Exploring Monastic Life 2018

History of monastic lineages and how precepts benefit the individual, monastic community, and society.

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Exploring Monastic Life 2018

Resisting social pressure

The story of Venerable Ratthapala, a young man in the Buddha’s times who vowed that…

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Exploring Monastic Life 2018

Why ordain young?

The story of Venerable Ratthapala and his response to a king who asked why he…

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The first monastic precept

The story of Venerable Sudina, a monk whose transgression occasioned the first monastic precept.

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Ten reasons for monastic precepts

Continuing the story of Sudina, where the Buddha explains 10 reasons for laying down the…

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The six harmonies of monastic life

The six harmonies of the Sangha described by the Buddha: physical, verbal, mental, keeping precepts,…

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How precepts promote harmony in the sangha

The three kinds of precepts (pratimoksa, bodhisattva, and tantric) and how the first two reasons…

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How precepts transform society

The other advantages of monastic precepts: to transform society, to bring about individual liberation, and…

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A monastic’s commitments & the benefits o...

Discussing the commitments that monastics make when ordaining and the benefits monasteries provide society.

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Core elements of a monastic lifestyle

Exploring the core elements of a monastic lifestyle in the last teaching in the 2018…

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