Temple Complex Fundraiser
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Vision
More than ever, our world needs places of depth learning and transformation. Clear Sky provides a place for people to refresh and recharge, to grow and transform, and to return to their lives with new perspectives, energy, and compassion.
In light of this vision, we are raising money towards the construction of a new temple complex that will support the important work we do at Clear Sky.
Background
Over the past 16 years, the teachers, residents, and supporters of Clear Sky Retreat Center have created a refuge to connect with nature, individual growth, and meditation practice. The response to the Center’s offerings has been so successful that we need to expand our current amenities to keep up with the demand for extended stays at Clear Sky as well as to accommodate the growing number of meditators.
The additional facility will include a temple to provide adequate space for group meditation and other trainings, multiple bedrooms to increase our ability to provide extended stays, and a Japanese garden in the center of the complex for the enjoyment of all meditators, retreatants, and residents. While our teachings – and the temple – are based in Buddhist tradition, the teachings are non-sectarian.
Donations
Any donation amount will be helpful as we build the funds to start work on the construction project, and we are deeply grateful for your support.
You can view the construction schedule for the temple complex below, and can choose a specific part of the temple to donate to. The requested donation amount is listed for each item. While the expected year of completion is noted below, you can donate towards any item at any time.
Stage 3 (Year 2023) - Infrastructure & Renewable Energy
Mechanical Room + Equipment
The mechanical room and the equipment therein will support the day-to-day functioning of the temple complex, for the benefit of all meditators.
Expected cost: $8,000
Seeking 160 $50 donations
160 x $50
Stage 3 (Year 2023) - Eco-Friendly Interior Finishes
Bedroom Doors
Bedroom doors enable meditators to sit in silence in the privacy of their own rooms or open to the hallway and garden beyond.
Expected cost: $2,000
Seeking 80 $25 donations
80 x $25
Bathroom Windows
With extensive glazing, natural light is experienced throughout the temple complex, even the bathrooms. A naturally lit bathroom is a joy to use.
Expected cost: $2,000
Seeking 80 $25 donations
80 x $25
Bull Mountain Balcony Door
Passing through this door, meditators experience the grandeur of Bull mountain through ever-changing conditions, returning to their cushions to sit with mountain-like stability.
Expected cost: $2,500
Seeking 100 $25 donations
100 x $25
Bathroom Tile Floors
Appreciating the carefully chosen colors and the smooth texture of the bathroom tiles under our feet adds yet another dimension to the rich Clear Sky retreat experience
Expected cost: $3,000
Seeking 120 $25 donations
120 x $25
Genkan Side Doors
Genkan side doors allow the meditation hall and administrative spaces to remain quiet as meditators enter and exit the temple. They are integral to the experience of seclusion and quietude of the retreat experience.
Expected cost: $3,000
Seeking 120 $25 donations
120 x $25
Bathroom Ceilings
Ceilings complete the bathroom enclosure and enable meditators to incorporate mindful bodily hygiene into their daily practice.
Expected cost: $3,125
Seeking 125 $25 donations
125 x $25
Bedroom Windows
Portals to the views outside, bedroom windows will provide natural light and greater spaciousness for meditators.
Expected cost: $4,000
Seeking 80 $50 donations
80 x $50
Bedroom Carpet
Carpeted rooms will allow meditators to sit warmly and comfortably on their bedroom floors.
Expected cost: $4,000
Seeking 80 $50 donations
80 x $50
Bedroom Heaters
Bedroom heaters will keep meditators warm and comfortable, even in the depths of winter.
Expected cost: $4,000
Seeking 80 $50 donations
80 x $50
Genkan Stairs to Basement
Karma yogis will have easy access to essential items including the shrine implements by way of the stairs located at the temple entrance.
Expected cost: $4,000
Seeking 80 $50 donations
80 x $50
Bathroom Sound Proofing
Sound proofing the bathroom walls will make for a quieter, more serene experience for those in and outside the bathroom.
