Ekayana Institute for Contemporary Buddhism

As far as possible, all Ekayana activities are based on donations. It is a true non-profit project entirely based on generosity (Skt./Pali: dana). Teams of volunteers work together to organize the courses and retreats, to maintain the house, the website, make the publishing house work, offer their time to edit transcripts, audios or videos, which are then offered free of costs in the media library.

The people living in the retreat house share all the maintenance work, cooking and cleaning among themselves. To enable some key team members (in charge of project management, office, bookkeeping, publishing) to support Ekayana on a year-long basis they are employed at modest salaries.

Our income stems from renting the retreat rooms, donations, book sales and donations or fees in connection with the public courses. Expenditures are the same as for every other house or company (insurances, tax advisor, office equipment, energy costs, renovations, printing costs etc.). If you wish to know more, please consult our annual finance reports.

As contributors to the Ekayana Institute for Contemporary Buddhism and as practitioners of the Buddhist path, we are committed to the guidelines for wholesome behavior (śila) set out by the Buddha: the ten wholesome actions, the liberating qualities (pāramitā), compassion and wisdom, mutual respect and much more. We sincerely strive to implement these guidelines in our lives.
To this end, we adhere to our ethical self-commitment:

Where it is helpful and necessary, we cooperate with various projects.