7/25/2019 Bodhi Bhoumi Newsletter.pub http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bodhi-bhoumi-newsletterpub 1/10 MAY 2016 Biodynamic Preparation Making in Nepal ‘Seek the truly practical material life, but seek it so that it does not numb you to the spirit which is active in it. Seek the spirit, but seek it not in passion for the super – sensible out of super – sensi- ble egoism, but seek it because you want to apply it selflessly in practical life in the practical world. Turn to the ancient principle; Matter is never without spirit and spirit is never without Matter, in such a way that you say: We will to do all material things in the light of the spirit and we will so to seek the light of the spirit that it evokes warmth for us in our practical activities.’ By Rudolf Steiner Hans Mulder, together with Ineke Mulder, started the biodynamic class on 17 th April. 2016 with the above Verse for Farmers. In Nepal, it is the early spring time where all the plants are breathing out after winter’s in-breathing. The class was held at Maitreya Pathshala, Pokahra, which is the first Waldorf school in the city. The school is part of a biodynamic farm where biodynamic preparation are made. Hans introduced the new biodynamic farmers to all present and also gave a quick overview of the biodynamic movement in Nepal. This was to be a class full of practical work, so Hans led us to the area where the BD preparation making takes place.
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‘Seek the truly practical material life, but seek it so that it does not numb you to the spirit which is active in it.
Seek the spirit, but seek it not in passion for the super – sensible out of super – sensi-
ble egoism, but seek it because you want to apply it selflessly in practical life in the
practical world.
Turn to the ancient principle;
Matter is never without spirit and spirit is never without Matter,
in such a way that you say:
We will to do all material things in the light of the spirit and we will so to seek the light
of the spirit that it evokes warmth for us in our practical activities.’By Rudolf Steiner
Hans Mulder, together with Ineke Mulder, started the biodynamic class on 17th April.
2016 with the above Verse for Farmers. In Nepal, it is the early spring time where all the
plants are breathing out after winter’s in-breathing.
The class was held at Maitreya Pathshala, Pokahra, which is the first Waldorf school in
the city. The school is part of a biodynamic farm where biodynamic preparation are
made. Hans introduced the new biodynamic farmers to all present and also gave a quickoverview of the biodynamic movement in Nepal. This was to be a class full of practical
work, so Hans led us to the area where the BD preparation making takes place.
To enable to recover the preparation easily in the spring, the 503
‘sausages’ (created from cow intestines and stuffed with Camomile
flowers) had been placed in a terra cotta flower pots which were now
lifted with care from the ground.
Once the preparation had been identi-
fied (the amount was small)
It was examined and seen to be brown
in colour, with fine texture with low
moisture content. The total weight amounted to 14 gms of 503
preparation.
4. BD 504:
The 504 preparation were buried in eight pots October. We dug up just two of these pots for exami-nation purposes, for the 504 Nettle preparation requires to be buried for an entire twelve months.
Nevertheless, this early lifting revealed that the nettles had already been transformed into black
compost at the bottom of the flower pots. It was beautifully colloidal soil. The weight of the prepa-
ration was 330 gram.
5. BD 505:
The Himalayan oak bark had been packed tightly into the skull of sheep and buried in a watery en-
vironment (such as rice paddy) in the autumn. When the skull was retrieved, it was smelly as a re-
sult of anaerobic respiration. All the flesh of skull was decayed. The oak bark was carefully re-
moved from the the skull with the aid of a small spoon. We harvested 130 gram of dark coloured
In the end of the day, Hans brought all the preparations in the lecture hall. He had also
brought preparations with him from New Zealand. He compared the different preparations
and explained the quality of each.
He concluded the class by reading the verse written by Rudolf Steiner for BiodynamicFarmers, followed by sharing best wishes to all farmers for the future of the Biodynamic
movement in Nepal.
Report Prepared by Ritman Gurung and Bishnu Sherchan, Pokhara
Sudarshan Chowdary, a young farmer in Sapatari, launched the compost making pro-
ject in Sapatari District, East Nepal. He was introduced to biodynamic agriculture by
Hans Mulder (NZ) and Krishna Gurung (NP).
Sudarshan found the opportunity to use the cow dung in his village that was other-wise a useless by-product of milk production and thus an inconvenience to the vil-
lagers who had no use for this waste. On becoming acquainted with bio-dynamic ag-
riculture, Sudarshan became aware of the value
of the cow’s manure and subsequently, set
about collecting the cow dung from the villag-
ers who owned cows and proceeded to create
compost heaps on his farm in the shade of the
mango trees.
Sudarshan also collected the cow horns from
slaughtered cattle and started making biody-
namic preparation known as ‘BD 500’ as well.
In 2016, Sudarshan prepared and buried 200 cow horns in the process of making BD
500. In addition, he also owns 10 cows and cultivates a vegetable garden on part of
the 5 acre small-holding. Needless to say, Sudarshan also spray BD 500 across his