When Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche conceived the Garden of One Thousand Buddhas project in 2000, he expressed the aspiration that as many people as possible be allowed to participate in building this sacred place. Realizing that members of his spiritual community had the requisite skills to create the molds and cast the 1,000 two-foot Buddha statues themselves, workshop space was set up in Arlee to begin the lengthy process of making Buddha statues. It was dubbed the Buddha Barn, and so many have gained the benefit of helping to form images of the Buddha.

The Buddha Barn offers weekly volunteer training sessions in hands-on statue casting and finishing, with tasks appropriate to any skill level.

Saturdays: 10am statue casting training.
Please call ahead at 406.726.0555 to let us know you would like to come begin instruction for your ongoing help with the statue process. If you have registered and need to cancel, please call to let us know.

To volunteer for outdoor work on the garden project, such as weeding, gardening, landscape work, etc., please email Chris at buddhagarden@ewam.org to arrange a time which fits your schedule. Also please sign up on our email list to receive the weekly activity schedule which announces special volunteer projects. Together we can grow this garden of peace!