The Sunflower Village project will be the first residential New Monastic community of Oikos to be founded by Reverend Dasa William Griffith.
Sunflower Village is the Dasa's vision of building a New Monastic Community of Love - creating a healthy, nourishing environment where people can focus on spiritual awakening while learning the art of living in harmony with one another and with the Earth.
Sunflower Village is intended to be a small, rustic farmstead, and will house a New Monastic monastery. It is a continuation and housing facility of the Oikos Intentional Community.
At Sunflower Village we train ourselves to be mindful of our focus throughout all our daily activities - while eating, walking, working, or enjoying a cup of coffee or tea together. The practice of Christian Naturism is a normal aspect of the Village, and will contribute to a beautiful, nourishing, simple environment in which to cultivate the mind through awakening.
Just as we do at Oikos, Sunflower Village residents will enjoy periods of silence, sitting meditation, rest, relaxation, mindful work and play. All practitioners who come to Sunflower Village will be invited to join in the communal activities - whether it is preparing meals or cleaning or washing dishes - as a way of learning to cultivate joy and mindfulness whatever we are doing.
Every year, Sunflower Village will welcome thousands of meditation practitioners from all around the world who come to experience the art of mindful communal living, regardless of religious affiliation or their individual faith systems. The Village will also host an annual Summer Retreat which offers special programs for all who attend.
A committee has been established by Dasa for the location of the land in California to make Sunflower Village our home.