Expected cost: $4,000
Seeking 80 $50 donations
80 x $50
Shrine Storage Basement Walk-in Closet
This space holds the precious implements accompanying retreat empowerments and which ornament the shrine, a doorway through which we pass to experience bliss, clarity and non-clinging.
Expected cost: $4,500
Seeking 90 $50 donations
90 x $50
Meditation Hall Skylight
This uplifting centre piece connects our practice with our environment and brings us into union with the natural world. Let there be light!
Expected cost: $5,000
Seeking 100 $50 donations
100 x $50
Hallway Garden View Windows
Like many temples in Japan, floor-to-ceiling windows allow visitors and retreatants to appreciate the meditation garden from the hallway inside.
Expected cost: $6,000
Seeking 120 $50 donations
120 x $50
Meditation Garden Windows
The meditation garden windows will allow meditators to appreciate and enjoy the central garden even while inside.
Expected cost: $7,500
Seeking 150 $50 donations
150 x $50
Bull Mountain Windows
Nestled beneath Bull Mountain, you can appreciate the changing weather as you and others contemplate the changing states and experiences arising within the temple of your own being.
Expected cost: $7,500
Seeking 150 $50 donations
150 x $50
Bedroom Sound Proofing
The outer silence provided by sound proofing the bedroom walls help meditators access the inner silence, a requisite for awakening, with greater ease.
Expected cost: $8,000
Seeking 80 $100 donations
80 x $100
Hallway Veranda Exterior Doors
Your donation will fund the doors through which retreatants pass, stepping onto the veranda to contemplate ‘nature encapsulated’ in the garden scene before them.
Expected cost: $8,000
Seeking 80 $100 donations
80 x $100
Bedroom Ceilings
Safe and protected under wooden ceilings, meditators can let go into the experience of the moment with trust and ease.
Expected cost: $8,000
Seeking 80 $100 donations
80 x $100
Bedroom Closets
Closets offering space for retreatants belongings, allowing us to keep our rooms free and uncluttered, just like the mind will be in deep retreat.
Expected cost: $8,000
Seeking 80 $100 donations
80 x $100
Retreat Karma Yogi Admin Room
Karma yogis are always behind the scenes, attending to the details that make our retreat stays as comfortable and as fruitful as possible. Your donation helps create the space for them to perform selfless service.
Expected cost: $10,000
Seeking 100 $100 donations
100 x $100
Retreat Manager Office
Retreat managers make our courses, and our unfolding, possible. Your donation helps create the space for them to facilitate seamlessly run meditation retreats.
Expected cost: $10,000
Seeking 100 $100 donations
100 x $100
Genkan Floor, Ceiling, and Walls
The genkan, the traditional Japanese entryway, is a space unto itself where guests can linger upon entering or leaving the Temple.
Expected cost: $10,000
Seeking 100 $100 donations
100 x $100
Meditation Hall Cedar Plank Ceiling
The cedar plank ceiling will cover and protect meditators as they unfold within the temple.
Expected cost: $10,000
Seeking 100 $100 donations
100 x $100
Temple Meditation Hall Hardwood Floor
A beautiful and uplifting floor for sitting and walking meditations.
Expected cost: $12,000
Seeking 120 $100 donations
120 x $100
Meditation Hall Cedar Panel Walls
Cedar grows in Western B.C. and is used a lot in Japan. This beautiful wood honours our roots in Japan and our centre here in Canada.
Expected cost: $15,000
Seeking 150 $100 donations
150 x $100
Breezeway Tibetan Temple Doors
These temple doors set the tone for our practice, reminding us of our great rich, authentic, unbroken spiritual tradition traced directly to the Buddha and the awakened masters who followed in his footsteps.
Expected cost: $16,000
Seeking 160 $100 donations
160 x $100
Bedroom Walls
Bedroom walls provide the enclosure, the privacy for meditators to rest or sit in the silence of their rooms at all hours of the day or night
Expected cost: $20,000
Seeking 100 $200 donations
100 x $200
Bedroom Hallways
Move through the temple quietly along the hall to your bedroom, appreciating views of the meditation garden along the way.
