cleaning-subscribe@dhammavipula.org. After subscription, you can send emails to cleaning@dhammavipula.org.

Schedule and list of activities of this group is as follows: 

Day	Activity
Metta day (generally on Saturday)	Checking & procuring cleaning material
Every alternate Sunday	Dining Hall cleaning Checking rooms Garbage collection from rooms Rooms’ dustbin cleaning ​Cleaning Rooms  Cleaning window panels of the Center Cleaning and dusting the Center Wahing & drying of Meditation Cushion covers (in washing machine) Wahing & drying bed sheet and pillow cover (in washing machine)
Every alternate Monday	Cleaning rooms Checking first-aid box Folding cushion and bed covers
Every alternate Tuesday	Checking rooms Cleaning meditation hall & kitchen Arranging cushions in meditation hall Arranging notebook, pens and bags for servers of next 10 day course. Preparing envelops for giving laundry bill/refund to students on metta day
Every alternate Wednesday	Checking & cleaning rooms Cleaning Dhamma hall & kitchen Arranging notebook, pens and bags for servers of next 10 day course. Preparing envelops for giving laundry bill/refund to students on metta day
Every alternate Thursday	Zero day registration-3 day course ​Guiding students to their rooms

Kitchen Group

This group acts like a support to the long term kitchen servers and kitchen manager. It generally oversee cleanliness & maintatenance of kitchen and its equipments. Members of this group also help in ordering and cleaning grocery of next 10 day course, so that students can sucessfully complete the course with healthy food cooked in the atmosphere full of Dhamma. Sometimes, when long term kitchen servers take leave, members of this group assist kitchen manager in cutting vegetables and cooking.  To join this group, please send email to kitchen-subscribe@dhammavipula.org. After subscription, you can send emails to kitchen@dhammavipula.org.

Schedule and list of activities of this group is as follows: 

Day	Activity
Metta day (generally on Saturday)	Checking & procuring grocery
Every alternate Sunday	Cleaning grocery
Every alternate Monday	Cleaning grocery
Every alternate Tuesday	Cleaning kitchen
Every alternate Wednesday	Cleaning vegetables
Every alternate Thursday	Cleaning & cutting vegetables

Information Technology Group

This group looks after various IT/computer related activities in the Center like data entry, website maintenance, setting projector and matters related software/hardware. Members of this group mostly serve from their home and visit Center wehenver necessary. 

(To join this group, please send email to it-subscribe@dhammavipula.org. After subscription, you can send emails to it@dhammavipula.org)

If you have any query, please send us email at dhammavipula@gmail.com.