Plans & Projects
Many supporters have asked what the monastery’s plans and needs are. These are some of the major projects the sangha is currently planning to further the monastery’s development. Please feel free to contact us if you’d like to know more.
Current Projects
Lodgings Building
The first building in the master plan to be built is an accommodation building for overnight guests, to replace the existing, rather moldy Triplex. We are beginning the building with about 45% of funds, and hoping for the best. If there isn’t enough to continue, that much at least will allow us to close up the unfinished building and protect it from the weather, with a roof, windows, doors, etc., until such time when we can continue.
Eventually this building will become the women's quarters, yet it’s likely that at first it will need to be used by both women and men (residing on separate floors), until we are able to build an identical building for men sometime in the future as outlined in the master plan.
This project is the most pressing of the monastery’s current needs.
Moving Electricity Lines
In order to build the Utility Building (barn replacement, workshop, storage, garage, solar battery bank, etc.), which we had hoped to do first, the electricity lines that currently hang over the site will need to be moved. This has proved to be a long and expensive process with uncertain timing. We have therefore changed plans and are starting on the Lodgings Building before the Utility Building, and moving ahead whenever we can with the electric/phone lines project in parallel.
In a recent development, the new poles are currently being installed on Converse Rd. Once that’s done, next steps will require:
putting in new lines to the monastery (underground or overhead, depending on costs and what the electricity company allows);
installing a transformer and laying trenches and lines to the buildings in the master plan;
convincing the phone company to move their lines without charging a fortune to do so;
and installing a large solar array to connect to this system, in a way that will power the site and allow for self-sufficiency if the grid goes down.
Eversource contractors laying in poles, October 2023
No more kutis for now
We are very grateful for the support over the past eight years which has allowed the sangha to build seventeen kutis in the forest. This is enough for now, and we won’t plan to build any more for some years at least.
Anumodana
Master Plan
Developing plans for the future of the monastery
These are some preliminary drawings for the buildings we envision eventually needing as the monastery grows. Some of the designs and details are likely to change somewhat and will be updated accordingly, as and if we are able to move ahead step by step. Obviously, it’s a huge plan. We expect it to take many years to fulfill. The full vision is required at the outset, however, so that we know what to build where and when, and how it will all fit together if indeed there is enough interest and support to eventually see it through.