Expected cost: $20,000
Seeking 100 $200 donations
100 x $200
Temple Balcony Doors
The doors exist between the inner and outer temple.
Expected cost: $25,000
Seeking 125 $200 donations
125 x $200
Stage 3 (Year 2023) - Fixtures & Furnishings
Bedroom Zabutons and Cushions
Your contribution will help furnish the temple bedrooms with zabutons and cushions, enabling retreatants to meditate in their rooms comfortably at all hours of the day and night.
Expected cost: $800
Seeking 32 $25 donations
32 x $25
Bedroom Desks
Bedroom desks offer a place to read through course materials, make notes or set our texts and rosaries.
Expected cost: $1,000
Seeking 40 $25 donations
40 x $25
Bedroom Ceiling and Table Lights
Ceiling and table lights allow meditators to practice well into the night and early morning hours, a chance to review class notes or read through course Sadhanas.
Expected cost: $1,600
Seeking 64 $25 donations
64 x $25
Retreatant Bathroom Sinks
Bathroom sinks with low flow faucets help Clear Sky conserve water, enabling the Center continue to make ecologically sustainable choices.
Expected cost: $2,000
Seeking 80 $25 donations
80 x $25
Retreatant Bathroom Toilets
Your donation will help furnish Temple bathrooms with low flow toilets, holding to the Clear Sky Center bottom line of environmental sustainability.
Expected cost: $2,000
Seeking 80 $25 donations
80 x $25
Teaching Platform
The platform from which the Teachings are offered is another essential item for the meditation hall. Your donation makes the precious transmission of Teachings to Sangha possible.
Expected cost: $2,500
Seeking 100 $25 donations
100 x $25
Breezeway Chandelier – Light in Ceiling
Lighting can create an atmosphere conducive to meditation and states of calm and a light, lively feeling as well. Your donation will fund a functional and attractive chandelier for the temple breezeway.
Expected cost: $2,500
Seeking 100 $25 donations
100 x $25
Shrine Platform
The shrine platform is the lotus upon which a gem, the deity, the object of our meditation rests. Your contribution helps make the platform on which our vehicle to liberation sits, a reality.
Expected cost: $2,500
Seeking 100 $25 donations
100 x $25
Gender Neutral Bathroom Stall
Clear Sky is a socially inclusive Center – your donation will support gender neutral bathroom stalls.
Expected cost: $3,000
Seeking 60 $50 donations
60 x $50
Retreatant Bath
Your contribution will expand self-care in retreat to include relaxing and rejuvenating baths.
Expected cost: $5,000
Seeking 100 $50 donations
100 x $50
Beds
Your donation for the Clear Sky beds will provide meditators with a good nights rest and a place to practice lying down meditation.
Expected cost: $6,000
Seeking 120 $50 donations
120 x $50
Meditation Hall Lighting
The meditation hall is bathed in natural light throughout the day, and lighting is key to creating an atmosphere conducive to calm and concentration for meditators practicing late into the night and early morning hours.
Expected cost: $7,500
Seeking 75 $100 donations
75 x $100
Teaching Meditation Hall Audio-Visual Online Class Equipment
State-of-the-art audio visual equipment benefits not only onsite retreatants, but also makes the teachings available to the greater Clear Sky community worldwide. Your donation will contribute to more speedy onsite and global awakening.
Expected cost: $10,000
Seeking 100 $100 donations
100 x $100
Stage 3 (Year 2023) - Environmentally-Safe Architectural Details
Bull Mountain Balcony Stairs
Climb the stairs that lead to the balcony where Bull Mountain can be appreciated in all its glory at most any hour of the day or night. Return to your cushion refreshed and invigorated.
Expected cost: $2,000
Seeking 80 $25 donations
80 x $25
Breezeway Entrance Ramp
Your contribution will help fund an entry ramp providing temple access for carts, equipment and wheelchairs, and those not easily able to negotiate stairs.
