Self Sufficiency

The monastery is trained and equipped to do most work ourselves. As a cloistered community we are always managing to learn more and increase the monastery's capacity, efficiency and effectiveness. Lord Ganesha has asked for our penuriousness and we joyfully oblige. Recently the Siddhidata Kulam has done just that with old tanks and equipment lying around.

The photos show an old 330 gallon tank that often transports many different liquids to and from the mainland--oils, gasolines and even syrups--to large companies. The monks have taken one for recycle and turned it into our largest watering vessel yet.

The trailor underneath the tank has also been refurbished and strengthened to handle the load, and fitted with a small pump to automate the work.

Electric Ranger ATV with trailer and tank in tow. Any monk can simply drive off with this water-well and make their own rain.

The small pump plugs into the ATV\

s electrical socket in the front seat and a switch is wired in to turn on and off'

Filling the tank could take hours with a normal half-inch garden hose, so why not setup a 3 inch tube!

Our newly planted papaya grove will flourish as long as the water flows. We depended on good weather and the glory of rainfall to help out, but now we can go through droughts and still keep our young plants alive.

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