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Monastic life and mind

Monastic life and mind

Reverend Master Meiko of Shasta Abbey talks about her life as a monastic. This talk was given during Sravasti Abbey’s annual Exploring Monastic Life program in 2005.

  • Love and being drawn to the Dharma
  • Living in a commmunity
  • Sanctify the mundane: reverence, caring and respectful mind
  • When the bell rings, go to the hall—mindfulness
  • Rock tumbler—smooth out the edges
  • Cut all family ties—from attachment and dependence to deep love
  • Everyday life—take where we are and what we’re doing as the practice

Exploring Monastic Life 2005: Session 16 (download)

Guest Author: Reverend Master Meiko