Monastic Life
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Venerable Thubten Chodron “Connected Discourses with Kassapa”
To implode our field of attachment and aversion while expanding our field of love and…
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Monasticism meeting modernity
With Buddhism going global, different cultures and values might influence how we apply the precepts…
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Sangha and community living
Buddha's reasons for establishing a four-fold sangha and the benefits of monastic community living.
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Why are we not happy?
Considering how a monastic life style can be a powerful method helping to subdue afflictions.
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Turning the wheel of Dharma
A continuing narration of the Buddha's life and how his story parallels our own lives.
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Seeking liberation
Examining what is deep in our hearts that we cannot ignore and want to live…
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Motivation and community
How to cultivate a motivation of compassion and kindness for others while living in community.
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Bhikshuni Thubten Jampa Value of a supportive community for monastic training
Venerable Jampa (while still Anagarika Dani Meritz) writes about how living in the Abbey community…
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A monastic’s mind
A talk directed at monastics but valuable for all. The value of having a monastic…
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Question and answer session with nuns in Indonesia
Questions on various topics including gender equality of monastics, relating to the spiritual teacher and…
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Zopa Herron Supporting monastics in the West
Long-time practitioner Kathleen Herron (also known as Zopa) shares her Dharma adventures as a lay…
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Building community the monastic way
Monastics of different traditions discussed the importance of harmonious community life and ways in which…
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