The center’s dharma name is Karma Döndrub Ling Place of
Accomplishment. Buddhism embraces all cultures, Bukovinský says.
The center hosts teachers who travel among different countries and
are sensitive to local traditions.
“You have to have someplace to get information, learn how to
meditate, work with your mind, and meet people who can inspire
you,” says Grzyb. “You need to have a human exchange, and that’s
what this center is for”.
Monks in orange robes, chanting, the smell of incense typical
signs of a Buddhist center can’t be found at this complex.
Here, jeans and sweat shirts, work gloves and safety goggles are
the uniform of the day. Volunteers are slowly transforming the
farm, bought in 1999 through sponsors and donations, into a center
for meditation, courses in Buddhism, and retreats. Currently six
people live at the center, and one of them is Julius Grzyb, who has
been practicing Buddhism for more than 10 years. Mr. Grzyb believes
Czechs were ready to discover new things after 1989. “People
realized quite soon capitalism wasn’t enough and wanted something
more lasting,” he says. He likes the approach of this retreat
center, which is a Diamond Way Buddhist Center of the Karma Kagyu
lineage.
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