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"Serving others, taking care of others with a good heart, with love and compassion, is the best life. Especially here, your service in looking after others is very important because the people coming here are trying to meditate, to practice Dharma, and trying to liberate themselves from samsara and to achieve enlightenment. Even though you are not actually teaching Dharma, your contribution is similar, since you are helping them get out of samsara and helping them achieve enlightenment."

Lama Zopa Rinpoche

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Thank you for your interest in volunteering at Tushita! Volunteering with us is a wonderful opportunity to benefit others, while living in the blessed environment of a multi-cultural Dharma centre in McLeod Ganj, India (aka "Little Lhasa"), the home-in-exile of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

All the following positions are based on a 6 day working week (yes, we work hard!). Food and board will be provided at Tushita as well as the offer of a free course after the working period. We usually ask for a minimum commitment of 4 months (with a mutual 1 month trial period).

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Current Vacancies

We are fortunate to have a full volunteer line up for the first half of our 2013 season.

Currently, there are no volunteer positions available.

However things can change suddenly, so do keep checking this site for any updates.

If you are interested in joining the Tushita team, please contact Tushita by sending an email to
director AT tushita.info
and include an explanation of why you would like to offer service here, as well as details of:

your work experience
your skills and interests
your availability: when you could start, and how long you are available for
details of any previous experiences at Dharma centres. We ask this because...

It has been our experience that the volunteers that we have the most mutually positive experience with are those who have some prior familiarity with India, Buddhism, and most importantly Tushita itself. Most of our volunteers have taken one of our courses before and have experience of living at Tushita. Therefore, our recommendation to anyone who has an interest in volunteering here is that you start off by taking one of our courses and see how you feel about staying here longer after that, before making any commitment to us. You can see our full schedule of courses here.

We hope to meet you soon as a member of the Tushita Team!

Words from Past Volunteers

To try to put our experience in Tushita in just a few words is difficult!!..... For us its a place to learn, about oneself and others, which at the end of the day is the same thing!!...Tushita is special in many ways, not just the location and the energy of the place, the monkeys and the mountains...but the fact that is a melting pot where people from everywhere come to to experience meditation and Buddhist teachings for the first time...you see them changing as the days go by, then you have the locals working, Tibetans and Indians, the volunteers... you name it!! all together...

John (Ireland) - Kitchen Manager/Housekeeping 2009/2010/2012

Sometimes it seemed that we were not going to make it on time for the next event....but magically things always seemed to fall into place.. even if it was at the very last minute...which its a test on its own for the mind!!... for anyone wanting to how to play the pokies learn about Tibetan Buddhism while at the same time serving others Tushita is the place to go..and last but not least, there is always room for the amazing unexpected to happen... so yes, we will be back !!!

Angela (Spain) - Office Manager/Housekeeper 2009/2010/2012

For me, volunteering at Tushita was a perfect opportunity to continue spiritual practice. Simply being on the premises was a reminder to keep practicing the meditation and mindfulness techniques that I learned in the 10 day course. There were frequent meditations, pujas, and teachings which also let me continue learning. And the most inspirational thing for me was being surrounded by people who have made the dharma their life's work. It was a rich and rewarding experience and I wish I could've stayed longer.

Grace (USA) - Office Manager 2009

My first contact with Buddhism was an Introduction course at Tushita, and afterward I volunteered in the reception office. That was more than a decade ago, and I've been back to serve and study here almost every year since. Tushita has been a home to me in that time and has supported my continuing commitment to Buddhist Teachings. In fact, in many and various respects, Tushita was the first stepping stone to some of the most amazing experiences of my life.

Tim (Belgium) - Office Manager 1999 - on and off ever since!