Vinaya
Teachings on the monastic code of ethical discipline and precepts as set out by the Buddha 2,500 years ago and how they are lived in the present-day context.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The benefits of living in community
Venerable Chodron talks with a monastic about what it means to take full ordination.
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Monk chat: Questions about monastic and community life
Short videos covering questions about monastics living in community.
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Skillfully connecting with others
Being mindful of our speech and movements is essential to benefiting others.
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Being mindful of our precepts and values
Our real practice is to reformat how we think and then change our lives.
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Imbued with the Buddhist worldview
How the monastic mind is imbued with the Buddhist worldview and differs from worldly values.
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Posadha at Sravasti Abbey
An explanation of the ritual known as posadha, during which monastics purify and restore their…
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Jhado Rinpoche - Sep 27, 2019
Jhado Rinpoche Reinforcing ordination in daily life
The Abbot of Namgyal Monastery in Dharamsala explains how precepts contribute to the attainment of…
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Chang-shen Shih
- Apr 27, 2019
Living Vinaya in the United States
A paper on the bhikshuni sangha in the west written by a nun who participated…
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Participating in the bhikshuni ordination
Venerable Thubten Chodron shares her experience being a witness at a bhikshuni ordination in Taiwan.
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Christina Manriquez
- Feb 23, 2018
The future is up to us
A participant in Sravasti Abbey's recent "Living Vinaya in the West" course considers how the…
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Sravasti Abbey hosts “Living Vinaya in the Wes...
A historic event at Sravasti Abbey: 49 nuns gather to learn and live the Vinaya…
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Brief history of bhiksunis
Venerable Chodron provides a short history of the issues surrounding ordination for women.
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