Exploring Monastic Life 2013

Changes that occur after monastic ordination and commentary on the seven Vinayas of the past buddhas.

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Exploring Monastic Life 2013

Volunteering to take monastic vows

Balancing study, meditation and service to the community. We can begin by taking the precepts.

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Exploring Monastic Life 2013

Time well spent

Reflecting on how the Exploring Monastic Life program is structured around Dharma practice.

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Exploring Monastic Life 2013

Advantages of precepts

Precepts serve as common standards for living in a monastic community and in society.

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Exploring Monastic Life 2013

What changes when you become a monastic

The seven aspects of monastic life that are different, and the rationale behind them.

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Exploring Monastic Life 2013

Changes in relationships and social life

After ordination, one creates space with family and friends and interacts with them in different…

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Relating to the material world

A teaching on the perils of looking externally for one's sense pleasures. Cultivating genuine spiritual…

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Vinaya of the seven recent Buddhas

How a short verse of vinaya can be expanded to encourage contemplation of Buddhist principles.

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Training the mind in contentment

Conviction in the Buddhist worldview to direct our time and energy appropriately.

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Working with the mind in a structured way

An explanation of diligent study and practice of the Dharma with practical ways of working…

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Entire path to enlightenment

How negative actions and virtues affect initial, middle and high-level practitioners differently.

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Exploring Monastic Life 2013

Cultivating self-acceptance

A reflection on making the Dharma one's personal journey by internalizing the teachings.

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