Expected cost: $3,000
Seeking 120 $25 donations
120 x $25
Exterior Roof for Genkan
Your contribution will support the covering of the Japanese-inspired entryway, where Temple guests linger upon entering and exiting the temple.
Expected cost: $5,000
Seeking 100 $50 donations
100 x $50
Temple Entry Doors
Passing through the temple doorway we leave our worldly concerns behind as we enter the temple, the outer container supporting our speedy unfoldment.
Expected cost: $6,000
Seeking 60 $100 donations
60 x $100
Hallway Verandas
The hallway verandas provide a space from which meditators will be able to enjoy the meditation garden.
Expected cost: $8,000
Seeking 80 $100 donations
80 x $100
Hallway Veranda Overhangs
Overhangs provide shelter from the elements for meditators on the veranda, enabling retreatants to fully experience the meditation garden throughout the seasons.
Expected cost: $8,000
Seeking 80 $100 donations
80 x $100
Exterior Roof for the Bedroom Wing
Your donation will help provide shelter for retreatants, one of the four requisites for awakening.
Expected cost: $10,000
Seeking 100 $100 donations
100 x $100
Bull Mountain View Overhang
Your donation will help fund the overhang that will allow retreatants to contemplate Bull Mountain from the balcony, rain or shine.
Expected cost: $10,000
Seeking 100 $100 donations
100 x $100
Exterior Roof for the Office Admin Wing
The roof will shelter the space where karma yogis perform the tasks essential to your smoothly-run stay at the Center, creating a space in which you can easily unfold..
Expected cost: $10,000
Seeking 100 $100 donations
100 x $100
Bull Mountain View Balcony
Step out onto the balcony for a breath of fresh air and witness the ever-changing beauty of Bull Mountain, then return to your cushion invigorated to sit with mountain-like stability.
Expected cost: $20,000
Seeking 100 $200 donations
100 x $200
Temple Green Metal Roof
This standing-seam metal roof is an attractive and sustainable way to cover the Temple.
Expected cost: $25,000
Seeking 100 $250 donations
100 x $250
Stage 3 (Year 2023) - Meditation Garden
Meditation Hall Garden Walking Veranda
In the time-honored Buddhist tradition, meditation is divided into sessions of sitting, standing and walking. Your donation helps fund a space to be used for the practice of walking meditation.
Expected cost: $10,000
Seeking 100 $100 donations
100 x $100
Roof for Walking Path
Your contribution will help shelter the space dedicated to the practice of walking meditation.
Expected cost: $10,000
Seeking 100 $100 donations
100 x $100
Stage 4 (Year 2024) - Eco-Friendly Interior/Exterior Paneling
Temple Sound Proofing
There is nothing so blissful as outer silence in deep retreat. The outer silence made possible by sound proofing material means inner silence is soon to follow.
Expected cost: $15,000
Seeking 150 $100 donations
150 x $100
Fire Smart Exterior Siding Temple
More than ever before, fires have become a building concern. Your contribution will help Clear Sky protect its temple with fire-smart exterior siding.
Expected cost: $20,000
Seeking 100 $200 donations
100 x $200
Fire Smart Exterior Siding Entrance Wing
Your contribution will enable Clear Sky to protect its temple complex from fire, including the entry wing, with the installation of fire-smart exterior siding.
Expected cost: $20,000
Seeking 100 $200 donations
100 x $200
Fire Smart Exterior Siding Bedroom Wing
Your donation will help retreatants rest easily knowing their rooms are protected by fire-smart exterior siding.
Expected cost: $20,000
Seeking 100 $200 donations
100 x $200
Drywall Alternative for Interior Wall
Your donation will help fund a more sustainable alternative to drywall for the building interior walls.
Expected cost: $25,000
Seeking 100 $250 donations
100 x $250
Eco-Friendly Wood Building Insulation
Help Clear Sky continue its commitment to environmental sustainability by funding eco-friendly insulation for the Temple buildings.
Expected cost: $25,000
Seeking 100 $250 donations
100 x $250