We started our day with the quote from Rabindranath Tagore-
I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was
service. I acted and behold, service was joy.
10 enthusiastic Volunteers together were there...
What the guests wrote on April 11
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How I practice stillness
Sit and look at beauty. Eg: flowers or a...
A woman visiting from Switzerland asks if she can take a menu back home with her, to show her community what's possible. A guest tells a first time server, "You are perfect." Another volunteer created a huge chalk-board concoction on which we share the theme for the day. This week, loads of people transcribed...
Today was my first time volunteering at Karma Kitchen and I absolutely loved it....we had about 126 guests come in for lunch today...I got the opportunity to serve them and meet some really wonderful people, who by the end of the day became my friends...
Today's theme was HARMONY and we asked our guests:
A line from a song...
"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared." - Gautama Siddharta
I believe this quote above applies to generosity as well and we were able to witness just that this past Sunday at Karma Kitchen. ...
The equilibrium between day and night, when the light of the Sun warms more and more the surface of one of Earth's hemispheres ... it's an equinox. It is the start of a new Spring.
And with a new Spring, especially at higher latitudes, another Renewal of our spirits (this week's theme). Karma Kitchen witnessed, once...
Sharing is caring.
The Karma Kitchen is such a great place. Here's the shirt Praveen gifted me.
When his mom insisted on giving him a birthday gift, MJ tells her: "Mom, I'd love for you to volunteer at Karma Kitchen." So yesterday, she did and was simply ecstatic after 7 hours of hard labor. Incidentally, it was Praveen's birthday too and Elad led the whole restaurant to a collective song offering; a guest had...
This weekend, Karma Kitchen in DC served 107 guests including a large group from the Vegetarian Society of DC, a meeting of people interested in Source for Change, and an energetic group of kids who were part of the Buckingham Youth Brigade in Virginia. This was the highest number of guests we have ever served in DC and it was an amazing...
