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Call for 2018 HBMLP Staff
Dear Woodenfish HBMLP Alumni,
Amituofo! This year has been an exciting one for the Woodenfish Foundation. We have established a strong base both in Beijing and in New York. We have organized many new programs and activities on both sides of the Pacific. If you have read our recent newsletters you will be familiar with this.
However, we have not forgotten our longest running program: the Humanistic Buddhist Monastic Life Program (HBMLP).
HBMLP is focused on three vital pillars:
1. Academic Study (Prajna, Hui) 慧
2. Monastic Life (Sila, Jie) 戒
3. Meditation (Samadhi, Ding) 定
The time has now come for us to select a new group of staff for our 2018 program.
Are you the one we are looking for?
We are looking for staff who are:
- HBMLP alumni interested and available to work in China from late June through early August 2018
- Familiar with the unique nature of the program and enthusiastic about the mission to bridge East and West, and the world of lived Buddhist practice and academia.
- Reliable, professional, and self-disciplined.
- Calm under pressure and able to work well within a team
- ...but comfortable enforcing monastery rules and maintaining discipline when necessary
- Have experience with Buddhism or related fields, either through personal practice or academic study. (This is preferred, not required)
- Chinese speakers, both native and not. (This is also preferred, not required)
What you get:
- A unique and amazing experience with Chinese Buddhist Monasticism and lived Buddhism in China today. Experiencing HBMLP behind the scenes is different than life as a student, but incredibly rewarding.
- A chance to help lead the way for the next generation of Woodenfish students.
- A chance to make friends from all over the world. In 2017 we had participants from over 20 countries!
- More time to learn directly from Ven. Yifa :)
- Something impressive to put on your resume (we write great reference letters!)
- Flight and visa costs covered, as well as a small stipend.
What we ask of you:
- Some work in the months leading up to the program. This may include publicity of the program (mainly electronic), helping to process applications, and answering students' questions on social media.
(Approximately 2 -3 hrs per week or less)
- Some preparation work for the program. This can include self-study, preparation of workshops, and familiarization with the accepted students.
- Full and total commitment during both the July (HBMLP) and August (CitiZen) programs. (Approximately June 25th through August 8th).
- Some simple tasks following the program as needed.
Global CitiZen Program
The Global CitiZen Program was started in 2015 and is a short version of the HBMLP that is oriented to Chinese youth. The program takes place in a monastery close to Beijing and is conducted completely in English. The foreign staff will teach simple classes on Buddhism as well as on Western culture. We will be joined by a group of Chinese staff. The program will be one week long and take place in early August.
We ask our HBMLP staff to also commit to staffing this program. If for some reason you are not able to stay for this program, but still would like to join the staff for HBMLP, please get in touch and we might be able to make special arrangements. However, preference will be given to those who are available for both programs.
Staff Application Deadline: January 10th, 2018
Application procedure:
Write us an application letter and send it to hbmlp@woodenfish.org. In the letter please discuss your qualifications, both personal and formal, for becoming staff and mention what ways in particular you can contribute. Moreover, please discuss your motivation and how becoming a staff member fits into your personal or professional goals.
Mention your current expertise, job, or area of study. It takes a team with very diverse skills to put on a program such as ours. In order to help us envision how you might fit in with the crew, please include any skills or experience you may have with the following:
- Chinese language translation
- Chinese or Buddhist scholarly work
- Dharma/ Dharma communities
- Meditation or mindfulness
- Medical training
- Wilderness/camping/rural travel
- Artistic (drawing, design, photography, videography)
- Musical (singing, chanting, music theory/ creation, soundboard operation)
- Performing arts
- Teaching, training, or coaching
- Discipline (either enforcing, or just living/working in a particular setting such as military, etc.)
- Directing others
- Yoga, Martial Arts, or similar
- Tea, incense, or other Chinese cultural arts
- Kitchen, cooking, or restaurant
- Business or marketing
- Computers and technology
If you are a scholar and would like to give lectures, please specify this in your letter and provide details on your experience and qualifications.
Staff positions are highly competitive and we ask that you take some time to prepare your application letter. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us at hbmlp@woodenfish.org.
We hope to hear from you soon!
Ven. Yifa,
Founder, Woodenfish Foundation
Guttorm Norberg Gundersen,
Program Director, HBMLP 2018
guttorm.gundersen@gmail.com
Kim Dembrosky,
Chief of Staff, HBMLP 2018
kim@woodenfish.org
Yoshi Kohrs
Program Coordinator, HBMLP 2018
yoshikohrs@woodenfish.org
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